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You can request assistance from administrators for handling a variety of problems here and alert them about problems which may require special actions not normally used during regular content editing. Please be patient as administrators are often quite busy with either their own projects or trying to perform general maintenance and cleanup.
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[edit] Page advertising

There have been several users that have had to be blocked infinitely by myself and others for creating pages that were a facade for advertising a link to various websites. I'd like to request a checkuser action be performed to determine if an IP range block will be effective in stopping this pattern. The users that I know of acting in this fashion include:

-- Adrignola talk contribs 13:08, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

The similar content of the pages suggests a single source of the edits... I'd say circumstantial evidence supports a CU check to confirm and then allow a block. Unusual? Quite TalkQu 17:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
There are at least 3 IPs of different ranges, and at least 2 terminals being used. I'll poke around some more in a few hours, but it doesn't look good. --SB_Johnny talk 18:26, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
Blocked the IPs, found more of these accounts doing the same thing on commons so please keep us informed if you see a similar pattern. --SB_Johnny talk 19:27, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Advertising www.puretravel.com

An anonymous user has been inserting link spam directing readers to a travel web site. (see Vietnam/Introduction_to_Vietnam & Talk:Vietnam/Introduction_to_Vietnam) Can this site be blacklisted? Recent Runes (talk) 12:15, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done -- Adrignola talk contribs 13:07, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Uploader Right

I guess then we need to do some or all of the following:

  1. Agree and create a policy page (Wikibooks:uploader is a very basic start I've made)
  2. Agree how we will grant the uploader right... Is it like Editor (any Admin can make a judgement call) or after a full consensus debate at WB:RFP?
  3. Work out where contributers will request an upload... I'd prefer a page like WB:RFI rather than just a general "put a request in the reading room, but it's up for debate
  4. Decide what we are going to do as a policy with all the existing free content. I know some people have been moving it to Commons anyway, but is this a "policy" that we'll target moving it all. We'll inevitably create a whole load of image deletions by moving stuff and / or doing a fair use review as there's loads of stuff with incomplete data..

Do we want a project page somewhere to work on this (maybe the discussion page of Wikibooks talk:Uploader?

Unusual? Quite TalkQu 21:59, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Debate has moved to the "policy" talk page (thanks for fixing the link, hopeless on my part!) Unusual? Quite TalkQu 23:25, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] About user 74.173.164.178

The user has been engaged in the persistent vandalization of the Video Game Design/Introduction/Components, several Wikibookians have already attempted to stop the situation but it is ongoing, a hasher response seems appropriated. --Panic (talk) 06:33, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

I can only see three edits. I'll leave a note on the talk page. --Swift (talk) 07:15, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalization and spamm

204.249.125.6 it seems coordinated with Rhobday (and previous cases of vandalism). --Panic (talk) 17:57, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Panic. I left them warnings and deleted the inappropriate pages. More action as warranted. --Jomegat (talk) 18:03, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Fyi

Imo this vandal could well use a block: Special:Contributions/208.180.90.100. See also here. Regards, Wutsje (talk) 17:47, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done Blocked for a month. --Swift (talk) 22:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
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