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== Action on cross wiki vandalism ==
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== Away with this page ==
Over the past week cross wiki co-operation by a number of people has resulted in the blocking of five IP addresses associated with vandalism on more than one wiki. These IPs are now blocked here, Commons, en Wikibooks, en Wikiquote & en Wikipedia - if you can block them elsewhere please do so - you will have less work in the future!


Can we close this page in favour of [[SRM]] and [[WM:RFH]]? There is no reason why vandalism reports shouldn't be on those pages (and they are already there), and this page is very badly watched. --<small>[[User:MF-Warburg|MF-W]]</small> 14:23, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
There is an IP associated with page move vandalism (WoW style) on two wikis. Three IP addresses that have used inappropriate graphics on at least three wikis (the "bottle one"!) and an IP that has created inappropriate user name accounts on two wikis.
:I see I [[Talk:Vandalism reports/Archives/2016|never have new ideas]]. --<small>[[User:MF-Warburg|MF-W]]</small> 14:24, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

::I'm agree, as you say this page is poorly watched and these requests can be managed at [[RFH]] and [[SRM]]. In addition, I think having less pages to do the requests is easier for users who are not familiarized with Meta.--[[User:Syum90|Syum90]] ([[User talk:Syum90|talk]]) 07:18, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
The details of the IP addresses are on the main page. The information is derived from a number of sources including block reports on wikis, dns blacklists & CU checks. My thanks to all those who helped.
::: I'd like to point out that the current [[SRM]]/[[SRG]]/[[VR]] split is confusing, since a single report of vandalism (VR) could entail mass deletion of pages (SRM) and blocking of IP addresses and/or locking of accounts (SRG). So where should such a report go? I've been using VR, assuming that whoever responded to the vandalism report could do whatever deleting and blocking was necessary. This hasn't always worked as expected (especially when the reports seem to go unnoticed). Also, note that the instructions on SRM stress that problems on wikis with admins should be handled by local admins on those wikis, but this ignores the fact that much cross-wiki vandalism gets deleted by stewards independently of local admins (e.g., when IP addresses are being used to circumvent locks/bans). So when someone finally deprecates VR, they need to carefully update the instructions on pages like SR, SRM, SRG, etc., to clarify where vandalism reports should go. - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 21:35, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

:::: Yes, things should be updated if the page is finally deprecated. But SRM is already very backlogged and I don't think that adding-up on that page will help anyone. So my opinion is to leave this page or to create a SR/Vandalism reports where vandalism issues can be reported and a bot takes care of removing/archiving the stuff more frequently than on other pages. &mdash;[[User:MarcoAurelio|Marco]][[User talk:MarcoAurelio|Aurelio]] 21:49, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
If you can help deal with cross wiki vandalism (have sysop rights somewhere somewhere?) or will report useful information it would be good to have some indication on this page. Not a fan of "Sign up here" but feel free to sign up here <g> --[[User:Herbythyme|<font color="green">Herby</font>]] <b><sup><small><span style="color:#90F">[[User talk:Herbythyme|talk thyme]]</span></small></sup></b> 12:40, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
::::: The only way either of your suggestions is going to work is if stewards actually monitor whichever page and respond to requests in a timely manner. Is that more likely to happen if this page becomes a subpage of SR? (I don't see how things will improve if we leave the page as-is.) - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 01:32, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

