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Just so you know (re intervention against vandalism)

At WP:AIV, all edits reporting vandals are reverted when the vandal is blocked. Later edits re-reporting those vandals are immediately reverted, on the assumption that more than one person has found the vandalism and made the report. Otherwise the page would expand to monstrous size within minutes. Not clear why you think your report in particular needs to stay up after the vandal has been dealt with, but that's what's happening. —VeryRarelyStable 05:33, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Just to clarify, the main vandal accounts I reported are currently unblocked. I included the other two that were blocked to show that there is a trendline of sockpuppeteering occurring throughout multiple accounts so it is more obvious that the unblocked accounts with more recent activity should also be blocked. Because I marked them all under the vandal template, the bot did not realize that I was just including the two already blocked accounts to provide historical context on why these other accounts that are currently unblocked deserve to be blocked in one situation before violating an only warning and in another case without being warned at all. I have marked the already blocked accounts under the user template to prevent the bot from acting indiscriminately now. --Thebirdlover (talk) 05:54, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

The usual way to do that would be to submit a separate report for each vandal, with a much briefer description of their vandalism. "Historical context" is not required at AIV. Vandals who haven't been warned are unlikely to be blocked unless their vandalism is truly heinous, regardless of whether they "deserve" it – because blocking isn't a punishment, it's a preventative.

—VeryRarelyStable 06:24, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Got it, but obvious abusive sock puppetry also isn't allowed under policy and I wanted to cite that this was the case. Are we supposed to warn every account that is obviously a quacking duck to stop doing behavior that we know they are actively under a block for? These accounts all have extremely obvious editing patterns of adding false information to animation articles. They have numerous edits that I can cite to justify this as well if need be. Not even including the accounts already blocked that I mentioned for context, one of the two listed accounts that is currently unblocked has been blocked two times already for similar edits--which yours truly was responsible for reporting. This is not asking for a punitive block, this is a trendline that was reported out on RPP among other places because a page needed to be protected due to this vandal. Thus, it is preventative not punitive, and I would suggest you look at the contributions of all of these accounts and actually read the evidence I wrote in AIV to see what I am referring to. With much respect, I feel you did not do this before messaging me. --Thebirdlover (talk) 07:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

And I was right because these two accounts did end up getting blocked after the fact. --Thebirdlover (talk) 17:53, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

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is this a Wikipedia generated account?

Skibidirizzler21 (talk) 01:19, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for reaching out. I am not sure what you mean though by "Wikipedia generated account", could you clarify further? Also, please follow the guidelines for signatures and use the subject line to provide a brief summary of what you need and include the rest of your question in the body like I am. I appreciate you providing a signature, but it is formatted kind of oddly. --Thebirdlover (talk) 16:26, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

ughhhhh autocorrect sorry meant Wikipedia Official Account - Skibidirizzler21 (talk) 01:44, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

I still don't completely understand what you mean, but thank you for correcting your signature. Yes, this is your official account on Wikipedia. --Thebirdlover (talk) 02:38, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

nevermind Skibidirizzler21 (talk) 12:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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I've granted the permission on a trial basis for 2 months, after which you can return to WP:PERM/NPR to apply for it permanently. --Ahecht (TALK
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Thank you so much, I truly appreciate you approving me and giving me this privilege again, reviewing new articles was always something I enjoyed doing and I missed that ever since I returned to "active duty" around here and saw the process changed. I will be responsible and prudent with my decisions. --Thebirdlover (talk) 01:20, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

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