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Hello, everyone. I primarily fight vandalism, spam, and sometimes somebody on the list of the most wanted users on the English Wikipedia. In addition to fighting local vandalism and spam on this project, I am also active on other projects; you'll most likely find me on the Simple English and Spanish Wikipedias, and Meta-Wiki.

Who are you?

Again, I'm a Wikipedian who eats vandalism/spam for breakfast and fights LTAs, but I'm also a dude in real life attending college. Despite my nickname being 64andtim, my name is not actually Tim. Any other username that rhymes with my username is most likely an impersonator, including 666&tim and most notably 63andtim, whom they may be blocked forever and probably locked globally.

I first started to edit Wikipedia by creating my user page, with some userboxes and some text. My second edit included this diff that some people may call this a mistake, but I was a very new user at the time and I was trying to help the project, rather than just harm it. After installing RedWarn, it made my life so much easier when reverting vandalism and spam, but sometimes (and rarely) I make some kind of mistake by accident.

You may call me 64andtim, 64, or Tim (but again, the latter is not my real name, and thus my real name remains confidential).

What is your work on this wiki?

Counter-vandalism/spam/LTAs

Now obviously, I use AntiVandal on my college laptop or on a random computer, Huggle on my personal laptop, Twinkle for a variety of tasks, Ultraviolet for reverting and warning users, and SWViewer on my iPhone.

When I got rollback enabled on my account, I've started using tools and scripts that require rollback to fight vandalism and spam much easier and faster than if I were to manually revert or undo such edits. I use Selective Rollback to massively revert a user's edits (mass/rapid vandalism or spam), add an edit summary when I revert, and others. Next, I became a pending changes reviewer, which allows me to review and revert edits on pages protected by pending changes. My CVUA training page can be found here, and while you might see some errors I have made, that training greatly enhanced my ability to identify vandalism in which it requires my judgment and senses.

For other stuff that's related to vandalism and spam, sometimes I encounter grossly offensive/libelous or promotional usernames (both would obviously have to be reported if they do their stuff which includes vandalism or promotional edits that I have to revert). When dealing with cross-wiki vandalism and spam, I use SWViewer and the abuse filter log on Meta-Wiki.

For somebody on the list of the most wanted (aka LTAs), I know some of them and I can tell by their activities and habits. While reverting their edits, I deny recognition to them. Sometimes, they can vandalize other projects and I have to go there to "clean up" after them (and report to SRG of course). Anyway, for the English Wikipedia, a specific LTA sometimes can make me lose my calm a little bit.

If somebody claims to be me and asks you to create an article in exchange for money, don't accept their offer at all as it is a scam; the same goes for someone impersonating me and soliciting paid editing work just for you; you should forward the evidence directly to paid-en-wpwikipedia.org for AfC scams, or legalwikimedia.org for paid editing work claims.

Speedy deletions

For speedy deletions, I mostly tag promotional user pages under G11 and other user pages/sandboxes that apply under U5.

Edit filters

I respond to false positives from edit filters on Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports, and participate at the edit filter noticeboard. For now, I do not have the edit filter helper user right, but I would like to help out in reducing the backlog of private filter false positives, and to view their logs as part of my anti-vandalism work to identify certain LTAs. For those who are interested in helping out with edit filter FPs, I would highly recommend using FilterDebugger.

Questions and answers for me

Have you been blocked?

I was blocked for one week because somebody thought I engaged in the good and bad hands of sockpuppetry, but that wasn't the case at all; an LTA made multiple accounts to impersonate me and some other users, and they were all blocked forever but that included me (1 week) and my alternative account (forever). Hours later, both of my legitimate accounts were unblocked per some discussion about my block on my talk page. You may wish to view my block log if you want.

Anyway, goodbye to my no-block streak.

Have you done paid editing?

I have never edited Wikipedia for pay, and I will never plan to do so in the future, unless if stated otherwise.

Do you have any alternative accounts?

I operate an alternative account, 64andsomeone (talk · contribs), which is used on public computers, unsecure networks, and/or when my main account could be potentially compromised. For security purposes, I have enabled two-factor authentication on my main account, and on all projects.