::::: Is there a difference between SRM and this page in your opinion? --<small>[[User:MF-Warburg|MF-W]]</small> 17:58, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
==copied from [[Vandalism reports]]==
:::::: Dcljr sums it up pretty well. It is in our hands that this or any other page succeeds. If no one is going to watch and work on these reports it does not matter where the page is located as the problem will still be the same. &mdash;[[User:MarcoAurelio|Marco]][[User talk:MarcoAurelio|Aurelio]] 21:46, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
===Cross wiki selfpromotion===
The problem is that most users who want to make a request don't know this page and also most users who can manage the requests are not watching the page, so this page is not being very useful. We can do at least two changes to resolve this situation, 1.- to manage the requests at SRM, a page highly known and watched by most users, making only few modifications on its instructions, or 2.- making this page more visible, for example renaming it as a SR subpage as suggested by MA. The fact is that in the current situation this page is not useful.--[[User:Syum90|Syum90]] ([[User talk:Syum90|talk]]) 11:04, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
<!--{{luxotool|86.83.155.44}}, I am ashamed to say a fellow countryman, obstinately keeps adding references, many in the wrong language, to his quite insignificant (self-published, 30 copies) translation of an obscure physics work to at least a dozen wikipedia's (my own reverts were on bg, el, en, es, eu, it, pl, ro, ru, tr, uk, and zh, there's probably more). He has been blocked repeatedly on several wikipedias for varying amounts of time, to no avail. [[User:Wammes Waggel|Wammes
: ''Note:'' Just pointed to this discussion from [[Steward requests/Miscellaneous#Talk about vandalism]]. That should get the attention of more stewards who are not currently watching this page. - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 05:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
Waggel]] 15:12, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Said reference is now also included (on en-wiki and es-wiki) by an advocate of said unregistered user (who is thus not hampered by the article's being semiprotected on e.g. en-wiki; and he uses different usernames on different wikipedias). [[User:Wammes Waggel|Wammes Waggel]] 15:26, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
::: [[Special:Diff/16867945|Or not.]] - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 10:03, 10 June 2017 (UTC)

