User talk:Bishonen
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Missing it.
More than I thought I would. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:12, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- Oh my goodness! You've preserved the goddess though, thanks. - Walter Ego 08:16, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) And you can't look at revdel'd stuff, right? I remember that was very annoying, the time I handed in my tools. Maybe what you really want is semi-desysopped status? Bishonen | tålk 08:21, 21 January 2026 (UTC).
- What's that? You'll always be a Goddess to me. Blessed be. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:17, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- A goddess yes, but a giant flaming monstrous one! Paul August ☎ 14:52, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- The best kind, Paul! Bishonen | tålk 15:08, 21 January 2026 (UTC).
- Yup! Paul August ☎ 15:00, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
- The best kind, Paul! Bishonen | tålk 15:08, 21 January 2026 (UTC).
- A goddess yes, but a giant flaming monstrous one! Paul August ☎ 14:52, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- What's that? You'll always be a Goddess to me. Blessed be. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 10:17, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) And you can't look at revdel'd stuff, right? I remember that was very annoying, the time I handed in my tools. Maybe what you really want is semi-desysopped status? Bishonen | tålk 08:21, 21 January 2026 (UTC).
A somewhat alarming comment on a friend's TP
See . Apparently, the Human Diversity Foundation is offering a bounty for information that could be used to dox a Wikimedia Commons editor. Not sure what, exactly, I'm asking you to do here, but I thought making an admin aware of this would be a good idea. And I know you have a bunch of fellow admins as stalkers here. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:01, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) alarming indeed. i put it in at ANI -- Aunva6talk - contribs 16:21, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks, peeps. Looks like it's been dealt with. Bishonen | tålk 19:55, 23 January 2026 (UTC).
- That "foundation" sure has an Orwell-esque name. The Unz Review is neck-deep in that too. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:21, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
- The Unz Review is definitely a neo-nazi rag, but it legit sounds like a sophomoric fanzine for house music edited by a 17-year-old. Unz tiss unz tiss unz tiss unz tiss. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 16:41, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
- That "foundation" sure has an Orwell-esque name. The Unz Review is neck-deep in that too. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:21, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks, peeps. Looks like it's been dealt with. Bishonen | tålk 19:55, 23 January 2026 (UTC).
Losing it
While reviewing your wonderful list of images, for a split-second I truly expected this entry to be a picture of this guy. Perhaps I should crawl back into your pocket for a wee nap. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 14:44, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- Welcome in homey Bishzilla pocket, little JoJo Anthrax! Catflap open! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 20:11, 26 January 2026 (UTC).
- Is it just me, or does he (Bat Boy, not JoJo) look a little like Rudy Giuliani? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:34, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- Legend has it that Bat Boy is actually Giulliani's illegitimate child, and the secret heir to the throne of New York. Prophecy tells us that the great hero, Zohran Mamdani will do battle with him to determine the fate of Midtown. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 21:30, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
- Where can I buy tickets? Donald Albury 00:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Here. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:20, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- My eyes are burning. Donald Albury 00:50, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Three of my souls are, as well. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 14:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- My eyes are burning. Donald Albury 00:50, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Here. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:20, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Where can I buy tickets? Donald Albury 00:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Legend has it that Bat Boy is actually Giulliani's illegitimate child, and the secret heir to the throne of New York. Prophecy tells us that the great hero, Zohran Mamdani will do battle with him to determine the fate of Midtown. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 21:30, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
- Is it just me, or does he (Bat Boy, not JoJo) look a little like Rudy Giuliani? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:34, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
What the what?!
Does this from an editor with one other edit need reverting? Kinda looks like gravedancing; kinda looks not here. Thanks. Best. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:48, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- (watching) I reverted the other comment. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:58, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Uh, you reverted what, Gerda? The edit DeepFried links to hasn't been reverted. I suggest you do it, Deep, and I'll ask them why they're posting anything on the page of a blocked user who last edited 9 months ago. Bishonen | tålk 20:07, 28 January 2026 (UTC).
