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== 178.79.149.253 == |
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You recently gave this user a 24 hour block because of their edits on [[List of current pretenders]]. As 178.79.189.222 they are editing around the block.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AList_of_current_pretenders&diff=619574680&oldid=619477177] [[User:Edward321|Edward321]] ([[User talk:Edward321|talk]]) 23:39, 2 August 2014 (UTC) |
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: That is without a doubt the same person, though the range looks too big to block. I [[WP:PROT|semi-protected]] the article but not the talkpage - come back if I can do anything else. - [[User talk:2over0|2/0]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/2over0|cont.]])</small> 15:58, 5 August 2014 (UTC) |
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== Help request - vandalism == |
== Help request - vandalism == |
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}}
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Help request - vandalism
The article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_death is being vandalized by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/94.223.130.218.
At first I thought the person was simply misguided, but now - after talking to him/her - it's clear to me his/her disruptive activity on that article is nothing but malicious, and that s/he is not planning to stop.
Here's a short rundown of the situation: the vandal keeps re-adding a game to the list of games that feature permanent death that, even by his/her own admission (!), does not feature permanent death as defined by the article.
The game in question is Path of Exile, a game in which there are two leagues: softcore and (so-called) hardcore. Dying in hardcore does not delete the character from the game under any circumstances (which would be the prerequisite for permanent death as defined in the article); rather, a dead character is either (1) allowed to stay in the hardcore league (if the death occured in player vs. player combat) or (2) moved to the softcore league (if the death occured in player vs. monster combat). The softcore league, to which "dead" characters are moved, allows the player to play his/her "dead" hardcore characters as if nothing happened which defies the very definition of permanent death as put forward by the Wikipedia article being vandalized.
For a more detailed explanation, please read my recent posts on the article's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Permanent_death
I did my best to stop the vandalism, but after a dozen reverts, I'm just about out of steam.
I'd be much obliged if you could please do something about this unpleasant situation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PathOfExile (talk • contribs) 21:09, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) The IP and the named account were flagrantly edit-warring. I semi-protected the page, and because of the user name violation, I indeffed the named account. I didn't feel comfortable blocking the IP for violating 3RR as they had never been warned. My protection locked in, at least for the moment, the IP's version. The IP's edit was obviously not vandalism. Although I know nothing about the game or the death page, it sounded to me like the named account had the better argument as to why the game doesn't belong on the page, but I'm not going to weigh in on the content dispute.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:59, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you for taking a look, Bbb23. - 2/0 (cont.) 15:56, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah, thanks, Bbb23 for locking in the obviously wrong version of the article, banning me for attempting to revert obvious vandalism, and letting the vandal get off scot-free. I wish we had more admins like you around.
- Anyway, I started an RfC on the article's talk page, but there seems to be a problem. Would you mind taking a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3APermanent_death&diff=620231025&oldid=620217719? It looks like one IP has removed another IP's signature which I don't really know how to interpret, and I don't want to revert that change myself - I already got banned once for trying to fix vandalism to the corresponding article.
- Also, I'd like to inform you that I've found additional sources (other than common knowledge of anyone that ever played Path of Exile) to confirm that the game has no permanent death and doesn't belong on the list - even http://www.pathofexile.com/leagues - which is the official website of the game, makes a very clear statement on the matter which I will now quote. "Typically, “hardcore mode” in action RPGs involves permadeath. A character killed in this mode cannot be accessed any more. In Path of Exile, slain hardcore characters revert to the parent non-hardcore league. [emphasis added] This system encourages non-hardcore players to try the hardcore game mode, while still permanently removing hardcore characters from the economy [of the hardcore mode, rather than the whole game] when they die."
- If even the official information supplied by the developer of the game is not sufficient grounds for removing Path of Exile from the aforementioned list, please advise me as to what would constitute such.
- And yes, I understand it's just a little irrelevant article that's not worthy of having big-shot admins devote any of their precious time to, but still, maybe you could find it in you to take a look and fix your colleague's mistake? Pretty please? I really need that username (talk) 22:30, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
- For some reason, when I first saw this account, I mistakenly was thinking of another user and didn't realize that PathOfExile was evading their block. Then when I saw this message, my brain still wasn't functioning well and I thought "I didn't ban (block) this account", and finally a lightbulb went on. The account is now indeffed.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:04, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
Bullrangifer protection
How can I communicate with this user if I cannot post on his/her User:talk page? I will NOT disclose my personal e-mail to him/her since that violates my privacy.
He/she deleted my 3-4 different edits on the Cannabidiol page in one singular edit without first reading my edits. He/she only said that I had to read WP:MEDRS and that Wikipedia does not use primary sources as evidence. I had already read WP:MEDRS and it says WP "generally does not use primary sources". Basically, primary sources can be used but only in a proper way. I had mentioned the use of the primary source in my edit notes.
I re-posted much of it on the Cannabidiol:Talk page and justified my positions. Only one post used a primary source, but in an effective, non-biased that only suggests there is evidence that supports a conclusion, but more inquiry is necessary.
I feel the need to challenge him/her directly because his/her deletion edits are destructive, irresponsible and disrespectful to other users. It took 4 hours to construct and edit those separate posts and he/she deleted ALL of them, forcing me to have to sift through all the information instead of just reverting my posts individually and only the posts that violated some policy/rule.
So how do I contact this user without using e-mail to tell him/her if he/she wants to debate these topics that the discussions are available, and if he/she has nothing to say that I will re-add my edits?
DystoniaPatient (talk) 06:48, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
- I have a talk page, just like all other editors. You can post there, but since this is about the article, it should happen on the article's talk page, not here or by email. We're not at war here and we can work this out. We just need other editors to notice the conversation and add their opinions. When I get more time, I'll return to the page. -- Brangifer (talk) 13:29, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
- BTW, I did begin my response to you on the article's talk page, and agree in part, and have even deleted that section in the article. You haven't responded or continued to explain/defend the other parts of your edits. You need to keep a discussion going. There is no rush, and nothing is truly lost. -- Brangifer (talk) 13:34, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
Apparently the semi-protection also blocks new editors, not just IPs. I'm going to ask 2/0 to go ahead and lift the semi-protection for a while. It may not be necessary right now, and it can always be reinstated if IP and sock harassment starts again. -- Brangifer (talk) 23:19, 11 August 2014 (UTC) Done - 2/0 (cont.) 14:03, 12 August 2014 (UTC)