User talk:Sergecross73

Serge's 37th iteration of his own personal WP:AIV and WP:RFPP. Feel free to report anything you feel may need admin intervention.

• 2804:38A:A166:7CCA:0:0:4EA3:4A01 (talk · contribs · (/64) · deletedcontribs · filterlog · WHOIS · RBLs · http · blockuser · blocklog) Hi Serge! Came across this anonymous genre warrior who performed unsourced genre edits on all the Love and Arthur Lee pages. Almost certainly the same person as User:PsychedelicRockMusic.—The Keymaster (talk) 20:26, 28 October 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Hi again, Keymaster. Absolutely agree it's problematic genre warring, but unless it's a sock of someone who's been indeffed for it, it's generally better to try to give some guidance and/or warnings before turning to blocks/protection. Sone people don't know it's problematic. If they keep it up after being informed/warned some, that's another story. Make sense? Sergecross73 msg me 02:48, 29 October 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Yeah, that makes sense. I have a feeling this person isn't even going to bother trying again, unless it's under yet another alias or IP. I'll keep an eye on them. The Keymaster (talk) 11:44, 1 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Hi. I came across 209.93.85.118 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · filterlog · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · blockuser · blocklog) not too long ago when I saw them disrupt the Vic Mignogna article and has been causing problems elsewhere such as Azumanga Daioh. Can you please take a look into this and see what needs to be done? Thanks, sjones23 (talk - contributions) 14:12, 31 October 2025 (UTC) Reply

  It looks like they've been warned a bunch, and next step will probably be close to blocking time. I'm not personally very familiar with the subjects they're editing though, so it'll either have to be blatant vandalism or I may need more context to act. Sergecross73 msg me 21:58, 1 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Mind protecting Wii (video game series)? An IP is edit warring over whether a game is part of the series or not, but also inadvertently vandalizing it in the process. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:46, 1 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Protected. Sergecross73 msg me 18:49, 1 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Hi. Can you take a look at ~2025-31029-33 (talk ·contribs )? They've been doing some unsourced additions to Kevin Schon within the same IP range and repeated the same warning to Waxworker (talk ·contribs ), but I already removed it. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 12:24, 9 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Page protected, someone else blocked. Let me know if they give you further grief, you don't deserve that. Sergecross73 msg me 14:11, 9 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Thanks, and Waxworker also didn't deserve any grief either. I'll surely let you know. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 14:47, 9 November 2025 (UTC) Reply

• Wonderiousmen (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Blocked, but is another PawPatroller sock that tried emailing more. Could you revoke email access? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 01:55, 17 December 2025 (UTC) Reply
  • On that note, would you mind protecting Wii Fit and Wii Fit U, at least from page moves? PawPatroller vandal-moved those two pages on two different accounts. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 02:09, 17 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

    Protected both. I'm sure the blocking admin will revoke email address soon enough if they don't stop. (Side note: Extremely bizarre they seemed to copy/paste their old talk page content onto their new account they were socking with...) Sergecross73 msg me 16:34, 17 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

• ~2025-42120-34 (talk ·contribs ) Hi. This person is on a one-track mission to de-orphan articles, all using zero sources. So very few are correct, and most are "Notable people" lists so they violate WP:RS. After two days of warnings ignored, I would hope that a short block would direct the attention to the Talk page. Thank you. — Smuckola (talk) 02:28, 25 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Someone else got it. Sergecross73 msg me 14:43, 31 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

• ~2025-43032-01 (talk ·contribs ) and ~2025-43014-81 (talk ·contribs ), which are within the same ISP range, have been performing non-constructive edits to anime-related articles such as those on Sailor Moon and Studio Ghibli. Can you please take a look into this matter? Thanks, sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:52, 26 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Looks like both petered out naturally. Sergecross73 msg me 14:43, 31 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

• ~2025-42610-54 (talk ·contribs ) Hi Serge. Pretty obvious trolling here, including weird comments about ethnicity and sexuality at various talk pages.—The Keymaster (talk) 07:13, 31 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