- I thought I was so clear: I reverted the other comment ("one other edit"). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- ps: you archive so fast, or I post too rarely, no January pic anymore ... - on vacation, so I missed going around yesterday when the main page was graced with a Bach cantata (300 years), Mozart (270 years, family pictured) and Verdi mentioned (125 years). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:44, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)I reverted the comment. it's really WP:DEADHORSE. -- Aunva6talk - contribs 20:33, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- I have a suspicion it's a sock based on the edit to the talk page and to Talk:Christian conditionalism, but i don't think there's enough for an Investigation yet, and it could be entirely coincidental -- Aunva6talk - contribs 20:57, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- I thought I was so clear: I reverted the other comment ("one other edit"). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- Uh, you reverted what, Gerda? The edit DeepFried links to hasn't been reverted. I suggest you do it, Deep, and I'll ask them why they're posting anything on the page of a blocked user who last edited 9 months ago. Bishonen | tålk 20:07, 28 January 2026 (UTC).
Marjorie Taylor Green
Thanks for the edit on that. I hadn'noticed what I'd done to the "See also" Spinney Hill (talk) 10:18, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
ChitoCastillo1234
user has been trying to use the talk pages to get around the article block you placed on them. reported at ANI -- Aunva6talk - contribs 18:11, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
Persistent violation of WP:ECRCASTE
Hi Bishonen, hope you are doing great! A user Antor2004 is persistently violating WP:ECRCASTE in spite of being informed and warned! Would request you to have a look at the revision history of the article on Suvarna Banik and User talk:Antor2004. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 14:49, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
- They clearly have difficulty taking our rules on board, Ekdalian. Telling you in an edit summary that "you are not Banik" unfortunately seems to speak volumes about their attitude.🙁 I've tried again to explain the rules (not that there was anything wrong with your own explanation) and given them a final warning. Bishonen | tålk 15:18, 4 February 2026 (UTC).
- You have covered all the points including their attitude and I completely agree with you, Bishonen. Thank you so much for your prompt action! Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 17:21, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Bushranger protected the page after i put in an RPP. all caste/SE asia social group pages can and probably should be indef ECP. -- Aunva6talk - contribs 01:31, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
- You have covered all the points including their attitude and I completely agree with you, Bishonen. Thank you so much for your prompt action! Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 17:21, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
You'll be blocked next time
Meh, I'd've blocked already. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 12:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Wow, you've become a much tougher admin since you stopped being one, Fritter! Bishonen | tålk 14:02, 7 February 2026 (UTC).
- Ah calls 'em as Ah sees 'em -- the former admin Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:08, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Only a little block. Just to let them know -- the former admin Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:09, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ah calls 'em as Ah sees 'em -- the former admin Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:08, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
Epstein closer to home
If you haven't seen Relationship of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, and Jeffrey Epstein, it's kinda interesting, for a certain value of "interesting". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:06, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- At least the Norwegian royal family isn't as dull as the Swedish. Remember the Shaman? Bishonen | tålk 21:17, 8 February 2026 (UTC).
- That I missed. Didn't one of our King's sisters talk to angels and sell magical magnetic bracelets years ago, 80:s-90:s or so? But as royal families go, ours is pretty well behaved. Also, generally well liked. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:34, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
February music
Today some 1510 carving from St. Valentin. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:53, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
Today something new: a 100th birthday of someone alive, György Kurtág! In 2004 I was there when he and his wife played for the Rheingau Musik Festival where he was the featured composer. They played as the 2019 DYK said, on an upright piano, - listen, the last piece was the same. - More pics uploaded, enjoy. And Rosiestep shows the latest cat! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:29, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
- Beautiful, Gerda. Bishonen | tålk 21:15, 19 February 2026 (UTC).
- Thank you! - Today's main page features four biographies I helped to bring there, two women and two men, three opera singers (one pictured) and an actor, - a record for me, I believe ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:32, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
Unable to access regular username: Melroross
@(Bishonen|talk), there is an issue with my Melroross profile. I forgot my password and sent a re-set request to my Gmail address for this username - no password ever arrived. However, today my duplicate username 'Melrorross' which you deactivated at my request in 2024 (it was created by a typo mistake leading to an unintended duplicate profile), did allow a password change request from Wikipedia to the same Gmail address. The issue now being, that the two different usernames now appear to be blocked. I need a password re-set for Melroross which I have been using for 11 years.Can you please investigate and advise? Many thanks TempMelroross (talk) 02:29, 18 February 2026 (UTC) TempMelroross (talk) 02:47, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) Hello Melroross. What about Wikipedia:FAQ/Technical#How do I recover a password I have forgotten?. Or have you tried that already? The account User:Melroross is still in good standing and is not blocked. EdJohnston (talk) 04:43, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- Indeed, Ed. And the other name, Melrorross, is both blocked and redirected to User:Melroross, which seems right to me. Or, Ed, do you think a blocked redirect could somehow interfere with the unblocked status of the target? Bishonen | tålk 09:38, 18 February 2026 (UTC).
