User talk:Joyous!

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You asked me to let you know if she went on a problematic editing spree again, and well... Special:Diff/1322823544/1322882576. Please let me know what you think. Gommeh 📖   🎮 13:09, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Joyous! I would like to thank you for your recent support in attempting to stop vandalism to the Rother Radio page. I have seen that users have had accounts blocked due to repeated vandalism, however new accounts keep being created and it's being attacked every day. Is there anything we can do? Thank you. Mister C 2024 (talk) 22:37, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes, someone seems to be a little obsessed. If it continues much longer, I can lock the page for a while. Joyous! Noise! 23:02, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much. Mister C 2024 (talk) 23:06, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

It looks like you've gotten help from some other admins. Sorry I wasn't around. This is the one day of the week when I have other obligations all day long. When I noticed that the events were unspooling at WP:ANI, I was covered in unmentionable opossum... "debris". (I volunteer at a wildlife rehab. Rewarding, but messy.) Joyous! Noise! 20:13, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi, no don't apologise at all. It just started getting a bit much and I needed some assistance as wasn't sure what to do. But I've had some really helpful people today who have helped, provided assistance and given some good knowledge on how to proceed should it happen again and not be too hasty and keep reverting changes. It can be difficult at times to step back and assess the situation sometimes as we are human, but it's a learning curve! Thanks for everything and great to hear about your volunteering at a wildlife rehab. I've been involved with Wildlife too and it always fascinates me! Mister C 2024 (talk) 20:28, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

@Joyous!

I made the latest edit, I can confirm I am not linked to the previous vandalism, nor am I trying to vandalise.

I believe the referenced information is not linked to Rother radio. If either of you want to discuss further please write on my talk page. If I don’t hear from you I will be reverting back to my previous edit. Thanks Chipshopcurry (talk) 06:11, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Writing talk messages telling me to "behave" is not very constructive. Especially from a new account that has constantly targeted the page since being created yesterday. Mister C 2024 (talk) 16:46, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Joyous!, thanks for you counter vandalism help. Would it be possible to get page protection on iPhone 14 to deal with the sock puppet problem going on there? Lenny Marks (talk) 23:48, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

@Joyous! Hey, not sure if you remember this issue. But who I assume to be the the same vandal(s) has been continuing to block evade with sock puppets and vandalize iPhone articles. All of the probable socks have some version of My Little Pony related titles. Is there anything that can be done to address the rampant account creation? Obviously I don't know what IPs are being used but could it be a VPN or something? -- Lenny Marks (talk) 20:37, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

Example: Special:contributions/My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic Space Lenny Marks (talk) 20:38, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

It's great to see your name in recent changes. It's powerful enough to add a delighting impression around someone having an unusual complicated day! ‎ ‎ B⠄Jayden ^(talk) 03:07, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm glad I could somehow make your day better. Joyous! Noise! 03:19, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Joyous!. Thank you for reverting my edit. I noticed that you removed from level 3 warning template after placing the block template. My apologies! :3 KuyaMoHirowo • he/him (DM me on Discord at kuyamohirowo (DMs are open!)) :3 03:32, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

No worries! We were both working that page at the same time and weird stuff happens. (You think they typed that screed by hand just for me? Or do they have it saved somewhere and just changed the name and hit Ctrl-V?). Joyous! Noise! 03:37, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

@KuyaMoHirowo Well, looks like another bug for me to fix :p – LuniZunie ツ_(talk) 03:51, 27 November 2025 (UTC)

@ Joyous! check out my response on the pieing talk if you get a chance - I proposed an image to replace the guy covered in pie if you think it’s better and explained why I think it’s sensible to include; I see your points for having the woman being pied as the opening image as well!

Editing in British Columbia article with a slightly different name. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 23:05, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 23:09, 30 November 2025 (UTC)

They’re back. (BC article) Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 01:37, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Squished. Joyous! Noise! 01:42, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Thought I heard something. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:25, 3 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi! Considering you were involved in the blocking of a user that vandalized the page Olivia Rodrigo, I don't know if this is appropriate, but I want to inform you that I have submitted a RPP for Olivia Rodrigo. Any admin, including you is welcome to make a decision on the request. The link to it is Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Increase #Olivia Rodrigo. Also, if you make a decision, I would preferably have it on the RPP, and be a typical response rather than just a reply to someone that sent you a message. Thank you. Servite et contribuere (talk) 04:10, 1 December 2025 (UTC)

