Prince Andrew, Duke of York article protection
Hi there! As the admin who had previously protected this article (from 13 Jan 2022 to 13 Apr 2022), I wondered how you would feel about a request for page protection again. Since the removal of its protection, it has been vandalised over thirty times (almost every day) with the overwhelming majority of these edits being by unregistered users. It seems to be that it is worth considering semi-protection, especially as this is a BLP. I'm not a new user, but I have little experience with page protection so I wanted to ask your advice on this directly. Many thanks! SamWilson989 (talk) 19:48, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi SamWilson989, Thanks for asking! Let's see if a year does the job. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:31, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
- That's great - thanks for responding so quickly. Fingers crossed! SamWilson989 (talk) 22:39, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
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Partial block?
Hey, could you please block whichever part(s) of 2806:10be:8::/48 is responsible for disrupting Jonathan (name) from continuing to disrupt that page? They've declared that listing any other name other than "Jonathan" on that page is vandalism and they're determined to keep all other names off. Given that some of those other names are of Hebrew origin, I can't help but wonder if there is some antisemitism going on. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 05:40, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hi! Looking at the timestamps of [1], [2] and [3], your suggestion to partially block the /48 seems pretty reasonable, Skywatcher68. Done for 3 months. If the range changes, please let me know; page protection would then become a better alternative. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:18, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks much. Their disruption is so infrequent that I'm not sure RfPP would be approved if they manage to find another way to access Wikipedia but I will let you know if I see similar edits. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 00:03, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
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fyi PRAXIDICAE💕 18:21, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, thank you very much, Praxidicae. I have blocked Palesamyalata but will wait for someone else to deal with Boykaah and to close the case. I have also not investigated any connection to Stevence SA, so I haven't tagged the sock(s) either. I had seen the filter log entries, but they are one-sided unless I have overlooked something, so they didn't made me immediately automatically block the target user. If I did that as a general rule, it would lead to false positives caused by socks attacking innocent users. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:28, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- I mean, they all claim to be the subject, and so does the current user and his unblocked sock. PRAXIDICAE💕 18:29, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- Sorry, I hadn't noticed this. I'm probably hairsplitting when I say that the currently unblocked user seems to only have claimed having the same first name. I hope it's okay if I wait; with the autoblock, account age and last contribution date in mind it should be affordable to wait for another pair of eyes. You're probably right, and if I was really concerned about a perceived false accusation, I'd long have commented at the SPI. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:39, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
- I mean, they all claim to be the subject, and so does the current user and his unblocked sock. PRAXIDICAE💕 18:29, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
Barnstar Topicons
Hi, @ToBeFree! I love your barnstar topicons. Would you mind making them into a template (such as {{Tireless Contributor barnstar topicon}} or something similar) so that others could easily use them? Thanks, 𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊|🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦|☎️|📄 12:39, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
- Hi Mr Reading Turtle, thank you very much! As they use a custom link, a custom description and a custom ID, such a template wouldn't look much different than the current one.
{{Top icon | imagename = Peace_Barnstar_Hires.png | link = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:ToBeFree/A/1#Diplomacy_barnstar_from_Javert2113 | description = Diplomacy Barnstar from Javert2113 | id = 003 | sortkey = 003 | nocat = yes }}
- ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:47, 1 June 2022 (UTC)