- @Bishonen,@EdJohnston it appears that the blocked redirect is interfering, creating a 'blocked loop' with the unblocked profile, Melroross and treats BOTH the blocked profile Melrorross (unwanted) and the in principle, unblocked profile Melroross as one. I believe I had created the Melroross profile with the same Gmail account but maybe there is no email linked- hence the never receiving a temporary password code. Does this mean I may have lost my oldest profile? Any other suggestions you can give me? Many thanks ~2026-10853-57 (talk) 12:57, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- No, surely not. (I hope you still have the password you received for Melrorross..?) It seems odd that this only happens now and not before, but who understand these things (not me, for sure). We can try breaking the loop, either by unblocking Melrorross, or by deleting the redirect. I've tried unblocking, as I feel somebody might more easily, and in good faith, recreate the redirect. So there is now no block on either of the accounts. Now try, Melroross. If it works, of course the downside is that you'd better be really careful not to use Melrorross again. And if it doesn't work, I'll try undoing the redirect. Any comment, Ed? Or any other clever talkpage stalker? (Ed doesn't seem to be editing.) Bishonen | tålk 13:25, 18 February 2026 (UTC).
- Very odd, no idea how or why but good news is: I now can login with Melroross AFTER login in with Melrorross and changing a small detail on my Melroross profile. I have different passwords for the 2 profiles and happy to go back to Melroross again. I don't need or want Melrorross so, if you/another administrator can disable it once more, I'd be grateful. Again, many thanks for your help... peculiar occurrence Melroross (talk) 18:30, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) might not be the worst idea to have a backup account. or one for public computers. plenty of reasons to have socks. some of my favorite wikipedians are socks. -- Aunva6talk - contribs 18:45, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- Special:EmailUser/Melroross doesn't work so it must not have Wikipedia email set up. This may explain why Melroross couldn't reset the password. However Special:EmailUser/Melrorross *does* work. If you can now log back in to Melroross that is good news, but you should right away go to Special:Preferences and enable an email address, so you can recover the password in the future. EdJohnston (talk) 19:50, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) might not be the worst idea to have a backup account. or one for public computers. plenty of reasons to have socks. some of my favorite wikipedians are socks. -- Aunva6talk - contribs 18:45, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- Very odd, no idea how or why but good news is: I now can login with Melroross AFTER login in with Melrorross and changing a small detail on my Melroross profile. I have different passwords for the 2 profiles and happy to go back to Melroross again. I don't need or want Melrorross so, if you/another administrator can disable it once more, I'd be grateful. Again, many thanks for your help... peculiar occurrence Melroross (talk) 18:30, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- No, surely not. (I hope you still have the password you received for Melrorross..?) It seems odd that this only happens now and not before, but who understand these things (not me, for sure). We can try breaking the loop, either by unblocking Melrorross, or by deleting the redirect. I've tried unblocking, as I feel somebody might more easily, and in good faith, recreate the redirect. So there is now no block on either of the accounts. Now try, Melroross. If it works, of course the downside is that you'd better be really careful not to use Melrorross again. And if it doesn't work, I'll try undoing the redirect. Any comment, Ed? Or any other clever talkpage stalker? (Ed doesn't seem to be editing.) Bishonen | tålk 13:25, 18 February 2026 (UTC).
- @Bishonen,@EdJohnston it appears that the blocked redirect is interfering, creating a 'blocked loop' with the unblocked profile, Melroross and treats BOTH the blocked profile Melrorross (unwanted) and the in principle, unblocked profile Melroross as one. I believe I had created the Melroross profile with the same Gmail account but maybe there is no email linked- hence the never receiving a temporary password code. Does this mean I may have lost my oldest profile? Any other suggestions you can give me? Many thanks ~2026-10853-57 (talk) 12:57, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
- Indeed, Ed. And the other name, Melrorross, is both blocked and redirected to User:Melroross, which seems right to me. Or, Ed, do you think a blocked redirect could somehow interfere with the unblocked status of the target? Bishonen | tålk 09:38, 18 February 2026 (UTC).