You recently blocked an editor for vandalism; I wanted to share this SPI with you in case you weren't aware of their quackery :) tony 04:34, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

So many SPIs to keep up with!!!!!!! Joyous! Noise! 04:45, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I have seen your name countless times when reporting vandals, so I wanted to show my appreciation :) Plasticwonder (Cat got your tongue?) 15:52, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks so much! I appreciate all you do to keep the encyclopedia tidy. Joyous! Noise! 18:08, 8 December 2025 (UTC)

1326386317 at Pati Yang fifteen thousand two hundred twenty four (talk) 00:38, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks! Joyous! Noise! 00:39, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

As much as I hate to ping you again given how you stated you were worn out by this user the last time we discussed her, Magician Abby is back. This time she seems to have lost access to her original Wikipedia account and created a new one at User talk:Magicien Abby. (She posted a message on my talk saying it was her, so I doubt this is socking per WP:LEGITSOCK.) She was involved in an edit war on relating to Banu Fazara. As much as I hate to say this, I'm beginning to get the feeling something may need to be done about Abby's presence here, because now I feel like we've given her enough rope. Gommeh 📖   🎮 17:05, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

@Joyous!: Abby appears to have vandalized Selim I too. This is beginning to wear me out. I'm not really sure what else, if anything, we can do to get Abby to make higher quality edits. Gommeh 📖   🎮 22:03, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

The issue may need to go to ANI. It's not quite the simple kind of vandalism that I feel comfortable blocking for. Joyous! Noise! 22:19, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

I feel ANI might be the only venue for this... sadly, it seems efforts to get Abby to make better edits have fallen on deaf ears. Gommeh 📖   🎮 22:58, 13 December 2025 (UTC)

ATimeForTheATeam Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 22:49, 9 December 2025 (UTC)

~2025-39478-24 is using the same IP address as several other temporary accounts doing similar vandalism. 🌿MtBotany (talk) 20:35, 10 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi! I saw you block Kitten56795; WP:DUCK of Kitten67069, exact same behavior. Remember when you blocked Bananas1208 back in April for the same type of stuff, all 3 accounts belong to an LTA called User:Saturnium119, who has been active in August 2023 and based in the DFW area. I remember you also blocked Bobions111; that is not Saturnium119, but rather, an impersonator. Do you think it’s reasonable to create an LTA page for this wild sockmaster? ~2025-41809-02 (talk) 05:09, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

hi i am moh and i am from iran my phone has beeñ phishing i have not group s or family linke , plz do not track for me and my devise s ~2025-42929-48 (talk) 22:40, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

No one at Wikipedia can actually check your phone. If you are concerned about privacy and avoiding tracking, it would actually be safer if you made an account and used that for editing. Joyous! Noise! 00:59, 25 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi Joyous, it's me again. Magicien Abby just messaged me again on my talk page with some more WP:OR on Pennywise. As much as I hate to say it, my patience with him has officially run out. He clearly read the last ANI thread and declined to participate in it (which is his choice), as evidenced in the edit summary at Special:Permalink/1327455255. The fact that he is still, after so many discussions, posting original research despite all of our efforts to get him to stop leads me to think that some sort of action may be needed. Gommeh 📖   🎮 19:40, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

And they're still occasionally forgetting to sign their talk page posts as well. I doubt they've learned much. Gommeh 📖   🎮 19:49, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I saw you revdel'd one BLP violation on Lingfield College, the same TA remade the ~same edit here. Account hasn't edited since the second warning. ScalarFactor (talk) 20:43, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Missed that one! Thanks for spotting it. Joyous! Noise! 20:47, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi, hope you're well. I saw this deletion:

• 23:14, 29 August 2025 Joyous! talk contribs changed visibility of a revision on page Talk:Curry: content hidden, edit summary hidden and username hidden (RD3: Purely disruptive material) (thank)

Really can't fathom how this would be considered RD3. It's an interesting etymological or historical point. The word and concept 'curry' far predates the modern understanding that refers to Indian foods, and has a distinct etymology. No reasoning was provided for this deletion. I can't see how this was possibly a controversial or "harrassment," and it's certainly not irrelevant to a page about the history of curry.