  Gave a short block. Sergecross73 msg me 14:47, 31 December 2025 (UTC) Reply

• I don't think it's frequent enough for semi-protection to be needed, but this BLP feels like a decent candidate for pending changes protection to me for the obvious kinds of edits the last name attracts. ScalarFactor (talk) 19:03, 5 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  I've semi-protected it for a year. Looks like there's a long history of bad edits there. Sergecross73 msg me 19:50, 5 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

• While we are still trying to help resolve the Britney Spears situation regarding the 2019–2021 section on the talk page, BassiStone (talk ·contribs ) posted comments on my talk page and on the talk page of Gnomingstuff (talk ·contribs ) which I find to be potentially threatening and concerning, even though I asked other uninvolved editors and relevant projects to see what can be done with the article issues and tried explaining my reasonings. I've already removed them, but can you please look into it when you have the chance? Thanks, sjones23 (talk - contributions) 07:53, 6 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Responded on their talk page and the ANI case. No further action necessary, as it looks like they're on their way to community ban. Sergecross73 msg me 11:46, 9 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

• SpongeBobMusicFan123 (talk ·contribs ) is demonstrably WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT WP:CIR WP:NOTHERE WP:TENDENTIOUS. He spent forever as genre warrior, including blanking several C articles and the main template for the band Chicago, and either ignoring or directly blowing off countless Talk page warnings. Then he continues identical behavior. This isn't gonna change. Details are at Talk. Thank you. — Smuckola (talk) 09:26, 11 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  I apologize for that SpongeBobMusicFan123 (talk) 09:32, 11 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Please follow the advice given here if you'd like to pursue this. Sergecross73 msg me 13:48, 11 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Mind protecting List of Mario franchise characters? A block-evading IP keeps vandalizing the templates, and their other targeted articles were already protected. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 06:30, 14 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Yeah, it seems like I've seen a different IP making similar nonsense edits to other Mario articles too. Protected. Sergecross73 msg me 13:54, 14 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

• NorthernPirozhki (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) This person was recently blocked for edit warring on Papers, Please and immediately went back to re-introducing their edit, even after 4 different editors disagree. They've made no attempt to find consensus; could you block them from editing just this article? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 03:02, 27 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  (talk page watcher) @Sergecross73: We edit-conflicted. I was in the middle of executing a one-week page-block. No issue with your choice though, totally reasonable. Left guide (talk) 03:19, 27 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Sorry, had no idea. Either solution would have been fine. Thanks for being a talk page watcher. Sergecross73 msg me 03:21, 27 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

• ~2026-62268-2 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Block-evading IP, with tell-tale edit summaries. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 17:34, 28 January 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Blocked. Definitely that LTA. Sergecross73 msg me 03:23, 2 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

• ~2025-43880-75 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Poor edits to Super Mario Galaxy 2. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 02:45, 2 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Protected page. Sergecross73 msg me 03:23, 2 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

• ~2026-78786-2 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Hi Serge, could you take a look at the underlying /64 here? I think they've been dodging most AIV reports by going to a new TA before warnings get to level 4, and there's a lot of DE going on here (and some copyvio that'd been sitting around for a while). This diff in particular also raises some eyebrows for me. ScalarFactor (talk) 02:59, 9 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Yeah, that's a tough one. I definitely don't like...any of what they're doing, really. But I could see how AIV reports wouldn't be working since they're not being belligerent about any one thing. One of us could give them some sort of blanket final warning, and see if anything changes after that? Its hard to jump to anything right now without the repeated warnings about things... Sergecross73 msg me 17:20, 9 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  This seems to be copyvio from the book publisher's site, so could this be a RD1 deletion and copyvio block? ScalarFactor (talk) 17:43, 9 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  That's, also not good, but they seem to be doing a variety of bad edits rather than, lets say, blatantly edit warring. I've given them a final warning. I'll block if there's any further issues. Let me know if you notice anything. Sergecross73 msg me 15:58, 11 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

