User talk:Joyous!: Difference between revisions

Don’t worry about making an article perfect. Just make it better.

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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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

@ 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)[reply]

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

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

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

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

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)[reply]

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:47, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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

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• Starting on November 4, the IP addresses of logged-out editors are no longer being publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account associated with their edits.
• Administrators will now find that Special:MergeHistory is now significantly more flexible about what it can merge. It can now merge sections taken from the middle of the history of the source (rather than only the start) and insert revisions anywhere in the history of the destination page (rather than only the start). T382958

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

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

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:06, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

~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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

@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))[reply]

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

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

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

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

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

Thank you for resolving the edit warring from the TA.

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

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team – 12:44, 29 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]

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

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

Thanks for warding off vandals.

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