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ITN recognition for Paddy Hemingway

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Re: medical reversion

[1] That wasn't nice, I didn't ask for a referral, I asked for a wider strategy about how to seek this type of assistance. I now don't need it any more so I won't try to reinstate the question, but at worst it belonged on rd misc instead of humanities. And the computer desk is among other things a venue for seeking advice about phones (phones and computers are now basically the same thing). I might restore that question and would ask you to look for input on the refdesk talk page if you still think it should be removed. Of course I'd also take the talk page input on board. Thanks. 2601:644:8581:75B0:0:0:0:9400 (talk) 22:40, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bad copyediting IP

I suggest you look at the discussion at User_talk:Beyond_My_Ken#Bad_copyediting_IP. TL;DR is that this user is on two separate /19 ranges, not a /25. Looks like very little collateral on both of those, so I think it's OK to block. wizzito | say hello! 08:22, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wizzito Handled and responded at BMK's talk page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 03:23, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wendroa ignored your warning

Wendroa (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Was accused for multiple unnecessary edits like this at Greece national football team for months. Despite my warning, the user provocatevely proceeded asap in such edits once more. He stopped after your warning for a while, but it came in my attention that he continued overlinking the footballer's names recently. I know that is not vandalism, but it is an obvious spam and I have to bear in mind in cleaning up after him every now and then. BEN917 16:28, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've left a note on their talk page. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:42, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Father and News of the World

The LTA user is vandalizing The Father (2020 film) and News of the World (film) once again. I'm getting sick and tired of hearing that stupid DirectTV lie. - FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 02:45, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@FilmandTVFan28 I've blocked the /64 x 3 months. Also protected both pages. -Ad Orientem (talk) 02:52, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]