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Updated: 08:20, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

...I'd recommend you drop me a line on my talk page.

Actually, I'd recommend you take a deep breath, make sure I actually did screw up (entirely possible), then drop me a line.

Please, do not email me about admin stuff; I try to keep everything on-wiki if at all possible. If I've blocked you, there's always {{unblock}}; I also keep all blocked user talk pages on my watchlist, and will check back on them a few hours after I've left my notice.

Also, I am open to administrator recall. To see my criteria for recall, read User:EVula/opining/admin recall.

I was made an administrator on November 7, 2006. My RfA closed with a vote of 62/0/0. Near as I can tell, I'm admin #1,047.

My first RfB was closed as non-consensus on July 1, 2007; the second was also closed as non-consensus on 24 December, 2007. My third RfB passed (122/1/2) on 3 June, 2008.

I was granted Oversight privs after my election on February 16, 2009.

• Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names
• Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention
• Category:Candidates for speedy deletion
• Category:Images with the same name on Wikimedia Commons
• Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
• Category:Administrative backlog
• Category:Disputed non-free images
• Wikipedia:Changing username

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• User:AlexNewArtBot/COISearchResult
• Category:Pages with misplaced templates
• {{Interwikiconflict}}
• Category:Rescaled fairuse files more than 7 days old
• Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Nashville, Tennessee

• Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list
• Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators
• Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Promotions
• Wikipedia:Deletion process#Templates for Deletion page
• Wikipedia:Changing username/Assistance
• User:NoSeptember/bureaucrat

• ~2025-38358-90 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Tripped filter 249 five times in the last 5 minutes (New user conducting large scale reverts, details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 14:57, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

  False positive. Edits are not vandalism. No reverts or warnings so far; user seems to be reverting others. Daniel Case (talk) 22:29, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-38933-26 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Tripped filter 906 (All namespace abuse, details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 20:51, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

  Insufficient recent activity to warrant a block. Daniel Case (talk) 22:42, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-38474-07 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - WestJet was changed by ~2025-38474-07 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.866997 on 2025-12-06T21:51:14+00:00 (Automated) ClueBot NG (talk) 21:51, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

  No edits since being warned. Re-report if this user continues vandalising or spamming after sufficient warnings. Daniel Case (talk) 22:52, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-38929-18 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Tripped disruption-catching filters five times in the last 5 minutes (details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 21:53, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

  No edits since being warned. Re-report if this user continues vandalising or spamming after sufficient warnings. Daniel Case (talk) 22:53, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-38974-01 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Tripped filter 1361 (LTA 1361, details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 02:59, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

  False positive. Edits are not vandalism. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:25, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-38750-54 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Tripped disruption-catching filters five times in the last 5 minutes (details). Report false positive. DatBot (talk) 03:37, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• Naihuangbao (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – On :Draft:Course project draft (diff): Page move vandalism in the form of hijacking an existing article and inappropriately moving it to draftspace to replace with their own draft. For some reason I can't revert the vandalism despite the original page being just a redirect. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 22:10, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

  Edits are not vandalism. Please ensure recent edits constitute vandalism before re-reporting. I'm not sure what's wrong here. We often encourage people to move new articles they create that don't quite meet mainspace standards back to draftspace, and that's exactly what's happened here. If you can't revert the move, it's because only admins can move over redirects. Daniel Case (talk) 23:13, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-37842-00 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – On :Sukanto Tanoto: vandalism after final warning; actions evidently indicate a vandalism-only account. – LuniZunie ツ_(talk) 23:25, 6 December 2025 (UTC)
• ~2025-38962-00 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – On Racism in Iceland: Apparent loutsock for Euroauditor (talk · contribs), attempting to avoid another block.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 00:03, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
• WIKIFAN788899 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – vandalism after final warning; actions evidently indicate a vandalism-only account. User is not here to edit constructively to the encyclopedia; continues to ignore warnings (and when acknowledged, is uncivil and tells user(s) to "calm the fuck down" and asks why they are "so god damn bitchy"). Clearly, this type of behaviour, displayed since 2024, is not acceptable. livelikemusic (TALK!) 00:26, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

  This noticeboard is for obvious vandals and spammers only. Consider taking this report to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 01:16, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• ChristianWriter123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Account is a promotion-only account. All edits add a link to the same domain, usually as a ref but sometimes as a normal external link. Received final warning several months back but behavior has continued Yhvr (talk) 01:26, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
• ~2025-33306-33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Fresh from their recent block, they've now started spamming random uncited edits to Chrysler-related articles. 02:15, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
• ~2025-39034-74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – actions evidently indicate a vandalism-only account. this edit at Druski speaks for itself, as well as their persistent vandalism at Dean Withers despite reversions and a warning. Athanelar (talk) 02:46, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
• ~2025-38922-74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – vandalism, including: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jalen Barks (Woof) 02:47, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

