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User:Kannotlogin edit warring with me

im trying to not feed into their behavior but they struck a nerve. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 13:09, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

@Gryllida BigKrow (talk) 13:10, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

I would like to block you both for 24 hours for edit warring but I'm not since there is a deadline for the Roblox article.

The project is already in disarray due to possible closure, lack of activity, and broad disagreement about how to move forward. We need to find our way back to article development and publication.

Please don't respond about who started it or who's right and who's wrong. It doesn't matter. Both of you should have stopped and stepped back and neither of you should have continued to edit war.

I believe you both had good intentions but got caught up in the moment.

Thank you both for continuing to contribute constructively to the project.

@Kannotlogin, you don't have much more time for that article before it is stale. I don't have time this morning but may have time later today to take a good look at it (unless someone else does before me). Please go over it and button it up and make sure that all of the issues identified on the talk page by reviewers gets addressed.

That article now should be classified as WN:OR, which changes the rules for it. Please familiarize yourself with that policy and start working to get the article compliant. You should probably place a COI statement on the article talk page as well.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:53, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Dear @Michael.C.Wright,

Thank you for your patience and for the chance to correct the article. I apologize for the earlier disruption; I will not engage with the other user again.

I have completed the steps you requested to make the article compliant with WN:OR:

1. Original Reporting: I added the {{Original reporting}} template to the top of the article.
2. COI Declaration: I posted the formal COI and Original Reporting declaration on the article's Talk Page.
3. Stale status: To address the timing concern: The story is currently trending (major sources from Jan 6-9), and the French Wikinews validated and published the article yesterday (Jan 12), confirming its current relevance.

The article is now ready for your review. Thank you. Kannotlogin (talk) 14:48, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Suspicious Delaere and Declare similarities. BigKrow (talk) 02:03, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Mentalwolf30

Keeps advertising. BigKrow (talk) 18:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

Mentalwolf30 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)blockedMichael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:42, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Two Hundred Fifty

Spamming. BigKrow (talk) 20:26, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Blocked and deleted. Ternera (talk) 20:30, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Ternera BigKrow (talk) 20:32, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Check User

User:Tefepit and User:Kannotlogin. Sock of Quienton Declare. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:19, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Tefepit (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)Kannotlogin (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)I am not a check user and this isn't the proper location for check user requests. See Wikinews:CHECK.
However, I will say that WN:CHECK states "Obvious sockpuppets may be treated as such without using CheckUser." and in this case, it seems obvious.
I will also say I don't believe the sockpuppets were maliciously used or created with malicious intent.
I think a reasonable solution is for @Kannotlogin to either clearly and ambiguously unambiguously declare the socks on both user pages, or request one of the accounts be deleted.
Unfortunately, we have very little guidance locally regarding socks. In the absence of local guidance, we could reference w:WP:SOCK, which I don't believe has been violated here (no misuse, disruption, etc).
Others are of course free to weigh in if they feel differently.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 19:42, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

I'am just suspicious, read ChatGPT links I gave you please? Thank you Michael @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 19:44, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

So nothing will be done about this? Evidence?

It's stale anyway... BigKrow (talk) 19:52, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry i submitted to Check User correct page. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 20:04, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

No worries, things are are not^(corrected) documented as well as they could be around here and we don't use CU often...Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:13, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Both ChatGPT links you provided generate an error "Unable to load conversation..." for me. I'm not sure how AI could help here. The legitimacy of the record is established[1] and its newsworthiness is also established by the sources used by the article.

I understand it looks fishy that the main subject wrote the article. But they provided a COI as requested by another reviewer and in the review process, it was made sure that only verifiable facts were published.

I also agree that the socks should be openly declared or even remedied (by requesting one be deleted). @Kannotlogin, there could be sock issues on other projects, who's policies I'm not familiar with. You should be aware of m:Sock puppetry.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 20:23, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Tefepit is removing deletion tag on Quinton Declare empty category.

@Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 13:03, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

I think we need to pause here and let the existing process run its course.

We have already asked @Tefepit and @Kannotlogin to weigh in, and until they respond, there is no benefit to continuing to escalate this across multiple pages.

At this point the discussion is fragmented between my talk page, Tefepit's talk page, deletion requests, and category pages. That fragmentation itself is becoming disruptive. Please refrain from opening additional threads or monitoring individual edits related to this issue.

Once the involved users have responded, we can evaluate next steps calmly and based on policy rather than suspicion or speculation.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:08, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Tefepit, @Kannotlogin, based on the CheckUser findings at d:Wikidata:Requests for checkuser/Case/Kannotlogin and the resulting block for misuse of multiple accounts on Wikidata, you are advised to discontinue use of the Tefepit account on Wikinews and to ensure that all future contributions are made solely through the Kannotlogin account, in full compliance with local policies and guidelines.

At this time, I am not aware of any violations of Wikinews policy associated with your activity here. However, if other editors believe there are local policy concerns that should be examined, they are welcome to raise them for review.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:24, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Michael here's another one, ~2026-29099-8 in history they said it was phenomenal suspicious activity. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 13:27, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

~2026-29099-8 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

That account may not be related, based on the IP information I have access to and the nature of the edit. If the behavior changes though, further action may be needed.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 13:31, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

BigKrow (talk) 13:31, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Pre Review ==

{{Pre-review :::|evaluated-url=https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Roblox_player_exposes_fraud_to_claim_Guinness_World_Record&oldid=4973611 :::|status=pass :::|updated= :::|copyright= :::|earwig-permalink= :::|newsworthy=pass :::|verifiable=pass :::|npov=pass :::|style=pass :::|author-notes= :::|reviewer-notes= :::|updated-notes= :::}}

--~2026-29099-8 (talk) 10:16, 14 January 2026 (UTC) BigKrow (talk) 13:31, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Suksesisidua71, ~2026-58911-4, HaloBCA24jam

Spambots. Tenshi Hinanawi (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

All three accounts were blocked by M7.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:05, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

User:Reverting damage from the EF5 tornado

Adding unnecessary blocked to user pages. BigKrow (talk) 02:00, 31 January 2026 (UTC)

Reverting damage from the EF5 tornado (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Already globally locked.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:03, 31 January 2026 (UTC)