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Please rangeblock these set of IP addresses.

50.205.217.113, 50.205.217.119 and 50.205.217.203 (among other IPs from a similar range) constantly add nonsensical articles featuring fake characters like "Knoah" and have done copious amounts of vandalism to the Sailor Moon article. I suggest these IPs be ranged blocked for a period of time because of their constant vandalism. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 20:16, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Y Done, pages deleted, reverting as well. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:26, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protection request

Please protect My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (film): Edit war. --Leonidlednev (talk) 17:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

It's not just edit warring; two IP addresses have vandalized the article. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 17:43, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Y Done for six months. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:47, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism

Hello,

Please block 152.22.37.22 for persistent vandalism of Drake (musician) KonstantinaG07 (talk) 13:32, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Y Done - I've blocked this IP and also protected the Drake (musician) page as well. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:09, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Persistent vandalism

Hello,

Please block 2600:1700:BFA1:AEB0:B442:5767:77BD:491B/64 for persistent vandalism, I suggest 6 months because it's been going on for 1 year. Thanks. --Spinoziano (talk) 10:34, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

I blocked for 3 months, because we rarely give very long blocks to IP addresses. Any more experienced admin who wants to change this is welcome to do so. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:24, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

It seems remarkably persistent for an IPV6. I say good call. GMG^talk 00:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

@HouseOfChange: you blocked the last IP, I suggested blocking the range: it had already been blocked in 2023. Thanks.--Spinoziano (talk) 08:36, 19 May 2024 (UTC).

@Spinoziano Y Done Blocked for 6 months since not a large range and lots of vandalism. -‎Lemonaka‎ 11:56, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism of “Femme Fatales” page.

This user has vandalized the Femme Fatales (TV series) page. This is the vandalizer I’m talking about: Special:Contributions/70.26.38.47

And this is the proof of his vandalism:

https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_%28TV_series%29&diff=3518832&oldid=3512106
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_(TV_series)&diff=next&oldid=3518832
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_(TV_series)&diff=next&oldid=3518835
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_(TV_series)&diff=next&oldid=3518962
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_(TV_series)&diff=next&oldid=3518966
https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_(TV_series)&diff=next&oldid=3518971

Could you please block him indefinitely so that he doesn’t cause any more problems? AdamDeanHall (talk) 19:08, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

How is this vandalism: https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_(TV_series)&diff=next&oldid=3518832? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:50, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

He always does too much excessive quotes on Wikiquote pages and that is against the Wikiquote terms. AdamDeanHall (talk) 03:54, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Maybe, but you're giving irrelevant diffs. And while excessive quotations is a real problem, from the perspective of copyright as well as actual quotability, your case is pretty weak with off-topic evidence and that doesn't really constitute vandalism: if he's making good faith edits that are just wrong or bad, that is very different from vandalism. Additionally, looking at all of these edits, these aren't even additions to the quotations as such, but some kind of stage directions and links to Wikipedia or other context. I don't see what the problem is. Lemonaka can you give your perspective here? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:58, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

He adds bad vulgar and profanity words to the excessive quotes on the Wikiquote pages, and that is the problem he always causes. AdamDeanHall (talk) 04:04, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm a very flawed person and didn't see this in the diffs above. Did I miss something? Can you show me a diff like this? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:07, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Femme_Fatales_%28TV_series%29&diff=3506340&oldid=3500545 AdamDeanHall (talk) 04:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Gotcha, thanks. And in the original, does it say "harlots" or "whores"? I'm not familiar with it. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:48, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

I didn't think a common character would speak lots of porn-related scripts in common films or series. -‎Lemonaka‎ 07:41, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

In the original version, it had a "W" word which I am not allowed to say. In my version, it says "harlots". AdamDeanHall (talk) 10:09, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Are we not allowed to say "whore"? I'm guessing that if you can say it on daytime television, David Bowie can put it in a song title, and it's in the King James Bible at least twice... it's probably okay. GMG^talk 10:43, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

No we are allowed, since there's no censorship on Wikimedia.
I suspected this one is not good, https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_Rule&diff=3520853&oldid=3520654
That's the reason I blocked them. -‎Lemonaka‎ 13:12, 26 May 2024 (UTC)