Sorry to Bother You...
Is a great movie. I don't know if you've seen it, but I highly recommend it.
It's also a sentiment I have right now.
A new user is upset about getting some pushback on adding OR to Glyphosate and decided to blatantly attack Tryp over it. When I left a sternly worded warning (I admit, I jumped a few levels, but the sheer childishness of the attack justified it, IMO) they decided to lash out at me, too.
I think a sterner warning from someone who can make them behave if they can't see their way to doing so on their own might be appropriate. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 00:41, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks MPants for this, and thanks Bish for reading it, but I'm a step ahead of MPants. I'm just about to post a report at WP:AE. --Tryptofish (talk) 00:47, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Well, now you've got an extra diff to add to the pile. I had hopes Bish would work her charm on the fellow and wring a more congenial attitude out of them, but a topic ban (that would almost certainly function as a site ban) would settle the matter, as well. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 00:58, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- An extra diff to go the extra mile on the pile! For what it's worth, I don't intend TBAN = CBAN. Rather, I hope it would result in getting some experience in safer topic areas, but then again, I'm the eternal optimist. --Tryptofish (talk) 01:02, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- But then again: the excellent Asilvering has just indeffed him, so I guess that's that. --Tryptofish (talk) 01:05, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Sometimes, when people flounce, the best move is to let them. -- asilvering (talk) 01:50, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- (edit conflict) Although the account is new, according to the user page it’s somebody’s special-purpose alt dedicated to “political conflicts in science-focused articles”. So in this case TBAN = CBAN probably would be true, depending on the scope of T.—Odysseus1479 02:03, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- But then again: the excellent Asilvering has just indeffed him, so I guess that's that. --Tryptofish (talk) 01:05, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- An extra diff to go the extra mile on the pile! For what it's worth, I don't intend TBAN = CBAN. Rather, I hope it would result in getting some experience in safer topic areas, but then again, I'm the eternal optimist. --Tryptofish (talk) 01:02, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Well, now you've got an extra diff to add to the pile. I had hopes Bish would work her charm on the fellow and wring a more congenial attitude out of them, but a topic ban (that would almost certainly function as a site ban) would settle the matter, as well. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 00:58, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
Thank you all, but time zones, y'know. Bishonen | tålk 09:11, 28 February 2026 (UTC).
- Odysseus' comment about the "alt account" got me thinking, and wondering if there is a risk of block evasion. But I think the mention of alt account on the user page may just be a clumsy reference to opening a named account after editing as a temporary account. A common sense reading of the start of Talk:Glyphosate#Section "Misinformation campaigns" makes it very clear that the temp account that started the discussion thread actually is CistronSSF. --Tryptofish (talk) 20:33, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- I saw some indications of prior editing under an anon account. Nothing definitive and I'm not a CU in any event. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 22:26, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
March music
Aribert Reimann's 90th birthday, with a hook mentioning his 80ths, the opera played by Oper Frankfurt after he died, see video, and I was there. - Ruta de los Volcanes is among the latest places. -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:10, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
- Great, Gerda. I can see the peacock on the blackthorn! (But am now hopelessly stuck reading March music.) Bishonen | tålk 19:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC).
- Sorry about that, - if I remember next year I'll say März, or Spring. if ... - Of the four topics I helped to bring to the main page, I'm most proud of a woman's work, so made it my story. As it happens, last year's story OTD was about the woman. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
Violation of the restriction on CT/SASG and personal attack
Hi Bishonen.. hope you are doing well! I informed the new user Mona4320 regarding the new rules on contentious topics, but they continue to ignore the same. Moreover, they are abusing me (assuming I am from West Bengal) in this particular edit, 'Hijra' meaning enuch, 'Bhikiri baap' meaning beggar father in Bengali! Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 13:06, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- The user has deleted the warning message from their talk page! Thanks. Ekdalian (talk) 13:14, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- Warned again. Doug Weller talk 14:43, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- The user GeneralfromDalmatia has been persistently violating WP:ECRCASTE in spite of multiple warnings! I would request you to have a look at their talk page; the user seems to be least bothered about our policies. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 07:54, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
- Sorry to bother you, I would like to bring to your attention another case of violation, this time by the user MY Gohad! You may have a look at my latest warning on their talk page; please see [this]. Best Regards. Ekdalian (talk) 13:08, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- They have now offered the excuse of having forgotten. That's a bit too much like saying 'I didn't take it seriously', so I've blocked for a month, which I hope will help them to remember in the future. (Your reminder was fairly long ago, which is the reason I didn't indef.) Bishonen | tålk 13:36, 13 March 2026 (UTC).
