User talk:Jauerback

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Conflict about the article- Sivali Central College

Requesting review. My sourced edits were removed without explanation. Since the page is protected, I would like an admin or experienced editor to help restore accurate, cited information.

also we are the school officials and we have official records proving accurate information about our school,you cant just delete information about over school.if you have any problem with that you can contact Sri Lankan Education Ministry or the school principals.

requesting immediate protection barrier lift because at least we can provide the references to prove its not wrong.Thorough out all the schools in sri lanka who has such information in their school wiki pages,you cant do this to a single school page Steve Scott Houston (talk) 16:29, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Who is "we"? Is there more than one person who is using this account? Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:31, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
Yes.we could state ourselves as school officials Steve Scott Houston (talk) 16:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
Jauerback: for future reference, where should WP:ROLE accounts be reported to? --Gurkubondinn (talk) 16:57, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
You can go to WP:UAA. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:03, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
Thanks, that would have been my guess (and WP:NOSHARE is more relevant). --Gurkubondinn (talk) 17:04, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
Jauerback: I think that this editor is back as two TAs (on separate IPs that geolocate to the same location, also see filter log), as soon as the page protection expired. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 08:06, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
There's now also a new account editing, but I am not sure if this is all the same person/group as last time. To be more specific, it was the talk page change and edit filter log entry that made me suspicious of the first TAs behaviours. Using my TAIP rights, the TAs gelocated to the same area, which is close to where the article subject is. If it hadn't been for the filter log entry, then I wouldn't have reverted. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 12:26, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
Both the new account and the TA have been blocked per WP:DUCK. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:08, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
Thanks, forgot about the duck allegory for a second but that's what I was trying to say :) --Gurkubondinn (talk) 13:10, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
Only one of the TAs used is blocked. Not that I am implying that you should have blocked all of them, but is there a reason for why you chose not to? Am mostly curious about what factors into these decisions. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 13:44, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
It's actually a fairly simple explanation: I didn't notice the other TA, but they are now blocked as well. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:47, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

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Block request

Could this user please be blocked ASAP for rapid fire vandalism? Entranced98 (talk) 12:56, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 12:59, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Revdel

Can we just redact all this for obvious reasons? Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 18:10, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Honestly, I'm not entirely sure this qualifies for WP:REVDEL. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 19:09, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
I mean, we do not want to be providing a platform for LTAs to interact with each other or "team up". I'm sure WP:RD3 can apply here. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 19:22, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
You make a good argument, but this isn't exactly out and visible. You are more than welcome to ask another admin. I could definitely be incorrect. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 20:03, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
It's probably too late now to be any useful, but it might still be worth asking around to see what the general opinion is. Children Will Listen (🐄 talk, 🫘 contribs) 21:08, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

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