SHB2000

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–Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 14:14, 22 September 2021 (UTC).

Thank you Tommy :) SHB2000 (talk) 01:05, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Hello

Please can we ban 5.2.73.112 for god's sake :( . Sakura emad (talk) 10:45, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

@Sakura emad: not an admin here, but have asked for a global block. SHB2000 (talk) 10:47, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Great thank you. Sakura emad (talk) 10:49, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

Hello Sakura emad. The IP 5.2.73.112 was locally blocked at 09:03. They are not (yet?) globally blocked. I saw your request at their user talk page, regardless of the fact that you had by then already blanked it. To reply: Yes, the IP address has been checked. I've since prolonged their block (see log above), partly as a result of that check. Also, their "IP user page" and talk page are now semi-protected. The same goes for SHB2000's local Wikispecies user page, which is now also semi-protected and can't be edited by new or unregistered users. Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 11:53, 26 September 2021 (UTC).

Thanks Tommy for the protection. I wish there were a mass protect tool but it seems that the MediaWiki developers have yet to create it. SHB2000 (talk) 12:02, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

@Tommy Kronkvist Thank you for your hard work i appreciate it. Sakura emad (talk) 12:13, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

┌─────────────────────────┘ One problem with a mass protect tool is that local administrators and bureaucrats of a specific wiki project doesn't have the user rights needed to protect pages on other wiki sister projects. Such a tool would have to be used by stewards or global administrators. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 13:04, 26 September 2021 (UTC).

Although a problem with that also is that global sysops don't have sysop rights on every wiki. SHB2000 (talk) 13:20, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

True, the global sysop user group isn't activated on most of the larger wikis, and stewards are few and often busy with other more important tasks. Then of course we also have system administrators, but I guess protecting user pages is a bit too far below their pay grade, so to speak. Nonetheless I agree it would be a helpful tool, for example as a function on the CentralAuth page of any specific user, since that page already lists all of the local user pages for that particular user account. Some day we might get there. –Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 13:52, 26 September 2021 (UTC).