• ~2026-54181-8 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) and ~2026-81682-6 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog), which are within the same ISP range, are doing non-constructive changes to the Bob Kane and Bill Finger articles (specifically about how they were credited as creators for Batman). Can you please look into this? sjones23 (talk - contributions) 04:52, 9 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  I don't really know the comic book world, so its hard to tell if this is a good-faith concern or not. It would help if there was more talk page discussions going on, or some sort of existing consensus to point to... Sergecross73 msg me 17:24, 9 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

• User:Blackstardust16 Kept adding unreliable sources but when someone removed it, they called it "Vandalism" then readded it . No one is Watchlisting this article. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 21:32, 22 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  It looks like they are a pretty new account - barely a month old and only a few hundred edits. They probably just need some things explained to them - what reliable sources are, Wikipedia's definition of vandalism, etc. You don't need my intervention for that. Sergecross73 msg me 16:27, 23 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

• N.Cooksey (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Seems to be a younger editor but have edits that get reverted and have created at least two articles that are LLM-generated. They have plenty of warnings up and down their talk page but are not showing signs of improving. Mind giving them a final warning? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 18:13, 23 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Left them a talk page comment. Offered to give guidance, but will move to blocks if they're not interested in changing. Sergecross73 msg me 22:00, 23 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Yoko Shimomura might need semiprotection soon; an IP continues to add instruments she plays to the infobox without any citations. As a fan of Shimomura's, it doesn't even seem to be true anyway. — Dissident93 ^(talk) 21:52, 23 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Protected. There were a few reverts already, and the (light) personal attacks in the edit summaries don't lead me to believe they're getting it... Sergecross73 msg me 22:02, 23 February 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Localgenalpha (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Edit-warring on various articles, adding NPOV-violating/editorial material, some unsourced claims. Responding to talk page warnings with "I should be allowed to express myself." --ThomasO1989 (talk) 19:16, 8 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Yeah, I previously saw them make a poor edit elsewhere. Warned/explained a bit to them. They haven't returned since then. Sergecross73 msg me 16:01, 9 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Hi everyone Stime04 (talk) 16:13, 2 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Hello. Do you need with anything? Sergecross73 msg me 16:21, 2 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

• AimanAbir18plus kept on restoring their edit 3 times at Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and Satan. A case of WP:NOTHERE. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 13:50, 14 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  They've got 10,000 edits across two years, and a clean block log, so it's hard to see a valid NOTHERE argument here. It looks like they could use some reminders about edit warring and following BRD, but even there, it doesn't appear like anyone is discussing on the article talk pages, nor do their edits feel like outright vandalism... Sergecross73 msg me 17:26, 14 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  he disregarded the edit warring template then proceed to do the same thing and violated already. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 18:11, 14 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  @Sergecross73 hes doing this kind of edit again and removed your final warning last month 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 20:52, 25 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Someone else brought them to ANI, so I wanted to see the input there before taking action. I've commented, and you can too - see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Disruptive editing by AimanAbir18plus Sergecross73 msg me 13:04, 26 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

• NorthernPirozhki (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) A pattern I've noticed with this user is that they keep uploading non-free videos (not images) and try to edit-war usages into articles. Since edit-waring the now-deleted Papers Please clip into that article (and getting blocked for it), they've uploaded 3 Simpsons clips. Maybe block them from uploading media until they learn policy? --ThomasO1989 (talk) 18:07, 23 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Yeah, looks like I've even blocked them before. They're talk page is worrying. I gave them a warning that I'm going to fully-block them if they don't course correct immediately. Sergecross73 msg me 17:04, 24 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Hi Serge. User:Woodisgoodnotbad has been nominating many articles for deletion today (account is fairly new). Example would be just now Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nickelodeon Director's Lab. There is no rationale provided in these deletion discussions and I'm not sure if he did before searches. Can you maybe leave him a comment? Timur9008 (talk) 04:54, 26 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Looks like they got themselves indeffed before I was even able to look into it. 29 bad noms in quick succession will do that to ya. Sergecross73 msg me 14:43, 26 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