:I agree. BTW, he does the same on de. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 15:35, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
:::: Now at [[Talk:Steward requests/Miscellaneous#Talk about vandalism]]. - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 00:26, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
:Actually there are more watchers on this page than on the /miscellaneous... Of course we can't know how many of those are stewards. [[User:Stryn|Stryn]] ([[User talk:Stryn|talk]]) 06:14, 10 June 2017 (UTC)
::Ip 86.83.155.44 did absolutely not commit any cross-wiki vandalism: that IP user was only referring to an important source which was translated by this user. Te blocks this user got - by the way- were in most cases the result of minor improving edits in discussion contributions of that user himself (typo corrections etc) , and I think this witch-hunt against this user is a horrible example of the behaviour of some of the Dutch wikipedia users, who show no respect whatsoever for the valuable contributions of this IP user 86.83.155.44. Just to balance your thoughts, Regards, [[Special:Contributions/89.146.9.130|89.146.9.130]] 15:28, 27 June 2008 (UTC) (known also as Tjako on Dutch wikipedia, and Pling on espanian wikipedia) P.S. I would like to add that IP 86.83.155.44 is certainly NOT a vandal, (see his contributins on lots of wiki's) so crosswiki measures are completely inappropriate.[[Special:Contributions/89.146.9.130|89.146.9.130]] 15:31, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
:: Aaaand… nothing is going to change. Typical. - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 22:16, 24 June 2017 (UTC)
:::He is blocked (again !) on nl for making hundreds (!) of unnecessary edits to old items on talk- and archive pages, ignoring dozens of warnings. In my opinion he IS a vandal, annoying to the commmunity, and contributing next to nothing to Wikipedia. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 15:35, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
::: Shall I just be bold and redirect [[VR]] to [[SRM]], since apparently no one's going to do shit about this? - [[User:Dcljr|dcljr]] ([[User talk:Dcljr|talk]]) 00:21, 15 August 2017 (UTC)
::::Oh, and he has one champion on NL, to wit, Tjako. [[User:Wammes Waggel|Wammes Waggel]] 15:48, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
:+1. And making this page a disambiguation one. [[User:Matiia|Matiia]] ([[User talk:Matiia|talk]]) 01:00, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
:Ladies and gentlemen of this meta-wiki: please don't believe all those stated accusations, which in the meantime are handled by the (locked) en:Helpdesk and brought before the WMF. All my editted pages are already in research, frozen from June 8th onwards. With utmost regards: <font color=green>D.A. Borgdorff</font> by n° [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 15:54, 27 June 2008 (UTC) those persons stalking me again all the time ... and now adding MoiraMoira joined up. <font color=red>dAb</font> with [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 16:52, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
* {{comment}} The purpose of this page was meant to be about reports, not about requests for blocks. We have previously used it to write filters and identify problematic users, and trends. In essence it is the reporting of problems, not the solutions. If stewards are using this page to manage blocks and then it may be worth updating the introductory text to direct requests to your requests pages. &nbsp;— [[user:billinghurst|billinghurst]] ''<span style="font-size:smaller">[[user talk:billinghurst|sDrewth]]</span>'' 06:50, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
::@86.83.155.44 - There is no reason at all to accuse normal long time Wikipedians of stalking. @ the meta-collagues dealing with the request here: The off-topic self reference involved was removed already a long time ago from wiki-nl where I am a mod and had to deal with this disruptive user way to often to my liking as such. I received a request from Wammes Waggel on my talk page today and upon having reviewed the situation wiki wide I referred him to this page since this is cross wiki and has no connection to the current block the user has on wiki-nl (but may be related to the other blocks on other wiki's). Kind regards, [[User:MoiraMoira|MoiraMoira]] 17:17, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
:This is now enacted by {{u|Stryn}}. &mdash;&nbsp;regards, [[User:-revi|<span style="color:green;font-family:Courier new, serif;font-variant:small-caps">Revi</span>]] 16:35, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
:::Maybe it would be wise for the overall Wiki Board to look into the disruptive behaviour of some moderators and users who even stalk users 'abroad' and the way some honest contributors are chased away. Unfortunately much of the talk is in Dutch. This would also imply such vast range of investigation that it probably would take years to anayze what's happening during the past months. I do however see that the atmosphere on the Dutch wiki gets more grimm by the day, where all kind of unfriendly language, personal attacks, and blocks and warnings which have nothing to do with the contents of the wikipedia gets more prominent by the day. Maybe it would be wise to take all moderators (admins) away from the Dutch wikipedia, and start all over again, with a complete new set of admins and stewards and bureaucrats. Unfortunately I don't know if this would be possible, but it certainly would be a great warning signal to all parties to behave more friendly, helpful to each other, with less arrogance, powerabuse, and more need to get discussions in control and with less emotional conflicts resulting from them. Sincerely yours, [[Special:Contributions/89.146.9.130|89.146.9.130]] 17:26, 27 June 2008 (UTC) (also known as Tjako on Dutch wiki and Pling on Spanish wiki).
:What is this page for? You put a report here, then nothing happens and after 7 days the report automatically goes away? This page might as well redirect to [[Meta:Sandbox]]? [[User:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] ([[User talk:Alexis Jazz|talk]]) 17:16, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
:About half a year ago in the Netherlands - as well as several other Wiki's - I started with a series of articles concerning: "Material Waves of De Broglie". In the meantime my article as such is '''only in Holland''' completely deleted, replacing it without any discussion suddenly by a completely new one. For the moment still nobody has the guts to further edit there, because of that history. I too don't want to further comment this total erased quantumfysical lemma anymore, and preserved it in my own namespace. ǫ Faithfully yours: <font color=darkred>D.A. Borgdorff</font> → [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 18:31, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
::To where will this dicussion lead? I have dealt for a long time with both people, dab (ip-address 86.83.155.44) and Tjako on the Dutch wikipedia. They only help each other in disrupting wikis as is shown here. This story has a longer history, including numerous doubtful edits and self promotion of both Tjako and 86.83.155.44. Further discussion here will probably lead to more and similar statements given above. If someone wants more information on the case, do not hesitate to contact me or one of the other sysops/bureaucrats on the Dutch wikipedia for detailed argumentation with links to archives, deletion logs, etc. [[User:Annabel|Annabel]] 18:43, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
::BTW: while I was typing this, a third very doubtful person is completely ignoring below what is going wrong on different wikis with these users and picture that what 86.83.155.44 and Tjako did is only for the best of the world
:::Thank you Annabel. I wholly agree with you as my fellow sysop/bureaucrat on the conclusions of disruptive behavior of these two (and the one below here) unfortunately. We have a whopping lot to deal with and try to appease, admonish and if needed block them again alas on wiki-nl and it seems to spread around now as well cross-wiki <sigh>. [[User:MoiraMoira|MoiraMoira]] 18:53, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
:I speak in my own defense: I agree i initiated a lemma over myself being a pianist and composer, and was at that point being a newby not very aware of the rules concerning selfreference in the beginning. (btw the dutch wikipedia does NOT explicitly forbid writing about one self. Recently e.g. a lemma on a young Dutch composer (Merlijn Twaalfhoven) was put back after discussions. The lemma was removed afer lots and lots of discussions, and because relevance was disputed. In the end i went to the arbitration committee and they made a decision which i respected. I did not do any self referential stuff anymore for over 5 months now, although i think it is silly to put editsecurity on an article which I would not start anymore myself. The allegations of Annabel and MoiraMoira that i am disruptive is a severe accusation, and merely based on the fact that i have a critial attitude to some of wiki's stuff, like arbitrary rules, lack of rules, wrong interpretations of rules by admin's (including MoiraMoira herself, who removed the article on me being a pianist/composer), the blockpolicy which is a hot item on dutch wiki, etc. I showed that i contribute with a positive attidude (especially on articles concerning music), and that i want to improve the wiki in quality as well in articles as in wiki matters. So these allegations by Annabel and MoiraMoira are completely bullshit. In defense of IP 86.83.155.44 : he is attacked over and over and over again on his '''style''' of contribution, where the quality and content of his contributions are high, and his thoughts even higher. As people show below: this is a witch-hunt on world wide wiki's, and that is intolerable behaviour which should be stopped a.s.a.p. Sincerely yours, [[Special:Contributions/89.146.9.130|89.146.9.130]] 20:04, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
As I told and explained many times on Dutch Wikipedia - for my age - it's at least absurd to think a 15 year retired has need for "selfpromotion".?!. Those thoughts could only (be)come up in heads that wish that kind of stuff themselves, and have to be defined of as a ''fata morgana'' or the like. I'll therefore keep aloof from those inferiors: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ciell]. The frozen ones can be found on i.e. [http://static.wikipedia.org/new/wikipedia/es/articles/p/l/i/Usuario_Discusi%C3%B3n~Pling_aac7.html] or [http://static.wikipedia.org/new/wikipedia/en/articles/8/6/2E/User_talk%7E86.83.155.44.html] and so onwards. Have a look at all the difference too. With high esteem, yours truly <font color=cobalt>D.A. Borgdorff</font> [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 10:01, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

