User:Codename Noreste

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My shadow, as of December 2023.

Hello, everyone. I am Codename Noreste and I fight vandalism, spam, and sometimes long-term abusers on the English Wikipedia. In addition, I am also active on other large and small-scale projects; you'll find me active on the Simple English and Spanish Wikipedias, and Meta-Wiki.

Outside of Wikipedia, I am active on IRC under the name codenamenoreste and on Discord with the username codenamennoreste, and I am active on several test wikis, where I go under the same name on The Test Wiki, and Test Wiki.

Who are you?

In addition to being a Wikipedian here and across all projects, I am also a dude attending college.

I first started to edit Wikipedia by creating my user page, with some userboxes and some text. My second edit included this diff that some people may call this a mistake, but I was a very new user at the time and I was trying to help the project, rather than just harm it. After installing RedWarn, it made my life so much easier when reverting vandalism and spam, but sometimes (and rarely) I make some kind of mistake by accident.

I previously edited under the username 64andtim on this account, and you may call me Codename Noreste, Codename, Noreste or simply CN; any accounts whose names start with Codename aren't likely going to be operated by me.

What is your work on this wiki?

Counter-vandalism/spam/LTAs

Do you recognize this symbol? That's right! Nobody should accept paid editing, and neither do I.

I use Huggle to fight obvious vandalism and spam, Twinkle for a variety of tasks, and SWViewer on my iPhone to fight said vandalism and spam, but I also use it to combat cross-wiki vandalism and spam as well.

When I got rollback enabled on my account, I've started using tools and scripts that require rollback to fight vandalism and spam much easier and faster than if I were to manually revert or undo such edits. I use Selective Rollback to massively revert a user's edits (mass/rapid vandalism or spam), add an edit summary when I revert, and others. Next, I became a pending changes reviewer, which allows me to review and revert edits on pages protected by pending changes. My CVUA training page can be found here, and while you might see some errors I have made, that training greatly enhanced my ability to identify vandalism in which it requires my judgment and senses.

For other stuff that's related to vandalism and spam, sometimes I encounter grossly offensive/libelous or promotional usernames (both would obviously have to be reported if they do their stuff which includes vandalism or promotional edits that I have to revert). When dealing with cross-wiki vandalism and spam, I use SWViewer and the abuse filter log on Meta-Wiki.

For long-term abusers, I know some of them and I can tell by their activities and habits. While reverting their edits, I deny recognition to them (and even blank their talk pages). Sometimes, when they vandalize other projects, I report them to SRG and revert their edits, if I can find any. Anyway, on the English Wikipedia, there is a specific LTA on the list that may sometimes make me lose my calm a little, and they were banned by the Wikimedia Foundation as of this year.

If somebody claims to be me and asks you to create an article in exchange for money, don't accept their offer at all as it is a scam; the same goes for someone impersonating me and soliciting paid editing work just for you; you should forward the evidence directly to paid-en-wpwikipedia.org for AfC scams, or legalwikimedia.org for paid editing work claims.

Speedy deletions

For speedy deletions, I mostly tag promotional user pages under G11 and other user pages/sandboxes that apply under U5.

Edit filters

I respond to false positives from edit filters on Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports, and participate at the edit filter noticeboard. I would highly recommend using FilterDebugger if you want to debug on what caused false positives, or to test some conditions and/or regex without being an edit filter helper or manager. I use it to create filters and to test said new filters for true or false positives/negatives, especially to track vandals.

Questions and answers for me

Have you been blocked?

I was blocked for one week because somebody thought I engaged in a good and bad hand sockpuppetry situation, but that wasn't the case at all; that LTA made multiple accounts to impersonate me and other users, and they were all blocked indefinitely but that included me (blocked for one week) and my alternative account (blocked indefinitely). Hours later, both of my legitimate accounts were unblocked per some discussion about my block on my talk page. You may wish to view my block log if you want.

Anyway, goodbye to my no-block streak.

Have you done paid editing?

I have never edited Wikipedia for pay, and I will never plan to do so in the future, unless if stated otherwise.

Do you have any alternative accounts?

I operate an alternative account, Códigonombre Alguien (talk · contribs), which is used on public computers, unsecure networks, and/or when my main account could be potentially compromised. For security purposes, I have enabled two-factor authentication on my main account, and on all projects.

How can I leave you a message?

If you want to leave me a message, I will be more than happy to respond to your message on my my user talk page, or if you have any sensitive concerns, emailing me is preferred (as with other human editors, I may sometimes make mistakes). If you leave me a message in Spanish, I will reply in that language in my talk page here or on the Spanish Wikipedia.

One more thing, I am a mentor, and if you are a new user in need of help, don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page.

Everything else

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Current stats as of 1:15 am CDT/6:15 am UTC.

