UESPWiki:Administrator Noticeboard/Archive 6

Just Need A Little Help Please
Greetings All,

a couple of months ago, I have came across that in the "SPAM Warning" "advertising" is misspelled. I have tried to find a way to edit the message inside the template, but  no avail. I just wanted know how must I complete this task? It has been bugging me for months, and I keep forgetting to make this aware to others. So please respond with good news, you admins are pretty creative. Have a great and joyful day. --Playjex 12:13, 8 November 2007 (EST)
:Thanks for pointing that out, Playjex.  I've fixed the typo.  For future reference, there are links at the bottom of UESPWiki:Messages that can be used to find the actual messages and edit them.  (A further complication is that this one link was broken, but it's now been fixed, too). --Nephele  12:23, 8 November 2007 (EST)
::Highly Appreciated --Playjex 12:25, 8 November 2007 (EST)
:::Fortunately, this particular warning doesn't get used very often, since spamming typically gets a first-offense block, rather than a warning first.  And now with Captcha installed, it's even less of an issue, but definitely good to have things spelled properly, even if they aren't used much.  --TheRealLurlock   12:40, 8 November 2007 (EST)

Nonsense Bots

74.208.11.169, 218.189.241.96, 62.241.141.242. These three are giving a lot of trouble. --Mankar Camoran  08:44, 9 November 2007 (EST)
:Especially the first one. I had never seen anything like this before. --Mankar Camoran  09:08, 9 November 2007 (EST)
::Done, done, and done. --TheRealLurlock   09:47, 9 November 2007 (EST)
:::Thanks, thanks and thanks! --Mankar Camoran  09:55, 9 November 2007 (EST)

196.20.72.17 More nonsense  --GuildKnight (Talk)   19:53, 15 November 2007 (EST)

 

Trouble-Maker

194.80.21.10  They've been blocked before.  Personally, I'd say that the message "This IP adress is one of several used in a public school, the students concerend have been made aware of the complaints made against us I.E. vandalism, and it is hoped that this issue will be resolved soon." was a lie.  That's just me, though. At any rate, I just reverted about four of their bad edits.  Note the one good edit among them.  Or don't.  Your call. IWon&#39;tFightUndead 06:25, 12 November 2007 (EST)

:I think the fact that there was a good edit to the :Oblivion:Dark Brotherhood page, followed by an edit that looks more like a mistake than deliberate vandalism (IMHO), indicates that multiple individuals are using that IP address. A similar 'mistake' edit was made to :Oblivion Talk:Drain Attribute, while the edit to :Oblivion:History of Lock Picking is obvious vandalism.--Gaebrial 06:46, 12 November 2007 (EST)

::They had their chance, I extended the block to a month this time.  If we get more junk out of them after this one expires, I'd say we should make it permanent.  If anyone wants to post legitimately from that address, they can go ahead and create an account, which I haven't blocked. --TheRealLurlock   10:48, 12 November 2007 (EST)

:::As I said on the IP's talk page, this IP address does have a history of making productive edits as well as vandalism.  Therefore I do not think that permanently blocking the IP would be appropriate.  And if we want to turn to wikipedia for a precedent, they never place permanent blocks on IP addresses just on the possibility that it's shared.  Here we know it's a shared IP address, so I think the same principle should apply. --Nephele  12:47, 12 November 2007 (EST)

:::I agree with Lurlock. His solution still allows edits from that address - just not anonymous edits. --Wrye 13:08, 12 November 2007 (EST)

::::Now, not to get a bit off track here, but what does the Warning specify? I am currently thinking in my head, that it means "This address has been blocked for nonsense, and that this IP address is from public school use." Is that what it means? I KNOW that they're being blocked for nonsense, but are they coming from public schools? Thanks. --Playjex 14:19, 12 November 2007 (EST)

: I have a sneaky feeling that  may be operating from this IP. His vandalistic edits are in the same style. Is there an easy way of finding out what IP address a registered user is using?

::Some Sysops have access to the Special:Check User page which shows Da_Best operating from the addresses 78.40.239.4 and 78.40.239.6. -- Daveh 09:01, 14 November 2007 (EST)

 

Just Noticed:

I have noticed that the Userbox

  

has no full stop at the end, whereas about every other Userbox does have one. I don't know how to change this, but I hope one of you will. That's all! --HMSVictory 11:19, 26 November 2007 (EST)
:It has a full stop now! To do that you just have to edit the template itself. --Mankar Camoran  11:43, 26 November 2007 (EST)