• ~2026-18991-83 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Block-evader, screwing with templates. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 22:54, 26 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  (talk page watcher) @ThomasO1989: Underlying IP blocked. Left guide (talk) 23:09, 26 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  @Left guide Here's another one: ~2026-18914-17 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) ThomasO1989 (talk) 00:48, 27 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Blocked, protected a few repeat targets. Sergecross73 msg me 16:38, 27 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Fourthwallbreak (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) All their edits are using talk pages as forums ("why doesn't my favorite character have an article). Received two warnings. Seems to be WP:NOTHERE. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 15:44, 27 March 2026 (UTC) Reply

  I warned too, and it looks like according to that ANi thread consensus is that's enough for now. Sergecross73 msg me 00:03, 2 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

• This seems like something resembling a very poorly thought-out NAC. Reverted by the actual nominator, but this may need some admin eyes. ScalarFactor (talk) 22:48, 1 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  It's funny, at first I was going to say "I bet it was an ill-conceived April Fools joke...but ironically enough, going to their talk page, it sounds more like they thought the mom itself was a joke?? That's a pretty bad call. I've warned them. Thank you. Sergecross73 msg me 00:06, 2 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Hi Serge. User:2026-21646-65 is vandalizing Carroll (crater) and Integrity (crater). Is it possible to block this temp account? ESB 5415 16:01, 8 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Diffs: Carroll, Integrity. Warnings on their talk page ESB 5415 16:13, 8 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Looks like they've stopped for now. ESB 5415 17:11, 8 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  I apologize for the delayed response, I had limited time yesterday, and I'm honestly not super familiar with the crater stuff. If they've stopped, we're probably good for now. If it continues to be an issue, I can probably protect the page soon. That may be a better approach, as that may also combat switching to other IPs. Sergecross73 msg me 13:07, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  No worries. They're back at it, would you mind semi-protecting the page for a week or two? Thanks. ESB 5415 18:34, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Ope, it's already protected! ESB 5415 18:35, 9 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Hi Serge, what do you make of SIYOMOLF (talk ·contribs )? Their username could be an anagram of "yo soy milf", which is kinda lame but not necessarily offensive. It's also guessing on my part. Regardless, they added some POV stuff and unnecessary details, nothing major. But they left this weird message] on Realtent's talk page, about Vertical123 (talk ·contribs ), who was last active in 2010, while also possibly revealing their name. Might be a stupid trolling joke, might be a real opportunity to reveal someone's identity, even if they were active a decade and a half ago. Lastly, Submarineintense (talk ·contribs ) seems to be a puppet, the puppet master or a meat puppet. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 09:39, 17 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Not really sure what to make of a lot of this, to be honest. Siyomolf hasn't edited since you reported this, or edited very much at all, so we can probably just wait and keep an eye on it. Unfortunately I don't know enough about Submarineintense to do anything about it either. Sergecross73 msg me 16:27, 20 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

• 11a1Wiki (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Stumbled across this user while checking recent file uploads - seems to be WP:NOTWEBHOST/hoaxes in userspace. Sandbox was deleted at MfD then recreated with more fake election maps. I'm not sure if it's G4-eligible but it doesn't exactly seem conductive to building an encyclopedia. At the very least I think all their uploads fall under {{db-hoax }}, but they don't seem to really get the point (see also: this edit summary). ScalarFactor (talk) 18:01, 30 April 2026 (UTC) Reply
• Iamyourgoldfish (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) This is the third known account of Macron le macaron (following Van Gogh, Van Going, Van Gone ) because they apparently forgot their password twice, but I'm more reporting this because Iamyourgoldfish has been exhibiting WP:NOTHERE behavior across all of their accounts. Notable examples include and . Not strictly vandalism, but I get the strong feeling that they don't intend on becoming a productive member of the Wikipedia community. GSK (talk • edits) 22:44, 30 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

Well it seems like this may have been Resolved: User_talk:Iamyourgoldfish#April_2026 GSK (talk • edits) 23:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

