User talk:PhilKnight

I noticed that you indefinitely protected Four (One Direction album) over a decade ago, and I think that it would be okay for it to be unprotected at this point given that it wasn't protected prior to the indefinite protection. dualcerbtalk 17:51, 16 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Done. PhilKnight (talk) 10:49, 17 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Hi, I wanted to ask about your block of Workingtomato. The edits look pretty typical of a new editor trying things out and I was wondering what the offending edit was for indef without warning, to see if I missed anything or if there are any edits that don't show up on the contributions page. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:53, 23 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi Thebiguglyalien, I'll unblock. They were making rapid edits as I went to warn them, so I blocked. Could have been a bit bitey. Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 01:23, 24 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Sounds good! Just thought I'd check in. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 02:28, 24 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

A few days ago you did a revert on a problem editor on the Neanderthal page; thanks for looking after things. At present, User:Dunkleosteus77 and myself have been doing pre-FAC edits to the article for get it ready for co-nomination and promotion at FAC from its current GA-status. I've listed it for Peer review at present for improvements, and was in the process of bringing in useful edits by agreement with User:Chidgk1. However, another user Mausfield has started reverting. Normally, Dunkleosteus would support in this situation however he's been busy the last week in RL. Mausfield has taken the position that he is a grad student with little time for following MOS, while another editor Noleander has called his wall-of-text edits on the Peer review page as being "incomprehensible". Could you look at this; Mausfield appears to wish to follow his own rules and not follow MOS. Can the peer review edits made by agreement with Chidgk1 be restored to the point of my last edit on that page? ErnestKrause (talk) 11:28, 25 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

I think you need an editor knowledgeable on the topic, not an admin. PhilKnight (talk) 12:25, 25 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for getting back on this. Both myself and Dunkleosteus are concerned with the edit misconduct issues by Mausfield. He appears to wish to use Talk pages and Peer reviews for publishing long wall-of-text forum discussions against Wikipedia policy; he has been told that Talk pages are not for long forum discussions and he has stated that he does not care. He is currently tag-bombing and edit warring to force his edits into the main space of the article, and again states that he does not care and will not restore the edits he is sequentially reverting here , and here , and here . Neither myself nor Dunkleosteus can get involved in edit warring of any kind since we are both opposed to edit warring on Wikipedia. Otherwise, I'm imagining that the Peer review for the article upgrades can be closed, and the pre-FAC upgrades might need to be dropped at this time unless the edit misconduct issues with User:Mausfield can be returned to normal. A restore of his sequential reverts might send the right type of message to User:Mausfield for him to stop edit warring; could you assist in trying to control these edit misconduct issue with User:Mausfield? ErnestKrause (talk) 15:15, 26 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

An unregistered IP user ~2026-57133-71 is making ridiculous edits to Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast and a few other pages that include random references to Disney and Universal properties. The behavior is nearly identical to IP users whom you have blocked in the past.—JlACEer (talk) 18:11, 26 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

Nice spot. The IP originates from a school, probably shared Internet. Recommend a range block. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk / Uploads} 18:34, 26 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Isn't Draft:Suriname at the 2026 Summer youth olympics the exact copy of Suriname at the 2026 Summer youth olympics? Editorballfoot (talk) 13:37, 3 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the note. It appears to be based on the article. That isn't a reason to delete it, though. PhilKnight (talk) 13:43, 3 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Last warning. AshCasanova (talk) 18:46, 4 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

This will only attract more scrutiny to what you're trying to add. 海盐沙冰 _{/ aka irisChronomia / Talk / Uploads} 19:23, 4 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hi you issued a block notice to ~2026-59465-48, however the block logs do not actually show a block. Could you either Block them, or retract the block template? Sᴛʀᴏɴɢsʜᴏʀᴛs (talk) 04:45, 8 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Now blocked. PhilKnight (talk) 04:48, 8 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Hey,

I am the person you unblocked a while ago, and you were going to unblock my other account later (@ExplorerofUniverse), but I was wondering if I could create a new account for a clean start and whether that would violate any Wikipedia rules.

Thanks, ExplorerofUniverse ExplorerofUniverse (talk) 12:35, 10 November 2026 (UTC):Reply

Hi ExplorerofUniverse, you are mistaken, I wasn't planning on unblocking your alternative account. You should stick to one account. However, nothing is stopping you creating a new account and abandoning your current one. I suggest you read Wikipedia:Clean start for guidance. PhilKnight (talk) 14:25, 10 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Ok, thank you! ~2026-59686-59 (talk) 15:40, 10 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Ok, thanks! ExplorerofUniverse^✦ (talk) 21:58, 10 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

So, am I allowed to keep and occasionally edit on this account or do I need to use the {retired} tag as it says on Wikipedia:Clean start? ExplorerofUniverse^✦ (talk) 22:02, 10 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Once you create your new account, you must completely abandon the old one. PhilKnight (talk) 02:05, 11 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

Ok, thanks! ExplorerofUniverse^✦ (talk) 02:19, 11 November 2026 (UTC)Reply

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