  Edits are not vandalism. Please ensure recent edits constitute vandalism before re-reporting. @JalenBarks: These appear to be good faith edits. Also, ramping up warnings from level 1 to level 4 in 11 minutes for relatively minor issues like overlinking (i.e., not blatant vandalism) is a bit much. It would probably be more effective to leave a single non-templated note explaining overlinking and any other issues with these edits. Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:07, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-32658-09 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Vandalism past final warning tony 03:07, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

  Subtle vandalism; changing dates to false dates. tony 03:08, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• ~2025-33560-74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – actions evidently indicate a vandalism-only account. see here and here. Athanelar (talk) 03:08, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
• Altap1231 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) – Vandalism-only account Aydoh8^{[what have I done now?]} 03:25, 7 December 2025 (UTC)
• ~2025-38750-54 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - Obvious vandalism-only account, given the behavior. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 03:56, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• {{subst:UsernameBlocked}} ~~~~
• {{subst:Uw-ublock}} ~~~~
• {{subst:UsernameHardBlocked}} ~~~~

• Yoloftswyj (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, so please be careful when blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 12:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

  This username matched "yolo" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 12:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file Although this string is not a username violation in and of itself, it may indicate disruptive editing. -- DQB (owner / report) 12:00, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

• Dark killer1709 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "killer" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 12:20, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

• RIPGavin1999-2011IMissYouBro (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, so please be careful when blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:50, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

  This username matched "long username without spaces" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:50, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

• Jimmy the biggestmurder drones fan (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "murder" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 20:10, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

• TheAssociatedNotes (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "role account?" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 06:50, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file Usernames containing this string are often role accounts - check if this is the case -- DQB (owner / report) 06:50, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

• Nicoismyusernameforthewike (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, so please be careful when blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 19:41, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

  This username matched "long username without spaces" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 19:41, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

• Nomadicfamilyman (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "role account?" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 06:50, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file Usernames containing this string are often role accounts - check if this is the case -- DQB (owner / report) 06:50, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• Tj.mcintyre90DegreeBenefits (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, so please be careful when blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 14:40, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

  This username matched "long username without spaces" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 14:40, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• HockeySchoolUser931 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "role account?" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 16:50, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file Usernames containing this string are often role accounts - check if this is the case -- DQB (owner / report) 16:50, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• What is this diddy blud doing on the calculator (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "40chars" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 08:00, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file Username exceeds 40 characters. -- DQB (owner / report) 08:00, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• PranavChinku (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  Low confidence There is low confidence in this filter test, so please be careful when blocking. -- DQB (owner / report) 12:10, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

  This username matched "chink" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 12:10, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• PotatoFC (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "f\.?c\.?$" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 14:00, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file "FC" is an abbreviation of "Football Club" -- DQB (owner / report) 14:00, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• Lukie1488 (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "^(?!~2\d{3}-).*(?<!\d)14[^\d]*88(?!\d)" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 19:10, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file 1488 is a well known Neo-Nazi symbol -- DQB (owner / report) 19:10, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

• Hi there how are you doing on this fine evening (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal)

  This username matched "40chars" on the blacklist. -- DQB (owner / report) 03:40, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

   Note on file Username exceeds 40 characters. -- DQB (owner / report) 03:40, 7 December 2025 (UTC)

• Mitch&Dave (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Username implies a shared account. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) 05:01, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

  Not a blatant violation of the username policy. Please discuss this with the user first, and consider opening a community discussion at Requests for comment/User names if they disagree with your concerns. We don't usually do no-warning blocks if shared use is the only concern; try discussion with them first. 331dot (talk) 16:31, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• CFBWI (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username. See sandbox. --Seawolf35 ^T--C 19:14, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

  Self declared employee of org by the same short name. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 08:35, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

  Being discussed with the user. 331dot (talk) 16:34, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

  User has requested a username change. 331dot (talk) 18:05, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• Yaoitranny (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as an offensive username. aggarwala2727 (talk) 23:38, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

  I've left them a note as otherwise they seem to be a useful contributor. Secretlondon (talk) 12:45, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• Meem Obaidullah (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a misleading username. Impersonation of Mim Obaidullah. NotJamestack (✉️|📝) 00:17, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

  This is not an impersonation of Mim, just someone trying to hijack the article to be about themselves. Lavalizard101 (talk) 12:03, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

  In that case, they are WP:NOTHERE to build an encyclopedia. NotJamestack (✉️|📝) 18:31, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• Albert & Aarkada (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Shared use impliled.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 13:54, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

  Not a blatant violation of the username policy. Please discuss this with the user first, and consider opening a community discussion at Requests for comment/User names if they disagree with your concerns. We don't usually do no-warning blocks if shared use is the only concern, please discuss it with them first. 331dot (talk) 17:01, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

• Youngsan Theological Seminary (talk · contribs · deleted · filter log · SUL · Google) • (block · soft · promo · cause · bot · hard · spam · vandal) – Violation of the username policy as a promotional username. See their sandbox, which may need to be G11ed. Chess enjoyer (talk) 02:07, 7 December 2025 (UTC)