• I also have a sneaking suspicion that Thegoatwithahornonhishead (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) is a sockpuppet of (or related to/is friends with) Iamyourgoldfish , but I have no actual evidence apart from a gut feeling. The goat with a horn on his head is blocked anyway (coincidentally for also exhibiting WP:NOTHERE behavior) so maybe it's not worth pursuing. GSK (talk • edits) 22:44, 30 April 2026 (UTC) Reply

  I'm sorry I wasn't around to help with these, but it seems like others got to it pretty quickly all the same. Sergecross73 msg me 16:19, 1 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

  No worries! GSK (talk • edits) 16:35, 1 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

• VectorFactor (t · th · c · del · cross-wiki · SUL · edit counter · pages created (xtools · sigma) · non-automated edits · BLP edits · · · · logs ^{(blocks · rights · moves)} · rfar · spi · cci) (assign permissions)^{(acc · ap · ev · fm · mms · npr · pm · pc · rb · te · taiv)} I decided to make an alt account for some potential semi-automated editing scenarios/with fewer permissions now that I have some more sensitive ones like WP:NPP - but I'd appreciate if I could get extended confirmed (and normal confirmed), if you don't mind this being PERM in addition to AIV/RPP. Account creation log: here. ScalarFactor (talk) 03:31, 19 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Yeah, no problem, you're not the first to ask here anyways. I'll take care of it tomorrow. Sergecross73 msg me 03:52, 19 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Done! (I think, anyways. I don't change permissions often, but it looks like it worked. Let me know if you have issues.) Sergecross73 msg me 16:11, 19 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Seems good, thanks! VectorFactor (talk) 16:26, 19 May 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Nightrider23 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Not active this minute, but needs an interception. Turns on every couple years to do promotional editing on Minnesota Republicans, particularly Eric Pratt. Seems like an open and shut COI case to me. In solidarity, QuicoleJR (talk) 02:24, 21 June 2026 (UTC) Reply

  I agree it appears to be a bit of a COI/promotional issue, but their edits are so few and far between, it would probably be sufficent to just start with a standard COI template warning/notification. Sergecross73 msg me 17:59, 26 June 2026 (UTC) Reply

• ~2026-20142-79 (talk · contribs · deletedcontribs · nukecontribs · logs · filterlog · blockuser · blocklog) Coupled with this TA's edits and their general hostility (on their talk page), I'm willing to argue WP:NOTHERE applies. I think reporting at AIV is a dead end because their edits are not strictly vandalism, but they are clearly not willing to be civil, are arguing WP:IMRIGHT, so I do genuinely believe they are WP:NOTHERE. Best, GSK 02:01, 24 June 2026 (UTC) Reply

  They were definitely being difficult and rude, but I don't know if it was enough to take action, they did appear to be make a good-faith argument of sorts, even if it was tainted by their attitude. Looks like they've stopped at least, unless their IP hopping now. Sergecross73 msg me 14:00, 24 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

• Mind protecting Luigi's Mansion? IPs are back and edit-warring "not be confused with Luigi Mangione" into the article. --ThomasO1989 (talk) 23:38, 23 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

  Done. Its hard to see a goodfaith argument here. Sergecross73 msg me 14:00, 24 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

When talking about things in different countries, especially when trying to avoid US-defaultism, can you explain how not clarifying those countries is "an improvement" in your words? Thanks. Andrewpandy401 (talk) 19:06, 16 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

As I mentioned in my edit summary, it just felt like you repeatedly added regions or regional names in places where it was already clear what was being discussed. Other edits just added more words for no effect at all. Sergecross73 msg me 00:56, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

There are many, many instances in the article where it isn<nowiki>'t clear. When the article is talking about regional variations, generally regions are mentioned except North America.

