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::I've gone ahead and just deleted it boldly. It will now show the default MediaWiki message. —[[User:K6ka|'''<span style="color:#0040FF">k6ka</span>''']] <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁</span> ([[User talk:K6ka|<span style="color:#0080FF">Talk</span>]] · [[Special:Contributions/K6ka|<span style="color:#0B4C5F">Contributions</span>]]) 22:07, February 1, 2019 (UTC)
==Unregistered user edit warring and insertion of generic bio==
I'm sure by now all the active admins (as well as the content mods) have noticed a repeated string of edits from [[Special:Contributions/173.11.146.98|an unregistered user]] that goes against established community consensus regarding the insertion of generic bios (i.e. "Hi! My name is <name>!") on articles. This person has on multiple occasions resorted to edit warring in order to keep the generic bios present. Several users have warned this person to cease edit warring, but it has continued. Blocks have been issued, but on now two occasions, the user has [[Special:Contributions/73.255.12.204|edited from a different IP address to evade the block]]. After these blocks have expired, the person has returned to inserting the generic bios and has continued to engage in edit warring (or behavior that is borderline edit warring behavior). All attempts to contact this person appear to have been unsuccessful.
I want to open this issue up to the broader admin team in order to ensure that we are all on the same page regarding how we wish to proceed. I have taken the action of blocking the second IP address which was evading the block placed on the first. I have also reset the block timer on the first IP address block; both blocks are set to expire in one week. I would be comfortable with extending the blocks further for both IP addresses given the apparent willful intent to evade the first block. I would also like to hear what others have to say regarding how we wish to proceed, assuming this person returns and resumes their previous behavior.
My gut says that they are acting in good faith but are unaware that they are violating policy in conducing their actions. Couple this with the fact that they have made other good edits to the wiki, and that leads me to say that I would be hesitant to issue a longer-term block against them if it could be avoided. While the addition of the generic bios (and refusal to acknowledge precedent or to cease edit warring) is concerning and ultimately not acceptable, the user seems to be quite prolific in their desire to make improvements. That said, edit warring is a violation of official policy and it would be improper to simply ignore that behavior.
One final note: on the Discord server, I suggested to [[User:k6ka|k6ka]] that we (meaning he) might implement an [[Special:AbuseFilter|abuse filter]] to catch additional insertions of the generic bio on articles in the main namespace. I would be curious to see k6's, and everyone else's, response to that idea. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<span style="color:navy;">LostInRiverview</span>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] · [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]] · [[Special:Contributions/LostInRiverview|<font color="green">contribs</font>]]</sup>''' 05:38, April 16, 2019 (UTC)
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