Urgent request for admin action...
I need you, specifically, to tell me how you've been.
I've been far too 'business oriented' here for someone I'm as fond of as you. It's time for chit-chat. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 13:24, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- [Bishzilla is pleased to see the little user.] Hello young Hammerpants! Little Shonen has been lazy, as is typical! Welcome in pocket, chat with Bishzilla! bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 17:12, 6 March 2026 (UTC).
- Howdy, 'Zilla. Flatten any coastal cities lately? I'd invite you to go after the capital of my state, Tallahassee, but it's pretty flat already, I'm not sure there's much you can do to it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:13, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- [Bishonen is confused.] Uh, what? You have been blocked and locked and edit conflicted, MjolnirPants! Is that all right? My scripts weren't working, but now they are! () Bishonen | tålk 17:15, 6 March 2026 (UTC).
- No, nothing's wrong, just making chit-chat.
- This was my first learning about that attack. All I can say about that is that I'm glad it was handled and to shake my head sadly at people who choose poor passwords and don't use VMs, VPNs and test accounts when doing tech work on web sites. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:46, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- [Virtuously:] Bishzilla always use all of those! All and some more! [Goes to hastily change her password from 123456.] bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 19:30, 6 March 2026 (UTC).
- "That's the stupidest combination I ever heard in my life! It's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"
- I'm heading back to the golf course, to work on my putts. [accidentally turns off everything].
- Note to self: change the combination on your luggage. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 19:36, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker)I would say it's a failure in process controls, or in good sense lol. "hey, lets load a bunch of random userscripts, with no review, into the live environment. what's the worst that could happen?" hopefully it results in better controls and processes, as well as perhaps security measure regarding userscripts. -- Aunva6talk - contribs 20:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- One of the sad truths of the modern web-based industry is that doing things the proper way is expensive, and that matter for both non-profits and for-profit entities on the web. The only systems where I've ever seen what I would describe as a flawless security process were all systems maintained by very small groups of volunteers who were doing it as a hobby and didn't mind losing money on it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:29, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- Little fish very confused. (Nothing new about that...) What happened while I was logged out? No Java for anyone? How awful! And what's this about PEBKAK? Is there something wrong between my keyboard and my chair? Looks very nervously at caudal fin. And who did that insignificant child call a "putz"? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:01, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- PEKBAK is a fundamental truth of the universe. Almost all computer problems are PEBKAK problems. The only difference is timing. Did the PEBKAK issue happen during development, deployment or use, or did it happen elsewhere and just cause the problem at hand?
- And I'm a very significant child, I thought we established this already? (And I don't call people putzes). ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 03:03, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
- A perfectly understandable mistake, considering a woody putter’s no more unusual than a woody hammer. OTOH putzes is awfully tiny, I mean tinny.—Odysseus1479 03:44, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
- How many putts would a wood putz putt if a wood putz could putt putts? And I thought the hammer was tiny.[FBDB] --Tryptofish (talk) 00:33, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
- A perfectly understandable mistake, considering a woody putter’s no more unusual than a woody hammer. OTOH putzes is awfully tiny, I mean tinny.—Odysseus1479 03:44, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
- Little fish very confused. (Nothing new about that...) What happened while I was logged out? No Java for anyone? How awful! And what's this about PEBKAK? Is there something wrong between my keyboard and my chair? Looks very nervously at caudal fin. And who did that insignificant child call a "putz"? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:01, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- One of the sad truths of the modern web-based industry is that doing things the proper way is expensive, and that matter for both non-profits and for-profit entities on the web. The only systems where I've ever seen what I would describe as a flawless security process were all systems maintained by very small groups of volunteers who were doing it as a hobby and didn't mind losing money on it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:29, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- [Virtuously:] Bishzilla always use all of those! All and some more! [Goes to hastily change her password from 123456.] bishzilla ROARR!! pocket 19:30, 6 March 2026 (UTC).
