User talk:jpgordon

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Appeal

Hello, I was blocked from editing since 2023 on the account ‘Elpresidente360’ and after I evaded block I was banned. Having taken off time to reflect deeply on my actions and more importantly on Wikipedia’s rule, and having demonstrated willingness not to repeat such actions, my ban has been lifted. Consequently, I wish to request for ‘Elpresidente360’ be made my alternate account and ‘MikeJanetta’ my active account. Lastly, I want to also apologize for exchanging words out of annoyance with the administrator which made him to block my talk page. Looking forward to hearing from you! Elpresidente360 (talk) 07:58, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't think so; there's no reason to apologize to me. Apologize to Yamla and talk them into unblocking the Janetta account, if you can. It's not my call. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 14:58, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

About a block

I am not an administrator. I know I shouldn't tell you how to do your job. I just wanted to let you know that, if possible, please refrain from using profanity in summaries, as you did when blocking IP 202.216.83.48. Jlktutu (talk) 05:07, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Your concern is noted. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 05:08, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for all that you do. Jlktutu (talk) 05:09, 17 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Moodashoe was User:Momobot30. I think we should unblock now. Secretlondon (talk) 00:22, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for the clarification. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 07:21, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

Editor you recently unblocked

Would it be possible for you to check on Factinator5000 since you unblocked them only hours ago? Their first edits after getting to 500 are all about Israel/Palestine and they're blatant violations of NPOV and misrepresenting sources: Genocides in history , Genocides in history (21st century) 1 - 2, March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip 1 - 2, War crime, The Israeli Reservists - Generation of Victory, Second Holocaust 1 - 2, Red Sea crisis, Nova music festival massacre

They also blatantly gamed the system by making over 450 minor and even completely useless edits in the last week. They made over 50 of these in the hours after you unblocked them. Their edits on Eleni Georgiou are a good example. They reverted themselves twice and immediately restored to their edit count. Another example on Álvaro Sobrinho where they added random text multiple times to instantly revert themself: [2], [3], [4], [5].

Regards.92.22.187.223 (talk) 05:07, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Shit. OK, looking closer. Warned. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 15:03, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Am I allowed to revert their edits? Some of those pages are locked so I can't revert anyway but some aren't like the Second Holocaust which was perhaps some of the worst edits. Extreme POV pushing and their changes are unsourced anyway. They even deleted lots of citations. For example these edits:[6] - [7]. 92.22.187.223 (talk) 15:20, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

I'm rolling a lot back now. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 15:29, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks again.92.22.187.223 (talk) 17:05, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

I had a further look at the gaming by Factinator5000 and it's even worse than I first noticed. They only had 30 edits before March 13. Although they made a few seemingly productive yet unsourced edits about mycology, their hundreds of edits were overwhelmingly nonsensical and unsourced. One glaring example is Mostafa Nissaboury. They copied irrelevant text from Marianne J. Legato which they had edited just before. They then deleted it all with 28 seperate edits. They did exactly the same on William Ralph Turner. Added random text and then deleted it all in 28 edits in minutes. They made 58 edits on those two pages without actually making any changes. They did the same on other pages including Modderfontein Commando & Mafia District. I know you warned them and rolled back their edits for being extreme violations of NPOV but with this and that they so blatantly gamed the system I don't think they should still be extended confirmed and be allowed to edit Israel/Palestine topics, even the talk pages. 92.22.187.223 (talk) 18:01, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

Moodashoe

You never actually unblocked Moodashoe, despite accepting the unblock request at their user talk page. GTrang (talk) 01:21, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

I was sure error-prone that day! Thanks. Fixed. Double check me please! --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 01:25, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

StayCalmOnTress socks

Pinging @Bobby Cohn: as well since they duplicated a report at SPI. One of the socks in this farm has been avoiding CU but I believe based on private evidence they are likely the leader of the farm. You can see the thread I previously reported at COIN here. Discussing here as CU was not definite and the report at COIN did not get much traction other than a couple comments. Didn't want to revive the COIN discussion as of yet because maybe I am not seeing it correctly. After reading the COIN report, you can see more evidence of that user associated with the last couple socks blocked from the SCOT farm. An example is Tan Man Neelo Neel where they edited after Martial Bean Dino and other socks, Aye Ishq e Junoon editing after two other socks that are still pending CU, and on pages that were just G5d from the recent block of Martial Bean Dino. They went quiet for a while but now that the COIN thread archived and they feel like nothing is going to happen, they have slowly come back to assist the farm. Honestly seeking feedback wondering if I am looking at this wrong or if they really are DUCK? CNMall41 (talk) 23:32, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

I haven't looked at any of the behavioral stuff, so in the absence of useful information from the checkuser tool, I don't have much to contribute in this regard. And at this point, there's a lot of WP:BEANS being bandied about, helping whoever or whatever this is improve their techniques. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 04:35, 26 March 2025 (UTC)