====Witch-hunt====
This is turning into nothing less than a witch-hunt. Anon user was blocked on nl:Wikipedia for correcting a typo: [http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Verzoekpagina_voor_moderatoren/Overige&diff=next&oldid=12644634](!). Next he was discovered on es:Wikipedia, and got falsely accused of copyright violations, which resulted in several es:blocks and article space damage on nl:Wikipedia as well[http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nationaal_Monument&curid=250800&action=history]. And right after I have repaired that damage and es:Wikipedia unblocked him and apologized[http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Usuario_Discusi%C3%B3n:86.83.155.44&diff=prev&oldid=18399111], the next accusation pops up. Whatever self-promotion there may be in these edits (note that so far no attempt has been made to prove this!), the damage done to Wikipedia by this stalking mob is already far greater. [[User:Guido den Broeder|Guido den Broeder]] 18:33, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
:By the way, the referenced publication can be downloaded here: [http://franckvallee.free.fr/localhost/plain/documentation/reference_book.html]. It may be a good idea to check its relevance (out of my area of expertise, so I can't do it myself) rather than to dismiss it off-hand. [[User:Guido den Broeder|Guido den Broeder]] 19:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
::Please note that Meta has nothing to do with the contents of Wikipedia. It deals with coordination of the projects and not resolving community disputes. That's a deal of the community itself. There's no board or anything that can actually review whether or not the reference is relevant. This page can simply be used to make people aware of cross wiki vandalism. So can we leave this discussion as is? Apperently it's not simply spam or vandalism. There's more to it than that, so basically there's not much Meta as a project can do. People reading this might be of help on the projects themselves though. --[[User:Erwin|Erwin]](85) 19:31, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
:::Agreed. Thanks, Erwin. [[User:Guido den Broeder|Guido den Broeder]] 19:43, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
::::Borgdorf also started this again on swedish wikipedia. He is just tiring out everybody, and it would be good to have a central place for discussion. I regard this as spam. /[[User:Pieter Kuiper|Pieter Kuiper]] 15:31, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
''"Anon user was blocked on nl:Wikipedia for correcting a typo"'' is not true: he was blocked for making small useless edits to talk pages, mostly in old to very old messages, doing the same on archive pages, and not just once but (literally !) ''hundreds'' of times. He has been warned many times, and has been blocked ''several times'' before for the same reason. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 15:52, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
: I'm not an "anon" but my name 'here' still is and will be: <font color=red>D.A. Borgdorff</font>. '''''You''''' have to be '''warned''' ''Yourself'' for enduring with much noise disrupting many of someone else's edits anywhere you are able to too. Your writings but mostly reverts bear inherently evidence for itself. I never did anything likewise to you and have no intention to. Not even to 'those' Revert-Kings & Erase-Emperors here again present to delete. Always remaining kind regards: <font color=turquoise>D.A. Borgdorff - s.t.</font> by - [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 17:40, 29 June 2008 (UTC) = <font color=darkred>dAb</font>.
::Seeing again that Erik Baas blames mr. Borgdorff here is the blatant evidence for the ongoing witch-hunt from some Dutch wikipedians on other wiki's. It's a shame.[[Special:Contributions/89.146.9.130|89.146.9.130]] 01:34, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
*Mr. "86" etc. is now also [http://bg.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8:%D0%94%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8&type=block&page=%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB:86.83.155.44 blocked] for '''one year''' on bg. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 20:17, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
*6 months on [http://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Specjalna:Rejestr&type=block&page=Wikipedysta:86.83.155.44 pl]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 20:40, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
*1 year on [http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Logg&type=block&page=Anv%C3%A4ndare:86.83.155.44 sv]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 21:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
*1 year on [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spezial:Logbuch&type=block&page=Benutzer:86.83.155.44 de]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 13:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
*1 month on [http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speciale:Registri&type=block&page=User%3A86.83.155.44 it]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 14:38, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
*3 months on [http://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speciaal:Logboeken&type=block&page=Gebruiker:86.83.155.44 nl] (15<sup>th</sup> time !). - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 14:40, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
*1 month on [http://el.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%95%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C:Log&type=block&page=%CE%A7%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82:86.83.155.44 el]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 14:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
*1 year on [http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:86.83.155.44 meta]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 14:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
*3 months on [http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Journal&type=block&page=Utilisateur:86.83.155.44 fr]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 15:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
*"indefinite" on [http://tr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:86.83.155.44 tr]. - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 16:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