HerbertDibDab (talk) 22:15, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

The edit I deleted contained an ethnic slur. The entire edit had nothing to do with curry, and everything to do with racist language. Joyous! Noise! 22:26, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

@Joyous!. Happy New Year! Wishing you a year filled with knowledge, collaboration, and meaningful contributions. Thank you for your dedication to building free, reliable, and accessible knowledge for everyone around the world. May the new year bring you inspiration, successful edits, respectful discussions, and strong community spirit. Here’s to another year of improving Wikipedia together! Warm regards, — A fellow Wikipedian, Thanks! Happy birthday editing! (Iluziya7 (talk) 03:27, 2 January 2026 (UTC))

Thank you so much! Wishing the same for you! Joyous! Noise! 03:32, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! (Iluziya7 (talk) 03:32, 2 January 2026 (UTC))

Happy New Year!

Joyous!,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Volten001 ^☎ 07:14, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Volten001 ^☎ 07:14, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Wishing the best for you, as well. Joyous! Noise! 15:15, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on the article for The Kraken. I was going to do it myself but you beat me to it. Starry~~(Starlet147) 14:22, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi Joyous The other day I posted a couple of ill-considered and unpleasant additions to a certain wiki page which I'd now like to remove, having come to my senses! Another wiki admin, unbeknown to me, has already restored a previous edit so at least my 'contribution' is now only present in the page's history. I'm a complete Wiki editing newbie and didn't realize that I can't remove my own edits, doh! I'd greatly appreciate any help you could give me. ~2026-41017-9 (talk) 15:41, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Did you get help from someone with this? Sorry for the delay, I've been traveling. Joyous! Noise! 18:49, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for resolving the edit warring from the TA.

Awesomecat (✉ / ✎) 01:06, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi there. I think you will probably have to revoke talk page access at User talk:~2026-75658-5. It's clear this user has no intention of stopping their abuse of their talk page privileges. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 21:51, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the alert. I've locked it down. Joyous! Noise! 01:46, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

I really like how you add partial blocks for users who are exclusively vandalizing one specific article or page, instead of the typical short-term project-wide block. Thank you for your help with the mop :) tony 19:44, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I love a p-block. Joyous! Noise! 01:58, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

I agree. This was particularly helpful with ~2026-82883-1. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk 04:20, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

I really like p-blocks because I feel like I can apply them more quickly than a general block, since it doesn't say "you can't edit here." It just says "Wow, you have an issue with this person/place. Have some time to cool down." And if they choose to move on to another article with the same nonsense, then....well, I tried to help. Joyous! Noise! 04:47, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, I feel it's much better than blocking a user on 1 or 2 warnings because "their account is being used only for vandalism" even when they haven't had time to fully understand Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Oh well. thetechie@enwiki:~$ she/they | talk 05:08, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello, Joyous!. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Chess enjoyer (talk) 01:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Taken care of. Thanks for the heads-up. Joyous! Noise! 01:17, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for warding off vandals.

Starlet (What Now?) (My changes) 01:25, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Adorable kitty. Joyous! Noise! 02:30, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Cats are cute. Starlet (What Now?) (My changes) 03:23, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Take care of it, Kay? Starlet (What Now?) (My changes) 03:38, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Of course! Joyous! Noise! 03:38, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

@Joyous!, I also really like cats, this is so cute 🫠 (Infinitywiki2 (talk) 17:26, 9 February 2026 (UTC))

@Joyous!. Thank you for your edit to the John Morris (curler) page! We appreciate every edit and contribution you make to Wikipedia! (Infinitywiki2 (talk) 17:23, 9 February 2026 (UTC))

I am wondering why my edit was not excepted, when I used same source as already on the page and the Wikipedia source with confirmed sources. It seemed to be missing information which lacked context. ~2026-56751-4 (talk) 17:54, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

As Ohnoitsjamie mentioned, we don't consider a reference to a Wikipedia article as a reliable source. The only source I see in this article just says "executed in a Russian prison camp," but doesn't specify why. We need a source that explicitly says that he was killed for Nazi collaboration. Joyous! Noise! 18:17, 9 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for blocking User:しのしん (本物). However, please also revoke their talk page access as soon as possible. In addition, please delete User:しのしん (本物) and User talk:花梨0921. Many thanks. 浅村しき (talk) 03:25, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. Looks like someone else revoked TPA, and I just deleted the hoax pages. Joyous! Noise! 03:28, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