Are you saying if the region isn't mentioned, it's "clear" - as you say - that it's North America? That would suggest North America is the default; going against WP:NPOVFAQ and avoiding an Anglo-American focus. If I’ve misunderstood, can you explain how not mentioning the region when talking about North America in the context of other international regions is - in your words - "clear"? Andrewpandy401 (talk) 07:25, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

I'm saying that the article is a Featured Article, the highest quality ranking Wikipedia has for articles. It was extensively written and passed a rigorous review process. It doesn't mean it's perfect, but it does make it extremely difficult for me to believe there were like 20 instances where basic subjects were poorly defined, as your edits suggested. Sergecross73 msg me 11:59, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

"extremely difficult for me to believe there were like 20 instances where basic subjects were poorly defined"

1. "After the release of the Genesis in 1989, video game publisher Accolade..." Since the article generally refers to the console as 'Genesis' even when referring outside of North America ("30.75 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide"), it's unclear whether '1989' is a typo or referring specifically to the North American release.
2. "[In Japan,] Sega held a company-wide contest to create a mascot character..." The article mentions Sega of America on numerous occasions, but here you chose to remove the note that the contest was only in Japan?
3. "As of 2012, Tectoy had sold an estimated 3 million Genesis units" Where? Brazil.
4. "In November 1993, Sega released the Sega Activator" Where? Only in the US.
5. "In 1994, Sega started the Sega Channel" Where? Only in the US.
6. "At the Winter Consumer Electronic Show in January 1994, Sega of America research and development head Joe Miller took a phone call from Nakayama... One idea came from a concept from Sega Enterprises [in Japan]" Again, why mention Sega of America specifically, but remove the reference to Japan?
7. "The Saturn was released on May 11, 1995," Where? Only in North America.
8. "[In late 1995] Late in the 16-bit era, Sega released a handheld version of the Genesis" How is specifying the year less clear than an "era"?
9. "The system was later redesigned by JVC and released as the X'Eye in North America in September 1994. Designed by JVC to be a Genesis and Sega CD combination with high quality audio, the Wondermega's high price (500ドル at launch)" This sentence is talking about the X'Eye, not the Wondermega. Even the source refers to it as the X'Eye.
10. "After the Genesis was discontinued, Majesco released the Genesis 3" Where? Only in the US.

Andrewpandy401 (talk) 12:55, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

It is not useful to assume North America is the default, especially when talking about international markets. Andrewpandy401 (talk) 12:57, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

To be clear, not a single one of my responses have at any point referenced the US or NA in any capacity. Only you have been talking about that. That's not my issue. My issue is that in many of your changes, you seemed to write as if each sentence were written with no prior knowledge of any of the prior sentences. Like inserting "Mega Drive" or "Genesis" in for pronouns like "it". There's no reason to keep name dropping it when it's still clear what the subject is. You also frequently added less concise phrasing to no benefit. (Changing the concise "None were successful" to the clumsily phrased "None achieved major commercial success" were among the changes I considered "not an improvement" or "more words with no benefit".)

I didn't necessarily object to every single change. But there were enough that a blanked revert was far more efficient. Thus why you'll see most experienced editors recommend not making a ton of changes across one single edit. Spread them across multiple edits so all your changes don't get undone at once when editors just object to some if your changes. Sergecross73 msg me 15:35, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi Sergecross, I wanted to pick your brain on this before going to ANI or another forum.

User:Superlogan7437 came across my radar for an edit marked as minor to Toby Fox's page, but that added new wording. I investigated and found that pretty much all of their recent edits followed this pattern, substantive edits to pages marked as minor.

I went onto their talk page to just give them a heads up, and while I was there I noticed another user had done the same a few weeks prior, and Superlogan blanked it out. It's my understanding that deleting other's messages on talk pages, even your own, that aren't vandalism or personal attacks, is uncivil.

I made one last reply on their talk page explaining this, and then blanked it and also added Template:User mental health. See

I'm curious what your take is here. If they had just blanked it, I would take this to ANI for uncivil editing, but the mental health message makes me reconsider it. Should we cut them some slack and continue to monitor edits, or start up a thread over there?

Thanks. Yojo98 (talk) 14:30, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

So, generally speaking, either them engaging us discussion, or archiving their talk page is preferred, users are allowed to delete comments from their own talk page. As you can see at WP:USERTALK, editors do have more flexibility when it comes to their own talk page. So I wouldn't report them for civility issues alone.

