Steward requests/Global/2009-09

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Request for global (un)block

Global rollback for 199.71.213.77

Status: Not done

Global user: 199.71.213.77 (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

It is an open proxy. Thanks, HJS 01:13, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't think you really want to give the global rollback permission to an open proxy, nor does it have any edits which need to be rolled back, apparently. Are you asking for it to be globally blocked, perhaps? Kylu 01:29, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Closed nothing further heard, --birdy geimfyglið _(:> )=| 14:12, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

71.8.199.1

(commons: talk (←links) || Edits: +/- || search)

(enwiki: talk (←links) || Edits: +/- || search)(Tools: GUC | gblock | log | → links ←) | (Reports: COIBot)

Not quite sure but this user has caused disruption on en wp & Commons which now appears to be spreading info here. A cross wiki block might be appropriate in order to get the message over. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:16, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Done - 1 month. — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 21:04, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

FYI he is back under this IP w:User talk:71.8.197.170. However so far he has only repeated the behavior on the English, Portuguese and German wikipedias. I have notified an admin on the pt wikipedia. I don't know if a global block is required yet or not, but something to watch.Davemeistermoab 18:24, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Today the user enterred es, fr and pam as well... http://toolserver.org/~luxo/contributions/contributions.php?user=71.8.197.170&blocks=true. --MagnusA 09:08, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

69.116.146.211

69.116.146.211

I'm requesting a 3 months global block on this IP address. As you can see on it's global contributions page, it is warned/banned in some projects as it is cross-wiki disruptively editing Philippines related articles (eg, today ocwiki). Thank you, — df| 21:43, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Strong support. This guy really is in need of a forced break. Wutsje 21:47, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Done — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 21:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Request for global (un)lock and (un)hiding

Global lock request

Status: Done

Please lock the following accounts. They all are confirmed sockpuppets used to add mass cross-wiki copyright violations. All of them are blocked at eswiki and commons (and some of them at enwiki too) but they are switching to other wikis as you can see here (inserting articles in other languages with copyvios) and here (the same, but with another account). Thank you in advance. — df| 14:06, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

done, best regards, --birdy geimfyglið _(:> )=| 18:07, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Gracias, saludos, — df| 18:55, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Various spammers

See en:User_talk:Brandon#Desiphral and en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Desiphral/Archive; there is a massive sock ring owned by a banned paid editor spamming crosswiki. This user is still active on freelance sites so it is likely the spam will continue. To clarify, the issue is not the paid editing, the issue is the spamming and socking. Triplestop 03:18, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

All locked, except where no global account exists (including the one I deleted by mistake), in which cases I've blocked all local accounts. I've left Desiphral alone, however: the name belongs to a sysop at rmywiki, and I suspect this is someone other than our spammer, so I can't be sure which accounts to block. — Dan | talk 03:42, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Requests for global IP block exemptions

Global IP block exempt for Wcam

Status: Done

Global user: Wcam (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

I'm a sysop of zhwiki and I'm from China. Since I'm active in several Wikimedia Projects and sometimes cannot access Wikipedia directly due to the Internet cencorship in China, so I want to request global IP block exempt in order to edit pages via global blocked proxy IPs. Thanks. --Wcam 16:50, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I personally would see no problem with granting this to You. The only problem is there is not yet such a group, it has never been approved nor created, I hope that we can chance this asap to grant people like You such. Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið _(:> )=| 18:45, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

While it's easy here to create a new global user group "global IP block exempt" via Special:GlobalGroupPermissions, it's surely quite difficult whom to give that right: It shouldn't be given out for everyone because of possible CheckUser requests, but to those who really need them (e. g. users in countries with censored Internet access like China, Iran etc.). We should at least start giving it out, that case now seems appropriate. Kind regards, —DerHexer (Talk) 23:32, 13 August 2009 (UTC) P. S.: We have that problem on de.wp, too, that we don't know whom to give that right, see de:Wikipedia:IP-Sperre-Ausnahme and its talk page if you understand German (basically pointing to spacebirdy 9_9).

So far as I know, none of the discussion on granting global ipblock-exempt has produced any consensus. For example, my view is that it should only be granted when global blocks need to be bypassed. Any local blocks should be bypassed by granting local ipblock-exempt on the relevant wiki(s). We need to hash out what we're going to do before we do it. Thanks — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 04:01, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

This is one I can agree with because it is for bypassing globally-blocked IPs. Given repeated past discussion, I'd say there's consensus to implement the user group for that, however not for other cases. I'll do it now. — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 13:41, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Abigor

Status: Done

Global user: Abigor (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Discussion: Previous request

Hi there, Every now and than I cant use my PDA because vandals used my mobile network and made sure it was blocked globally, I would ask the stewards to grant me this right so I can keep editting while I'm on the road because those wikibreaks aren't that much fun, thanks, --Huib talk 13:53, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Though apparently there is no special criteria for Global IP block exempt but anyway Abigor is trusted--Mardetanha ^talk 21:08, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

On that basis, Done — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 03:10, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Uhm, and why is the global block exempt for Wcam then not processed too? --birdy geimfyglið _(:> )=| 08:06, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

It was processed on Sept 5th?! — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 16:49, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Requests for global permissions

Global rollback for Frozen4322

Status: Not done

Global user: Frozen4322 (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

I would like to request Global Rollback as I have had Rollback on the English Wikipedia (verify) for a while now, and would like to extend into more wikis, to revert vandalism. Thanks, Frozen4322 12:25, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, you do not have the cross-wiki experience we'd be looking for. You are still welcome to help, and in the future you may request this again. Thanks — Mike.lifeguard | ^@en.wb 21:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Global rollback for ひろえ

Status: Not done

Global user: ひろえ (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

Thanks --ひろえ 07:29, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

no with 133 global edits. You don't have any admin/rollbacker experience. Barras 08:01, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Oppose, can someone please block this user permanently on meta he is simply trolling and wasting our time and faking signatures: [1]. --birdy geimfyglið _(:> )=| 08:05, 13 September 2009 (UTC)