- [Bishonen is confused.] Uh, what? You have been blocked and locked and edit conflicted, MjolnirPants! Is that all right? My scripts weren't working, but now they are! () Bishonen | tålk 17:15, 6 March 2026 (UTC).
- Howdy, 'Zilla. Flatten any coastal cities lately? I'd invite you to go after the capital of my state, Tallahassee, but it's pretty flat already, I'm not sure there's much you can do to it. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 17:13, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
Cross-wiki COI edits.
Greetings to the hero of Wikipedia! I was suspecting an instance of an editor performing UPE cross-wiki; I've never dealt with / alledged anyone with cross-wiki abuse before and 'd like to know where should I start the discussion at (e.g., metawiki)? Or is it just fine to post cross-wiki findings on ANI thread and entrust the rest to the mop-wielding superheros? 海盐沙冰 / aka irisChronomia / Talk 11:02, 8 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hi there! How nice to be properly addressed for a change. (Though User:Bishzilla probably thinks she's the hero of Wikipedia.) There's a special group that deals with suspected undisclosed COI editing on Wikipedia; they'll know what to do about suspected cross-wiki UPE too, I'm sure. See Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Conflict of interest reports. You can report to them via paid-en-wp@wikipedia.org. Bishonen | tålk 16:11, 8 March 2026 (UTC).
Blocking Krish! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Krish!#Page_block
I have seen that administrators developed bias in favour of editors who are seen as anti-Hindus. Trangabellam never got blocked for multiple times biting new editors.
Krish! is not even a political editor.
He edits movie articles. Trangabellam will jump into a movie article and do drama with his political edits.
But you blocked Krish! Krish! wrote so many featured articles.
After your block he left Wikipedia. Because of your wrong decision Wikipedia lost a content creator.
The article has highest edits from Trangabellam, Tayi Arjakate, Kautilya, fowler, daxserver all are politically religious editors. I think you saw someone opposing your favorite gang of political editors and got angry.
https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/The_Kashmir_Files
Krish! writes movie articles, they will come and enter their political trash into film article which he objected and you got angry.
I think you dont see who is correct. You will see who will oppose your friends, then just go block them. ~2026-14949-00 (talk) 06:53, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- I see you are complaining about a time-limited page block (a block from one Wikipedia page) from four years ago. (TrangaBellam left more than a year ago, unfortunately.) And ridiculously claiming that Krish! (that's you, obviously, because who else cares?) wrote "many featured articles" (no, not even one). All very sensible, I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Bishonen | tålk 10:04, 9 March 2026 (UTC).
- I have a friend- 海盐沙冰 / aka irisChronomia / Talk 14:28, 9 March 2026 (UTC)
- Krish! (who is probably you) called the block a blessing before making only 3 more edits in August before disppearing off the face of the Earth. He was welcome to wait it out and go edit other pages. He chose to retire or stop or whatever, which he's welcome to. 🚂ThatTrainGuy1945 Peep peep! 03:24, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
Thinking better of it
I was going to ask you and your jaguars a likely fatal question along the lines of "What's all the hoo-hah about castes?", but thanks to my recent spa treatments I've decided instead to indulge in something slightly less (or is it more?) psychedelic. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 18:36, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- It's a newish ArbCom contentious topics rule, whereby only extended confirmed users (500 edits + one month's residence) may edit caste articles (WP:CT/CASTE). It's a good rule, which helps admins in the area, but of course brand new users don't know about it. Hence the hoo-hah. Glad the pocket spa was helpful, young JoJo! Bishonen | tålk 19:59, 13 March 2026 (UTC).
- What I'm hearing is that they decided to caste out the riffraff and bring a little class back to the topic.
- [runs away before the rotten tomatoes start flying] ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants Tell me all about it. 20:16, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
- Have GM (another CTOP) tomatoes grown wings? --Tryptofish (talk) 21:26, 13 March 2026 (UTC)