Euryalus

Hello, I was wondering is I could/should restart doing RCP, as you are an admin who understands my situation I am looking for your input. Thanks! Geardona (talk to me?) 01:29, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

I have continued in earnest, only reverting clear vandalism. Geardona (talk to me?) 22:59, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Geardona: sorry for the delayed reply, have been away from the desk for most of the day. Will have a quick review of your recent edits in a little while and see if I have any useful advice. As a general point there is no prohibition on doing vandalism reverts, and it's an essential task for the wiki overall. So provided you proceed carefully, all should be fine. :) -- Euryalus (talk) 23:41, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Alright, thanks! Geardona (talk to me?) 23:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Do you think I could return to having rollback in good standing or should I wait a few days/week/months/years/decades/centuries (past months is a joke(I hope)) Geardona (talk to me?) 18:30, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

I'd wait a couple of months. It's not essential for anti-vandalism work and the request is more likely to be approved if there's a reasonable time between removal and application. -- Euryalus (talk) 06:41, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I put it on the spam blacklist, citing an earlier conversation with Mitch Amesonthe log, which I only just found out about (after having previously cleaned up some of the latest spam of that site). Six spamming attempts are more than enough. Graham87 (talk) 05:12, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Graham87: thanks for that. Have to admire their persistence but they're aware that this is commercial link spam and seem to think brute forcing it back into articles will eventually pay off. Ah well. Oh and Happy New Year. -- Euryalus (talk) 05:19, 20 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Hi, you protected this page back in 2020. I don't really think this article needs to be protected anymore - there's been no disruption in the page history whatsoever except for a brief spurt of IP editwarring in 2020 when you protected it. Can you please unprotect this page? Regards, Prodraxis _(talk) 16:50, 25 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Prodraxis: done. -- Euryalus (talk) 01:07, 26 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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@Jonathan Engel (researcher): thanks for the email. Happy to complete a survey but prefer to do so on-wiki. If you post the questions on this page I'll answer them here.

If that doesn't work for I understand and thanks anyway for the offer. -- Euryalus (talk) 05:14, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi - I honenstly struggle to see how the expression "Skullbreaker" is not blatantly violent. The example I cited and every example you cited are direclty related to violence and harm (actual or depictions of). In indicating that you feel this is not a blatant expression of violence - would you mind elaborating on what then constitutes a blatant expression of violence? If it is possible to link me to some examples of deleted usernames that fall within this category it would help (I did try searching the page history at UAA, but did not have much luck). Thank you, Goldsztajn (talk) 13:45, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

For the sake of transparency, I've asked the editor in question ({{noping|SkullbreakerDFA}}) about the origin of their username. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 13:57, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

An update: following my engagement with the editor they changed their useranme. I still remain interested in understanding your views on what is (and isn't) a blatant expression of violence. To be clear, I'm glad you declined as this produced a far better outcome than a blocked editor, rather at first instance we have an editor who is engaged with others and editing. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 21:39, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sorry for the delay, was away a few days. Agree that talking to the user generated a good outcome, well done with that. It doesn't seem like they meant any harm with the name but am glad they've decided to go with something else. It also indicated why they'd picked this name (the Fortnite reference and not the stupid falling-over meme). As mentioned at UAA the "Skullbreaker" name has other possible interpretations such as a character in Call of Duty, an obtainable weapon in World of Warcraft and an alternate name for a medieval samurai blade. Or a username from another website, as in this case. Where the name is ambiguous some follow-up is usually required.

Re violent usernames, am reluctant to highlight too many but as examples of usernames that are blatantly violent and deserving of an immediate block perhaps have a look at the Special:ListUsers starting at with "Kill all." A more specific example is this one from a troll of yesteryear. What these have in common is their unarguable call for violence against named groups or individuals. This contrasts with usernames which simply mention objects you could hit someone with, or actions that might cause generic harm. There's nothing unarguably wrong, for example, with a User:Hammer or User:Drivingtoofast. Of course context also matters: had the user called themselves "Skullbreaker" and then edited to promote breaking people's skulls they would likely have been blocked. However in this case the name alone, without supporting evidence or follow-up, didn't meet the policy standard for an immediate block.

Hope that explains what I was thinking in this case. People's mileage can also vary in interpreting any policy, but for me personally the outcome in this case seems to support the decisions to not block on first sight. Either way, happy to discuss further if required. -- Euryalus (talk) 02:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Euryalus - thank you for taking the time to explain with nuance. For some context, my initial response to this was to engage the editor, but when using Twinkle to tag the user page, the instruction contained there indicated that in cases of violence to go straight to UAA and *not* engage. The links you provide and the elements you describe in your consideration are all very helpful. Again, appreciate you taking the time. Regards, Goldsztajn (talk) 19:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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I saw you just reverted this edit. Please see these two edits, as well. I'm not sure what's going on, but this editor is causing (rather than addressing) disruption, and I think they need some admin attention. Grandpallama (talk) 21:00, 5 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yep, give me a sec. -- Euryalus (talk) 21:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ten years ago, you were found precious. That's what you are, always. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 29 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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This was the culprit 😅. – 2804:F1...99:532B (talk) 09:56, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Yeah that was confusing. Thanks :) -- Euryalus (talk) 10:01, 30 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

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• Local administrators can now add new links to the bottom of the site Tools menu without using JavaScript. Documentation is available on MediaWiki. (T6086)

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