As the witch hunt continues another esteemed wikipedian is sacrificed and slaughtered for the sake of the power abuse game played by others. :( Not amused. [[Special:Contributions/89.146.9.130|89.146.9.130]] 21:07, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
::Guys, this is really not productive, and not what meta is for. If you have a dispute please use your talk pages on the relevant wiki(s) or here. If you need to, use the appropriate dispute resolution process (ie not this page). Thanks. &nbsp;'''&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">Mike</b>]].[[User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">lifeguard</b>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>[[b:User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<span style="color:#309;">@en.wb</span>]]</sup> 21:36, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
As long as we are reporting:
* [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] has now been blocked on de:Wikipedia for vandalism. [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benutzer_Diskussion:Erik_Baas&oldid=47991078] [[User:Guido den Broeder|Guido den Broeder]] 09:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
**I was not blocked for vandalism, but for clearing up the mess that #86 created. And did you "forget" to mention that #86 has also been [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spezial:Logbuch&type=block&page=Benutzer:86.83.155.44 blocked] en de-wiki: "Ausschließlich Literaturspam und Unfug" ? - [[User:Erik Baas|Erik Baas]] 13:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Very clear that apparently you still are stalking me, and everybody seems to be frightened of (by) you, but I don't ... never been afraid of socalled warriors: real of cybernetic acting, mr. "Boss"... Further not of mrs. "Moira" who is on the hunt and run up to booster "cross" after beating with another 3 times-block again for nothing more than comma's, doubles and point signs. Ever cf. <font color=purple>D.A. Borgdorff: dAb</font> via: [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 00:32, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
:*I followed your request Mike.Lifeguard, but the (expected) result is 'finish' of hunting and haunting to catch my references, which in the meantime on all projects are effectively erased or deleted, with myself still blocked up for nothing without even the slightest (form of) scientific discussion about what matters, or reckoning brought in arguments. Oh no ... pats bhœum, buhm to get away ... Thanks a lot for your collaboration and "very" pretty involvements in this case, still on the "list" of vandalism ... <font color=red>D.A. Borgdorff</font> [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 23:46, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
:In the meantime, I understood that colleague dr. G. den Broeder too had (to) payed a terrible toll for his erudite actions as well ..... How would -- for G'ds sake -- be all those too strange working out facts possible by normal thinking people.? Not only rethoric questions, I suppose. Again <font color=green>D.A. Borgdorff</font> with: [[Special:Contributions/86.83.155.44|86.83.155.44]] 00:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
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'''STOP discussing this here''' - this is not the correct forum to air your disputes. Please register an account and use your talk page, or take it to the relevant content wiki. &nbsp;'''&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">Mike</b>]].[[User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">lifeguard</b>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>[[b:User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<span style="color:#309;">@en.wb</span>]]</sup> 21:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Views on archiving ==