OK, much appreciate! 浅村しき (talk) 03:29, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi there! When you get a chance, please take a look at the Talk page comment I just added.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:38, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

I would be surprised if all these "monkeys" are associated with that editor as socks or meatpuppets.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:29, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that, and noticing that I didn't rv far enough. Joyous! Noise! 19:25, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I usually use all caps for brackets because people really like undoing summaries for no particular reason, and no one reads the notes so I use caps so that people notice it. Don't mean to demand anything, though I do apologise for making it seem like that. Anyway, the image I put first keeps on getting undoed, when I keep on telling people in the edit summary that I put that portrait for Catherine II because all the portraits they put are copies of the original, and they are meant to make the empress' face look more idealized or youthful. Thanks. Richard the Lionheart MS (talk) Richard the Lionheart MS (talk) 17:51, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I do admit however, for the first time I edited the page, I did yell to tell people to not change the image, which was really petty of me, and I learnt from my mistakes, though after the first editing, I realised that you can't force people to do something if you don't have authority over them. Richard the Lionheart MS (talk) 17:59, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

It's hard to be calm sometimes. Believe me, I get it. I appreciate the reply. To be honest, I was expecting something a lot more blazing and angry. Enjoy editing! Joyous! Noise! 18:04, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Just realized I said thanks twice on my first reply, LOL. Richard the Lionheart MS (talk) 18:07, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I have extended your block of I like big cats 63 from a partial to a full site block due to continuous disruptive editing. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:18, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Feel free ANY time. Thanks for letting me know. Joyous! Noise! 19:20, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

What a great welcome back to RC patrolling after retirement from the project. lol Could I also ask if you would be able to revdel the user's edit summaries from Ghosting_(behavior) under RD3, especially their creative personal attack at me? Thanks in advance! OhKayeSierra (talk) 04:22, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Done! Joyous! Noise! 04:24, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

All Supreme Leaders are unelected and rules the country with absolute power, they are dictators you like it or not, so no need to explain obvious things. That's like asking me sources of why Hitler is considered a dictator. ImperialSupreme (talk) 22:14, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

Normally, I try to discuss these things with the user before bringing it to the attention of admins, but I'm very confused about this and don't know the first step of how I'd go about dealing with it. I was browsing Wikipedia, and looked up the term Grokipedia to deal with any articles that might be sourcing it or what not. Anyways, that's when I found El Coyote (character). I am absolutely baffled at this page for a (seemingly) unimportant comic book character. It's hyper-detailed, has a ton of weird links at the bottom, and then I looked at the pages edit history. User:Clausroh has made almost a thousand edits to the page. It gets stranger, since this amounts for all but two edits by the user (the other two edits were to the El Coyote talk page and to a file related to El Coyote). These edits have been going on for two entire months. I genuinely have no clue as to what this means, but I think it makes sense to bring to an admins attention since I have no clue how to respond to this. Gaismagorm (talk) 21:46, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Holy cow this isn't even the first account I'm pretty sure. Take a look at at User:Claroh. Hundreds of more edits to this one single page. I at first thought this was some AI thing, but no, this was long before AI. I'm even more confused now. Gaismagorm (talk) 21:49, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Unless there's something wrong about the references, I'm not sure there's much that really needs to be done. Some of the headings seem...not terribly encyclopedic, maybe, and there's at least one external link in the body of the article that should probably point to an internal article. I think you've just stumbled onto someone's niche interest. You might suggest that they publicly link those two accounts so there aren't any accusations of sockpuppetry. Joyous! Noise! 21:53, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I guess. The issue is, just a quick glance at the refs show that they are, very much, not good. Many links to bing searches, blogspot pages, a Pinterest link, what looks like just straight up links to free versions of the novel (here's hoping that it's in the public domain) and so on. Also, the external links section is definitely, off. Gaismagorm (talk) 21:58, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

You might drop the user a note, then, referring them to something like our page about reliable sources. I'd go with a personal note rather than a template. It's possible no one ever really looked at their sourcing. Joyous! Noise! 22:03, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Sounds good, thanks for the help! Gaismagorm (talk) 22:04, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

There is a content dispute at Lucky Bisht. I and another editor are in disagreement about the quality of some sources. Would you mind to help us out with this?