1 2 3 4 5 edit purge view Moderate pending changes backlog 8 pages according to DatBot 06:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC) 1 2 3 4 5 edit purge view Low to moderate level of vandalism 3.50 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 23:10, 15 May 2024 (UTC) WATCH Recent filter changes (): Filter 380 — Pattern modified Last changed at 03:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC) Filter 1305 — Actions: disallow,throttle Last changed at 17:51, 13 May 2024 (UTC) Filter 1285 — Pattern modified Last changed at 21:34, 12 May 2024 (UTC) Filter 1014 — Flags: enabled; Pattern modified Last changed at 19:20, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Userboxes related to Wikipedia, anti-vandalism, and others.

What gadgets do I use? This user watches over Wikipedia with the help of Twinkle! This user uses Huggle to deal with vandalism. This user uses SWViewer to revert vandalism. Most important of all... This user tries to do the right thing. If he makes a mistake, please let him know. This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks. Account and security This user has an alternative account named Códigonombre Alguien. This user has a Strong Password. † Local anti-vandalism/spam efforts This user is a Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy graduate. This user is a participant in WikiProject Spam. This user despises vandalism and reverts it with extreme pride. linkspamThis user despises linkspam, and will terminate it on sight, as well as any other spam by the contributor. Global anti-vandalism efforts on all projects This user is a member of the Small Wiki Monitoring Team. This user has a userpage on Wikimedia Meta-Wiki.

More userboxes, but related to reality outside of Wikipedia.

My languages esEste usuario tiene el español como lengua materna. en-4This user can contribute with a near-native level of English. fr-0Cet utilisateur ne comprend pas le français ou seulement avec des difficultés notables. My skills re-1This user writes regular expressions at a basic level. About myself This user is male. he himThis user's pronouns are he/him. Browsers, email clients and technology This user contributes using Google Chrome. This user contributes using Safari. This user uses Gmail as a primary email service. This user's primary email client is Outlook Express. This user contributes using Windows 11. This user edits with an Apple iPhone. My education and interests This user is a college student. This user aspires to go to university. BUSThis user's favourite subject is Business Studies. This user's favourite subject is Economics. ENGThis user's favourite subject is English. SPAThis user's favourite subject is Spanish. My location, time, and nationality This user lives in the U.S. State of Texas. UTC-06 UTC-05This user has a standard time zone of UTC-06, but he uses UTC-05 from March to November. This user is of Mexican descent. This user was born and lives in the United States. Music and my online life This user listens to music using Spotify (This userbox intentionally left blank) #This user chats on the Wikimedia Community Discord server as codenamennoreste. #This user chats on IRC under the nickname codenamenoreste. My grammar and spelling do? A, B, and A and BThis user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing. U.S. spellingThis user prefers to use American English spelling.

My barnstars and other stuff that I have received.

Thanks for your diligent antivandalism work! Novo Tape (She/Her)My Talk Page 16:35, 24 May 2023 (UTC) CVU Academy Graduate Congratulations from both myself and all of the instructors at the Counter Vandalism Unit Academy, on your successful completion of my CVUA instruction and graduation from the Counter Vandalism Unit Academy. You completed your final exam with 91%. Well done and congratulations again. If you chose to request rollback, you may link your lessons here on your request. Please see your lessons page for more information. - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 21:09, 11 June 2023 (UTC) Thanks for your help keeping that vandal's edits under control! Bedshote (talk) 18:06, 15 June 2023 (UTC) A plate of Dosa for you Here is a plate of Dosa for you. Dosa is a South Indian food and is a fermented crepe or pancake made from rice batter and black lentils. Hope you'll like it. For your anti-vandal work. Thank you. Grumpylawnchair (talk) 00:06, 4 July 2023 (UTC) For more Indian dishes, visit the Kitchen of WikiProject India. The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Thanks for all you do in counter-vandalism... keep it going! Volten001 ☎ 10:11, 14 July 2023 (UTC) The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Thank you for reverting all of that disruption made by SophiaS333. You were extremely quick with catching it all, which in turn keeps Wikipedia accurate, reliable, and healthy. Wikipedia needs contributors like you, and I really hope that you stay with us for many years in the long-term. I created my account when I was bored in the High School library during class, and I was disruptive too (seriously, look at my first contributions). At the time, I never imagined that, almost 17 years later, I'd be who I am on Wikipedia to this day. Please keep up the great work, and if you enjoy what you're doing here, PLEASE take off your jacket and stay awhile. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 04:52, 15 September 2023 (UTC) Thanks for reverting that mass ping on that SPI case I opened! Seawolf35 (talk) 00:11, 16 September 2023 (UTC) The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Hey Tim, just wanted to give you a shout-out for the awesome work you're doing at UAA, AIV, and EFFPR. Here's a barnstar as a token of appreciation. Keep up the good work! – DreamRimmer (talk) 11:35, 3 January 2024 (UTC) The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar Sniped a revert I was making haha Keep up the good work Heyallkatehere (talk) 05:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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