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Hello, Berean Hunter,

I use to forego notifying editors when I tagged empty categories because I thought editors were less invested in them than articles they created. But I angered one editor who took it to ANI and now I am! However, I've contacted a few editors who I noticed create quite a few categories to ask if they wanted me to skip notification and have received some yeses. Would you like to be on the "Do not call" list? Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:37, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for asking. If you want to Liz, you can just G6 them. We need to be able to track them sometimes so they should have a breadcrumb for us to follow to the correct sockmaster like I did with that one.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 11:42, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good idea, Berean Hunter. I'll do that from now on. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 03:53, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Berean Hunter. Back in November 2017, stemming from the SPI case Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RobinJenssen/Archive, you blocked the IP 83.241.130.186 for one year. It appears that after their block expired, they picked up where they left off, editing the same articles where they had COI/undisclosed paid editing. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 15:08, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Drm310, you may find this report useful. I've hardblocked it for three years.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 15:38, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that is a useful tool. I'll go over the user's edits and excise any promotional content. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:05, 10 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've been having some problems accessing my mail account and didn't receive the mail you sent me yesterday. Would you mind sending it again? Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:28, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fut.Perf., check your inbox.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 15:42, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Could we have a new range block on this one (last blocked for three months in March of this year)? They're still at it (see contribs for the range: Special:Contributions/2403:6200:88A0::/48), adding bogus users with fake sources on a large number of gun articles, a hobby they've had for more than two years now... - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 08:49, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked the range for six months this time, Thomas.W. Thank you for letting me know.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 12:30, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. If you check the oldest contributions on en-WP from that range, from 31 March 2017, you'll find that the 43 first edits (and around 90% of all edits from that range over the past more than two years...) were all of the same kind as the most recent edits from that guy, and on the same articles that they're still hitting on an almost daily basis, so that guy desperately needs a new hobby... - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 13:13, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tom, I consider him an LTA and he has used other Thai ranges as well. BilCat has been reverting him since he began faking references. I have reverted him and blocked quite a number of ranges on the fly and protected many pages because of him. I have found some of the discussions that document him...may have missed some...but this may be helpful to you:

• April 2017
• July 2017 1
• July 2017 2
• July 2017 3
• Feb 2018
• April 2018
• April 2019

BilCat may know of other places where he is documented and we may have the makings for an LTA page where his ranges may be aggregated and tracked. Need to impose a common name on him for that though.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 14:00, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

got it back to front - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/180.241.50.76 its our old friend... JarrahTree 13:33, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

and someone else has cleaned it up - in a manner of speaking - sorry to have bothered JarrahTree 14:02, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

and thanks for your understanding implied by your action - appreciate that... sigh... JarrahTree 14:33, 13 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you explain why you keep deleting the Barbecue in Oklahoma article? Jmbranum (talk) 18:17, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Replied at the talk page.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 18:26, 15 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This message is being sent to let you know of a discussion at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding a content dispute discussion you may have participated in. Content disputes can hold up article development and make editing difficult for editors. You are not required to participate, but you are both invited and encouraged to help this dispute come to a resolution. Please join us to help form a consensus. Thank you! Chaheel Riens (talk) 12:45, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Chaheel Riens, if you are going to list yourself first in the post at DN then you are "Editor A". The labels may need to be adjusted for clarity. I have no objection to using our actual usernames.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 12:52, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• @Robert McClenon and Chaheel Riens: I believe the advantage to having it posted at DRN at this point is so other editors may see it and go to the talk page discussion to participate. The filing occurred on the heels of the dispute and I'm waiting to see if other editors join the discussion. I don't see the advantage of writing out more than what we have already written there considering that third parties at the talk page will likely affect consensus. I don't believe that we have given enough time for that to happen. The article/talk page has 32 page watchers so filing at WP:THIRD may be more appropriate at this point since I believe the filing at DRN was premature.
   — Berean Hunter (talk) 16:15, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Berean Hunter the following IP address 2409:4060:2000:0:0:0:0:0/36 have been blocked by you. But the person involved has not vandilised wikipedia. Please look into it and open the block. --Rangan Datta Wiki (talk) 09:47, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rangan Datta Wiki, there are multiple sockmasters operating in that range. If you happen to be using that range, you shouldn't have any problem if you are logged into your account as it is only blocked for anonymous IP editing.
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 12:16, 26 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

	Happy Adminship	from the Birthday Committee
	Wishing Berean Hunter a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! -- Mjs1991 (talk) 03:25, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats BH! You've made it through another year - whew. Many thanks for your work here at the 'pedia. MarnetteD|Talk 03:27, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both. :)
 — Berean Hunter (talk) 00:00, 28 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]