Kingsmasher678 (talk) 21:33, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Hey there! I think you'd have a better and more knowledgeable response from editors at the "Reliable Sources Noticeboard", frequented by people who really delve into the strength of various sourcing. This really isn't a strength of mine. Joyous! Noise! 22:01, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

		The Admin's Barnstar
		For bringing an end to this. Thank you. JeffSpaceman (talk) 23:35, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm a little surprised that run lasted as long as it did. Joyous! Noise! 23:40, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

im new to wikapedia you sent me a message regarding my edits on noward international highschool, i made this post becuse most of this informaition ive experienced, my personal evidence on this topic is i was threatened with a machete becuse i entered the bathrooms in 2017 year 11 and asked people who were smoking marugana in a stall to stop, they said no so i told them the bathroom is a place to piss and they threatened me with that threat. Later on my way home i saw two people following me so i went home and locked my doors. I was so scared i took rocks home with me large ones and kept them in my pockets to throw. I hope you can see how mutch this means to me the truth is told and my story is told. i still carry rocks with me to this day. (I have already went through this with the police and they didnt do anything becuse i had no proof and they had broken no laws. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Notabot13810A (talk • contribs) 04:35, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm so sorry that happened to you, truly. I'm a former teacher, so I understand how horrible people can be to others at a school. However, material that is added to Wikipedia MUST be able to be verified by looking at a reputable published source. Without that, anyone could add anything to any article, and we'd have no way of knowing if it was true or not. If there weren't any news reports or anything like that, there's really no way to get around the policy of needing a source. Joyous! Noise! 04:48, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

What happened on the zun page what was in the edits that got deleted im curious ~2026-17430-26 (talk) 16:23, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

thanks in abvansed bro im just curious — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-17430-26 (talk) 16:23, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm not spelling out what was inserted in the article. It was accusation with no source. Joyous! Noise! 21:06, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Of course you don't have to say exactly but u mind saying what the accusation was ~2026-17596-32 (talk) 21:32, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

No. Joyous! Noise! 02:44, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

I think you're cool ~2026-17874-32 (talk) 02:15, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

All diffs between https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Embreeville,_Tennessee&oldid=596927431 and 23:02, 25 March 2026 is or may be in violation of either this website or this one.

Please revdel the versions between.

Kingsmasher678 (talk) 23:11, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Got it! Thanks for your work at removing that. Joyous! Noise! 20:10, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! damn near had to delete that one Kingsmasher678 (talk) 20:21, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

and I have now finished my revision of the site I started years ago but did terrible mistake with note number 94 at the last chapter Please help nebu restruct it since The link is a fineone Clausroh (talk) 15:00, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Please revoke their TPA. They are making PAs on it. --Prothe1st (leave me a message)-- 20:53, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks for the heads-up. Joyous! Noise! 21:01, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Are these edits an AI dump? I wasn't sure and wanted to check.Dafootballguy (talk) 01:17, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Honestly, can't tell. There's a lot of unsourced-ness in the larger edits, though. Joyous! Noise! 01:20, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Maybe ask the editor to provide sources? If she's using the book mentioned in one of the sources, it would be best if she added it, with page numbers. Joyous! Noise! 01:22, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Should I revert it? I Dafootballguy (talk) 01:22, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

I'd ask her about sourcing first, trying to assume good faith. Joyous! Noise! 01:23, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Already  Done. Dafootballguy (talk) 01:24, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

I got banned from editing because I was posting facts re: Nancy Marchand. Pretty weak sauce. ~2026-12855-01 (talk) 01:29, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Just letting you know I added source to my edit. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks. Kazuha1029 (talk) 05:01, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

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I warned a user about a username, was it done correctly? It is at the top of my contributions. Thank you. Dafootballguy | Want to talk? 23:47, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Looks good! Joyous! Noise! 23:49, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Is there anything more to do after that? Also, do you like the custom part of my signature? I added it earlier today. Dafootballguy | Want to talk? 23:52, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

I do like the signature! You might check back with them a little later to see if they've responded to you. If not, ping me and I'll just block. I don't think their edits were good-faith, anyway. Joyous! Noise! 23:55, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the patience. Dafootballguy | Want to talk? 00:27, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Heya! I just saw you use a template here and thought it was really cool. So I wondered if you could tell me which template is. Kind Regards Squawk7700 (talk) 19:18, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

That one actually isn't a WP template. I wrote it myself, and keep it stored on a notepad app on my laptop, so I can just copy/paste it as necessary. Joyous! Noise! 19:20, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Of course, you're welcome to snag it if you want to! Joyous! Noise! 19:21, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh cool thanks! I will do just that :) Squawk7700 (talk) 19:22, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

