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:::*{{iprange|216.213.192.0/18}} - 10 year block for a /18???

:::[[User:The Wordsmith|'''The Wordsmith''']]''[[User talk:The Wordsmith|Talk to me]]'' 00:50, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

::::{{replyto|The Wordsmith}} OK, I can live with the results of almost all of these for now (though I'll be monitoring their edits ... and I'd be happy for others to join in with the monitoring). To respond to each one in-line:

::::*The fact that MarcArchives00 had [[Special:Contributions/MarcArchives00 |made exactly ten edits]] and *then* [[Special:Redirect/logid/160085636|created their draft]] might or might not have been a coincidence. Either way, I saw it as pretty damning at the time. I couldn't exactly [[WP:BEANS|tell them that they'd crossed the threshold]] to move their draft in to the article namespace, but either way, it wouldn't have been accepted in the form it was in when I blocked them ... so I should have probably let them be with a warning.

::::*Jamiroquai sundae: Yeah let's see what happens ... it's sad that Wikipedia isn't set up well for that sort of situation but ... it really isn't.

::::*GuevaraViquez1979: Yeah OK; I didn't know about their talk page message. Maybe a partial block on the article might have been better.

::::*Flight709: It wasn't their making several edits to each article that was the main probblem ... it was just their sloppy way of editing and yes, the deleted draft. I still stand by [[Special:Diff/1244849550|this edit summary]] on the edit that brought them to my attention ... it's like they were told to add random references everywhere to boost their cred. In the edit I linked, among other things, they changed the correct text "Farley has also written custom songs, generating $2,000 or more in revenue per month, but stopped doing this in 2021" to "Farley has also written over 24,000 songs, generating $2,000 or more in revenue per month, but stopped doing this in 2021", which is nonsense (and the part of the new text after "24,000 songs" is patently untrue).

::::*70.163.96.153: This is a long-term pattern of vandalism [[Special:Diff/516622488|going back to 2008 (!)]] Yeah, the IP might be reassigned to another user soon; I'll live with that one.

::::*96.57.100.74: Let's see what happens, but I wouldn't be surprised if they just go back to editing again in a month as if nothing has happened. Some IP's can be pretty persistent. I think the integrity of our content is more important than inconveniencing a couple of users. And especially the [[m:IP Editing: Privacy Enhancement and Abuse Mitigation|changes to semi-obfuscate IP's]] that will happen [[real soon now]] will make it a bit harder to track down IP editors.

::::*103.176.217.7: Same as above, for different reasons; school editors are a blight on Wikipedia.

*2600:100C:A209:D108:0:0:0:0/64: Often /64's are assigned to one customer for a while; I wanted to make sure they wouldn't come back. /64's are harder to communicate with too; ironically the upcoming IP semi-obfuscation might help with that. Let's see what happens with this one.

*108.21.67.83: Probably fair enough. I raised it to five years because they complained that [[Special:Diff/1244461125|three years was too long]]; I shouldn't have gone down to their level to make a point.

*The next two /64's: The first one was probably an overreaction; I hold a dim view of editors who add non-notable people to articles like that. The fact that [[Special:Diff/1244408985|they knew to add a mayor parameter]] raised my suspicions, I think. Also see my above remarks about /64 ranges.

::::*216.213.192.0/18: I'd feel safer with the block at 3 years, like it [[Special:redirect/logid/124532060|almost was before]], but whatever. It's been a school range for a very long time and will probably continue as such; I'm not the only one to do blocks like this, as desperate circumstances (where almost every edit by an IP is revert) often require desperate measures ; see [[Wikipedia:Database reports/Unusually long IP blocks]], which I think is sorted by expiry.

::::I've re-read the parts of the [[WP:BP|blocking policy]] you've cited; I see a lot of "shoulds" there, giving admins a lot of wiggle room for common sense. I've probably overused it. I've been well aware of [https://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13740 this Wikipediocracy thread about my blocking] for a few days. [[User:Graham87|Graham87]] ([[User talk:Graham87#top|talk]]) 05:14, 26 September 2024 (UTC)