That said, deleting comments off of ones talk page does count as acknowledgement that the message was at least received. (Conceptually, one has to see it to delete it.) They can no longer say that "they didn't know any better" or something like that. This helps as far as escalation goes.

Because they have, at least on a round about way, indicated they're struggling with mental issues if sorts right now, I wouldn't do anything else. But if they do this in any further edits, let me know, and I'll intervene. I'd probably start with a talk/warning. I don't love blocking editors for minor stuff like this, but there's also really no excuse for not making a simple change like this either... Sergecross73 msg me 15:16, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Ah apologies, I had misread that portion of the talk page guidelines. I really appreciate your thoughtful reply here, and it does make sense that deletion here is at least some acknowledgement that they read it.

Sounds like a good plan. Makes sense that it isn't the first choice to block over something like this. I'll keep an eye on it and let you know if anything changes.

Thanks! Yojo98 (talk) 15:23, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thank you for understanding. I'm happy to help. Feel free to run things by me first when you want. ANI can sometimes be a harsh place depending on who answers you. Sergecross73 msg me 15:39, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Official Petition for Paralyzing Bureaucratic Mercy To: The High Council of the Wiki-Overlords From: The Former Rogue Operative Known Only as "PawPatroler" Subject: Request to Cease My Digital Exile Esteemed Wardens of the Free Encyclopedia, I am writing to formally acknowledge that my recent editorial behavior was less "scholarly contribution" and more "digital bulldozer." It turns out that wandering into complex articles I do not understand behaves exactly like a toddler playing with a active nuclear reactor. Lessons have been deeply, painfully learned. Moving forward, I swear a solemn oath to stick to topics that reside strictly within my actual intellectual zip code. If I ever find myself confused by a page again, I will politely ask for adult supervision instead of mashing my keyboard. I crave the chance to make deeply thought-out, staggeringly useful contributions to your glorious database. Therefore, I propose a compromise to test my rehabilitation: Please grant me a single, solitary sandbox. Think of it as my personal digital playground with padded walls. If you unblock just my sandbox, I can happily make mistakes in isolation, learning the ways of the Wiki-Force without accidentally breaking the internet or giving your administrators ulcers. Can we please unlock the sandbox gate? @PawPatroler ~2026-40587-53 (talk) 18:13, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Denied. Allowing you to edit your sandbox while blocked is not an option. Sergecross73 msg me 18:23, 20 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Hi Serge. So last month it appears HumanxAnthro removed the anti-"music side of Wikipedia" screed on their user page and for the past couple of weeks has dove headfirst into returning to the topic areas they complained about several months ago. Straight back into making previously contentious edits like placing the importance of a UK chart that combines sales and airplay over the actual official UK chart source, which was an issue they ran into several months ago. It appears they're now going to other editors and telling them one-on-one the way they think it should be: User_talk:MarioSoulTruthFan#UK_Singles_Chart. They also had complaints about separating chart tables into sales versus airplay ones months ago. Now they're doing this again, just in prose this time, like at Around the World (Aqua song) here and inserting strange asides into prose like at Mine (Taylor Swift song) here. (HumanxAnthro seems to strongly believe charts that combine sales and airplay are vastly superior to ones that don't and makes it a point to preference them anywhere they can. Like referring to the official UK Singles Chart as "sales-only" everywhere. It's bizarre.) Also, I believe removing critic-list tables ran them afoul of several editors, but they are back to removing those again, saying they're "fucking sick" of them and calling them "fucking obnoxious".

Letting you know as I was forbidden from posting on their talk page and you warned them about this behaviour that was getting them into arguments several months ago. Skyversay (talk) 01:15, 28 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Thank you, I've left them a reminder of that conversation. Sergecross73 msg me 01:33, 28 July 2026 (UTC) Reply

Someone else has opened up an ANI case on similar issues too, if you want to chime in there. See here. Sergecross73 msg me 03:51, 28 July 2026 (UTC) Reply