I have a ton of these. I'm happy to email them to you, if you want to peruse them. Joyous! Noise! 21:50, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

I'd be happy to have a look although I can't guarantee any results :) Squawk7700 (talk) 21:51, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

No results necessary: I'm happy with my copy/paste system, but if any look useful to you, you're welcome to them. Joyous! Noise! 21:55, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi! Contacting you as a randomly-selected active admin for a bit of neutral/uninvolved advice, because I'm struggling to figure out the right venue for escalating an issue. The relevant article is Shoshana Strook, which needs to comply with BLP policy (a recently deceased person) and is possibly within the contentious topic area of WP:CT/A-I, yet an editor keeps restoring content with inadequate sourcing and synthesis issues despite another editor and me trying to apply an ordinary bold-revert-discuss cycle. Three editors are involved, so it doesn't fit WP:3O; seems like too slow of an edit war for WP:AN/3; sort of both a content and conduct issue, so it's not clearly suited for WP:DR; can't figure out what I'd put on the "Sanction or remedy to be enforced" line in the WP:AE template; doesn't seem like an "urgent" issue for WP:ANI. Do you have a suggestion? Thank you! Dreamyshade (talk) 02:43, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Does the issue concern disagreeing about reliable sourcing? The "reliable sources" noticeboard might be the place to go if so. If not, there is also the "original research" noticeboard, as I noticed that OR kept being mentioned in the discussions on the talk page. Joyous! Noise! 03:07, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, good questions! I think my core concern is the pattern of Wikipedia:Tendentious editing/WP:NOTADVOCACY, rather than the specific bits of content. I realized that WP:AN seems reasonable for something slow-rolling but persistent, so I'll try there. Dreamyshade (talk) 03:42, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

who r u ~2026-22364-38 (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

Da bomb. Knitsey (talk) 21:39, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm a volunteer editor here at Wikipedia. Why do you ask? Joyous! Noise! 21:51, 11 April 2026 (UTC)

I've opened an SPI on the users at Traditional Thai Clothing and Loy Krathong, and wanted to have you look over/add things to it if I've missed anything: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Realsource_1991. Thanks! Realtent (talk) 18:53, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

I think you got them all. Joyous! Noise! 19:43, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Where did you get the name "Joyous!" from? I know its kind of a weird question, but i just wanna know. Dani Bay (talk) 20:49, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

My first name is "Joy," but that was already taken. Joyous! Noise! 20:57, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

I saw at Shawn Hatosy you readded an image that was uploaded from Pinterest, and I wanted to ask if that image could be a copyright violation because it's from there? The same user also added an image from pinterest at Patrick Ball (actor). Realtent (talk) 23:26, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh gosh, I didn't notice the source of the image. Yes, probably it is, since Pinterest is just a collection of links. You might want to remove the image altogether, as well as the one for Patrick Ball. I think no image is better than the stupid one that was there that I removed. Good catch! Joyous! Noise! 23:32, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

I reverted it back to a previous image that doesn't have those issues. Is there a thing to do on commons to delete it because it's from pinterest or will it get deleted on its own? Realtent (talk) 23:39, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm kind of struggling in a discussion about sourcing policies with this user who you have also warned. Do you see this as trolling? I ask, because I feel somewhat lost here, and hope you can maybe help out a bit. Thank you. JeffSpaceman (talk) 15:12, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Ignore him. He's not interested in policy: he's interested in winding you up. Look at the contribs, and you'll see almost all vandalism. Joyous! Noise! 15:16, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the assurance. I had my own suspicions, but did still want to assume good faith that this was a user who merely wasn't properly verifying content. So much for that. Thank you for the advice, though -- I think I need to be better about not letting editors like that get to me. JeffSpaceman (talk) 15:19, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

I have almost 30 years of experience teaching middle school. Some editors remind me a lot of my former students. Joyous! Noise! 15:21, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Ha! I'm sure that has thickened your skin considerably -- being 23, queer, and an easy target for a variety of assorted reasons makes me more susceptible to those types on here. I guess it is what it is, though; I'm glad to have others here, like you, who can help me through these situations. JeffSpaceman (talk) 15:36, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Always happy to help. Joyous! Noise! 16:06, 19 April 2026 (UTC)