Currently this page is archived rather lazily. We have a mix of subpages and all-in-one archive pages. I'd like to standardize this, using subpages for the "long-term recurrent" category, and everything together archives for the rest. &nbsp;'''&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">Mike</b>]].[[User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">lifeguard</b>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>[[b:User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<span style="color:#309;">@en.wb</span>]]</sup> 20:35, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

== User: namespace abuse ==

We have seen a rash of abuse of the User: namespace since SUL was rolled out; this is currently being dealt with at [[Talk:Spam blacklist#User: namespace abuse]], but it may well be relevant to those who deal with cross-wiki vandalism as well as those who watch cross-wiki spam. It may be worth putting these reports on a subpage, and transluding it both [[Talk:Spam blacklist|there]] and [[Vandalism reports|here]] so both groups may see it, and may watch it separately (for those who do not want the rather prolific edits to BL area clogging their watchlists). Does that sound acceptable to folks? &nbsp;'''&mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">Mike</b>]].[[User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<b style="color:#309;">lifeguard</b>]]'''&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<sup>[[b:User talk:Mike.lifeguard|<span style="color:#309;">@en.wb</span>]]</sup> 19:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

==General Tojo==
Why the hell is all his personal data here??? What the hell are you doing, Chris 73??? Someone should remove all that personal information viewable by anyone. Just imagine if someone violent finds all this and decides to go beat him up. This should be deleted permanently and never reposted, and Chris 73 and Wknight94 should be heavily reprimanded. [[User:Coffeeeee|Coffeeeee]] 01:54, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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Latest comment: 6 years ago19 comments9 people in discussion

Can we close this page in favour of SRM and WM:RFH? There is no reason why vandalism reports shouldn't be on those pages (and they are already there), and this page is very badly watched. --MF-W 14:23, 29 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

