User talk:Left guide

Hey, I just got the notification that you've become an Admin. Congrats on that. I hadn't been paying attention to the election stuff, or I would have voted for you too. Anyways, if you ever have questions or want to run any situations by me, feel free. Just let me know. Sergecross73 msg me 16:58, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Sergecross73, will do. Left guide (talk) 20:02, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see you're new on the job. Congrats and that's definitely sockpuppetry. -Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:52, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Skywatcher68: Thanks for the heads-up. As usual, feel free to re-request protection if disruption continues after expiration. Left guide (talk) 18:57, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. UAK is one of our more active LTAs; several of their favorite targets are on my watchlist. -Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:28, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I see that you recently responded to @Amigao's protection request on the page Anti-Chinese sentiment, where this user without evidence claimed that my edits constituted WP:VANDALism. I would like to respond to these:

• There were no such evidences of WP:VANDALism, and per WP:NOTVANDAL none of my edits fall under this. Furthermore, this accusation violates WP:AGF.
• This user has consistently refused to engage in WP:BRD and provide reasons as to why their edits should be accepted.

~2026-28706-2 (talk) 23:31, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

My administrative action to protect the page was merely to maintain article stability. If you believe there are serious or intractable behavioral issues, please raise it at the appropriate venue such as WP:ANI. Left guide (talk) 23:34, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, my name is Dafootballguy. We have spoken before, so you may remember me. I am here to raise an issue about @Yankees10. They have engaged in Wp:Bite, and have been reverting for no reason. See Easton Stick, Jaxson Dart, and Budda Baker for examples. The edits I made were marked minor, and changed a very small bit, helpfully of course. The edits were reverted with no real explanation. Thank you for your time. Dafootballguy (talk) 23:42, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oh give me a break dude. I gave you a reasoning for the Budda Baker revert. You removed info and did not provide sources at first. The edit to Stick and Dart were completely unnecessary changes. You're edits have been reverted by numerous other users so i'm not sure why you are choosing to whine about me.-- Yankees10 23:51, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Because most aren't as impolite. The budda baker edit was reverted by rollback, an abuse of the tool, since it was not obvious vandalism. The changes to Dart and Stick were small intentionaly, that is the definition of a minor change. I have left comments on your talk page first, and you ignored them. I don't see a reason for you to undo a minor edit unless it is vandalism, with the changes were not. I don't see a reason for reverting a minor change that helped. Thank you for your time. Dafootballguy (talk) 23:57, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Numerous inaccurate statements here. Budda Baker was not a rollback. Check my talk page again, did not at all ignore your messages other than the Stick one which I had not a clue what your post was saying.-- Yankees10 00:06, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I left one about Joe burrow. Dafootballguy (talk) 00:07, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the burrow request on January 5, after it was ignored completely. Dafootballguy (talk) 00:09, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Dafootballguy: Follow the steps for resolving content disputes at WP:RCD. If the dispute is an identical systemic issue affecting multiple NFL articles, the project talk page at WT:NFL may be a more appropriate venue. Good luck. Left guide (talk) 23:59, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I figured that the dispute would not do much. Therefore I approached an unbiased admin who could serve to solve the issue. The issue can cleary be seen as yankees10 potentially violating Wikipedia:Bite, and definitely violating common courtesy. Have a good day, thank you for the help. Dafootballguy (talk) 00:02, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

While you are here, my mentee disclosed to me his relation to Darryl Henley, how do I proceed now? I have given him a link to Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Dafootballguy (talk) 00:06, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Dafootballguy: Informing them to disclose the connection (which you did) is the right thing to do. You can add {{Connected contributor}} atop the article talk page linking to their disclosure comment. Perhaps let them know about the edit request template {{Edit COI}} to use on the talk page. If they haven't directly edited the article, there is nothing else that needs to be done that I'm aware of. If problematic COI editing occurs on the article, you could report it to WP:COIN to get more eyes on the situation. Left guide (talk) 00:15, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks a ton for the help. Happy editing. Dafootballguy (talk) 00:16, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

(Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Temp account continual disruptive editing against consensus for the full context re: what I am asking)

About half a dozen temporary accounts have been going on a spree of U.S. election pages, removing "re-" from the word "re-election", which is the popular (and correct) phrasing used in thousands of election pages. They've broken 3RR on half a dozen pages, have refused to answer messages on their talk page(s), on the election talk pages & at ANI (linked above). They've also vandalized multiple political BLPs with biased commentary, and switched to another temporary account after the ANI report

2-3 of the pages are already protected due to their disruptive editing - if I were to request page protection on the rest of the pages they have edited, is it likely that these requests would be accepted or declined? aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 07:21, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Aesurias: Replied there at the ANI. Bottom line is I think an admin who investigates is more likely to issue a range block if they agree it's disruptive since they're mostly coming from the same range. In patently obvious cases, WP:AIV may be a smoother route. If you do counter-vandalism frequently, consider applying for the temp account IP viewer permission at WP:PERM/TAIV, which may help you be more clued into things like this and make reporting easier. Left guide (talk) 07:39, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. One of the involved editors suggested AIV but I know how they feel about "non-obvious vandalism" (which many of this person's edits are), given their constant backlog :) aesurias (ping me in your reply, or I won't see it) (talk) 07:41, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]