How can I leave you a message?

If you want to leave me a message, I will be more than happy to respond to your message on my my user talk page, or if you have any sensitive concerns, emailing me is preferred. If you leave me a message in Spanish, I will reply in that language in my talk page here or on eswiki.

One more thing, I am a mentor, and if you are a new user in need of help, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page.

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Userboxes about me on Wikipedia

This user is a Wikipedian. This user is not a Wikipedia administrator, and is unsure about becoming one. This user reserves the right to completely screw up his own edits. This user has both AntiVandal and Huggle, and may use them together! This user has both Ultraviolet and Twinkle, and may use them together! This user uses SWViewer to revert vandalism. This user is a Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy graduate. This user is a member of the Small Wiki Monitoring Team. This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam. This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks. This user identifies vandalism and disruptive editing through the Edit filter log. linkspam This user despises linkspam, and will terminate it on sight, as well as any other spam by the contributor. >:( Vandals dislike this user. This user was beaten by Yoshi24517 while fighting vandalism. # This user chats on the Wikimedia Community Discord server as64andtim. This user has an alternative account named 64andsomeone. WTF? This user ALWAYS leaves an edit summary. 2FA This user has enabled two-factor authentication.

Userboxes again, but reality instead of Wikipedia

es Este usuario tiene el español como lengua materna. en-4 This user can contribute with a near-native level of English. fr-0 Cet utilisateur ne comprend pas le français ou seulement avec des difficultés notables. This user is male. he him This user's pronouns are he/him. This user identifies as straight. This user lives in the U.S. State of Texas. This user is of Mexican descent. This user lives in the United States of America. UTC-06 UTC-05 This user has a standard time zone of UTC-06, but he uses UTC-05 from March to November. A, B, and A and B This user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing. U.S. spelling This user prefers to use American English spelling. This user contributes using Windows 11. This user contributes using Google Chrome. This user edits with an Apple iPhone.

Barnstars and WikiLove

Thanks for your diligent antivandalism work! Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 16:35, 24 May 2023 (UTC) CVU Academy Graduate Congratulations from both myself and all of the instructors at the Counter Vandalism Unit Academy, on your successful completion of my CVUA instruction and graduation from the Counter Vandalism Unit Academy. You completed your final exam with 91%. Well done and congratulations again. If you chose to request rollback, you may link your lessons here on your request. Please see your lessons page for more information. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:09, 11 June 2023 (UTC) Thanks for your help keeping that vandal's edits under control! Bedshote (talk) 18:06, 15 June 2023 (UTC) A plate of Dosa for you Here is a plate of Dosa for you. Dosa is a South Indian food and is a fermented crepe or pancake made from rice batter and black lentils. Hope you'll like it. For your anti-vandal work. Thank you. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 00:06, 4 July 2023 (UTC) For more Indian dishes, visit the Kitchen of WikiProject India. The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Thanks for all you do in counter-vandalism... keep it going! Volten001 ☎ 10:11, 14 July 2023 (UTC) The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Thank you for reverting all of that disruption made by SophiaS333. You were extremely quick with catching it all, which in turn keeps Wikipedia accurate, reliable, and healthy. Wikipedia needs contributors like you, and I really hope that you stay with us for many years in the long-term. I created my account when I was bored in the High School library during class, and I was disruptive too (seriously, look at my first contributions). At the time, I never imagined that, almost 17 years later, I'd be who I am on Wikipedia to this day. Please keep up the great work, and if you enjoy what you're doing here, PLEASE take off your jacket and stay awhile. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:52, 15 September 2023 (UTC) Thanks for reverting that mass ping on that SPI case I opened! Seawolf35 (talk) 00:11, 16 September 2023 (UTC) The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Hey Tim, just wanted to give you a shout-out for the awesome work you're doing at UAA, AIV, and EFFPR. Here's a barnstar as a token of appreciation. Keep up the good work! – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:35, 3 January 2024 (UTC) The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Sniped a revert I was making haha Keep up the good work Heyallkatehere (talk) 05:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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