I see I never have new ideas. --MF-W 14:24, 29 May 2017 (UTC)Reply
I'm agree, as you say this page is poorly watched and these requests can be managed at RFH and SRM. In addition, I think having less pages to do the requests is easier for users who are not familiarized with Meta.--Syum90 (talk) 07:18, 2 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
I'd like to point out that the current SRM/SRG/VR split is confusing, since a single report of vandalism (VR) could entail mass deletion of pages (SRM) and blocking of IP addresses and/or locking of accounts (SRG). So where should such a report go? I've been using VR, assuming that whoever responded to the vandalism report could do whatever deleting and blocking was necessary. This hasn't always worked as expected (especially when the reports seem to go unnoticed). Also, note that the instructions on SRM stress that problems on wikis with admins should be handled by local admins on those wikis, but this ignores the fact that much cross-wiki vandalism gets deleted by stewards independently of local admins (e.g., when IP addresses are being used to circumvent locks/bans). So when someone finally deprecates VR, they need to carefully update the instructions on pages like SR, SRM, SRG, etc., to clarify where vandalism reports should go. - dcljr (talk) 21:35, 4 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Yes, things should be updated if the page is finally deprecated. But SRM is already very backlogged and I don't think that adding-up on that page will help anyone. So my opinion is to leave this page or to create a SR/Vandalism reports where vandalism issues can be reported and a bot takes care of removing/archiving the stuff more frequently than on other pages. —MarcoAurelio 21:49, 4 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
The only way either of your suggestions is going to work is if stewards actually monitor whichever page and respond to requests in a timely manner. Is that more likely to happen if this page becomes a subpage of SR? (I don't see how things will improve if we leave the page as-is.) - dcljr (talk) 01:32, 6 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Is there a difference between SRM and this page in your opinion? --MF-W 17:58, 6 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Dcljr sums it up pretty well. It is in our hands that this or any other page succeeds. If no one is going to watch and work on these reports it does not matter where the page is located as the problem will still be the same. —MarcoAurelio 21:46, 7 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

The problem is that most users who want to make a request don't know this page and also most users who can manage the requests are not watching the page, so this page is not being very useful. We can do at least two changes to resolve this situation, 1.- to manage the requests at SRM, a page highly known and watched by most users, making only few modifications on its instructions, or 2.- making this page more visible, for example renaming it as a SR subpage as suggested by MA. The fact is that in the current situation this page is not useful.--Syum90 (talk) 11:04, 9 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

Note: Just pointed to this discussion from Steward requests/Miscellaneous#Talk about vandalism. That should get the attention of more stewards who are not currently watching this page. - dcljr (talk) 05:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Or not. - dcljr (talk) 10:03, 10 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Now at Talk:Steward requests/Miscellaneous#Talk about vandalism. - dcljr (talk) 00:26, 11 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Actually there are more watchers on this page than on the /miscellaneous... Of course we can't know how many of those are stewards. Stryn (talk) 06:14, 10 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Aaaand… nothing is going to change. Typical. - dcljr (talk) 22:16, 24 June 2017 (UTC)Reply
Shall I just be bold and redirect VR to SRM, since apparently no one's going to do shit about this? - dcljr (talk) 00:21, 15 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
+1. And making this page a disambiguation one. Matiia (talk) 01:00, 31 October 2017 (UTC)Reply
  • Comment Comment The purpose of this page was meant to be about reports, not about requests for blocks. We have previously used it to write filters and identify problematic users, and trends. In essence it is the reporting of problems, not the solutions. If stewards are using this page to manage blocks and then it may be worth updating the introductory text to direct requests to your requests pages.  — billinghurst sDrewth 06:50, 31 October 2017 (UTC)Reply
This is now enacted by Stryn. — regards, Revi 16:35, 6 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
What is this page for? You put a report here, then nothing happens and after 7 days the report automatically goes away? This page might as well redirect to Meta:Sandbox? Alexis Jazz (talk) 17:16, 9 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
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