User talk:Operator873

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Weird edit

Any idea what this is about? It looks like it was copied from a talk page somewhere, but I can't find any corresponding edits from your recent editing history that match it. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:56, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Ah I see now that it was taken from Simple English Wikipedia. Feel free to disregard. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:57, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Rosguill: Just your every day, run-of-the-mill, boring xwiki blaze of glory personal attack. Operator873^talkconnect 20:14, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

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How are you?

Hey Operator873!! How are you? Hope you are doing ok, just checking in on my former CVU teacher! Let me know if you need anything...

Thekidn1 (talk) 05:40, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

I'm doing well and staying busy. :) Thanks for checking in! Operator873^talkconnect 05:42, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

IRC Trivia

Don't worry I'm legit Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 06:39, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

SPI case

Hi Operator - hope you are well. You might be interested in the following SPI case, as you globally locked the account I mention: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alvalade XXI.

Thanks. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 08:55, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

@Lugnuts: Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, I am not able to contribute much to the SPI itself. I will be available to CheckUsers if needed. Operator873^talkconnect 19:36, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

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Request to unblock

Hey, my account was block forever on Ukrainian wikipedia by user:Yakudza because he decided that I used open proxies. However, I have never used them. The real reason I was blocked is that I started a discussion in local teahouse about abusing of checkuser rights by one of the checkusers of Ukrainian wikipedia. And right after seral hours I was blocked. That is a direct violation of Wikipedia rules. I demand truth and justice. Please review my case and my account and you will find I didn't do anything wrong. --Пушинко (talk) 16:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

A cup of coffee for you!

For your continued dedicated operation and support of IRC873 – without which I would be much less effective as a Wikipedian – I am so deeply grateful. Let me know if you're ever in the Bay Area, and let's have coffee for real :) KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 10:19, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

@L235: My heart is warmed! I'm happy to provide the client to those who would like to use it. I'm even more excited that it's 100% hosted in my home now and I don't rely on other hosting platforms. Please feel free to invite others who might benefit from the client to reach me here or on IRC. Operator873 ^connect 20:33, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

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Sock question

Hi, you CU-blocked Starbucksprada for socking. The user just started editing here, and I was trying to figure out who the master is and whether that person edits at en.wiki. I've blocked Starbucksprada purely based on their edits, but it would be useful to know whether they are also a sock here. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:31, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

@Bbb23: Hello, and happy to help. That account was a perfect match to on-going spam issues from accounts like P4K1574N and R00p451ngh. It does look like they've been active on en.wiki as well. Operator873 ^connect 09:38, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

Thanks so much! --Bbb23 (talk) 13:57, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

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