User talk:Antandrus

Welcome, Antandrus!

Come introduce yourself in the general reading room or your project in the project reading room. If you have any questions, you can ask in the assistance reading room or contact me personally. --atcovi (talk) 21:55, 7 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you Atcovi; appreciate the welcome. Antandrus (discuss • contribs) 22:15, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
 * No problem. --atcovi (talk) 15:57, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Page protection
If it becomes a problem, you can request at Reading room/Administrative Assistance to get your user talk page protected. I just requested mine and hopefully it helps a little bit. PlyrStar93 (discuss • contribs) 22:57, 28 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks -- I went away for a while to do something more interesting. I don't think he has that choice. Imagine what it must be like, having that volcano of hatred erupting nonstop. Antandrus (discuss • contribs) 23:03, 28 June 2019 (UTC)


 * I've applied finite-duration (but very long) semi-protection to this page. If you'd rather not have it semi-protection, or would prefer some other duration, let me know. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 23:56, 28 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you -- appreciate it. That works. Antandrus (discuss • contribs) 00:02, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Happy new year!
While there may still be four hours till the New Year in AZ, I wish you and your family a prosperous great 2023; let's hope that 2023 brings us better things than 2022. --SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 02:47, 1 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you, and happy 2023 to you! - Been traveling, back in a rainy California now. Wouldn't mind a bit of that Sydney sunshine right about now. :) Antandrus (discuss • contribs) 03:25, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * It's been a bit rainy here for the past few months as well (thank you, La Niña), but a bit strange for it to be raining in California now (I was in California this time last year and it was raining for about two days but then it was bright and sunny). Stay warm :-). SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 03:45, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

About GRP
Hi @Antandrus! Can you tell me a bit more about GRP and their LTA? How can you tell which accounts/IPs are their particular sockpuppets? I'd like to make sure I understand their behavior, style, and reasons for blocking. Sometimes they make seemingly-innocuous edits that are hard to identify as vandalism. Thanks! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 04:28, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Kittycataclysm - sure thing. His LTA page is here on enwiki. It's one person, although he often pretends to be more than one, as in right now when he is "talking" to himself on that banned user's page. Usually he edits from throwaway proxies, all different, but sometimes makes equally throwaway sockpuppets like "Getroadgoing2000" to get around a semiprotection. You can usually recognize him by style - he bangs on and on in a comically ungrammatical way about the usual topics - the death of Stalin, the "book" he wrote, and so forth. More seriously - he is mentally ill in a severe and disabling way. He spent three years in jail for harassment and stalking, but now is out, and of course bothering us again (after a break 2015-2018). Thank you for your help with this person. I just wish he'd get some help. Antandrus (discuss • contribs) 05:09, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * (Oh - he likes to say bad things about us. I take it as praise for a job well done. :) ) Antandrus (discuss • contribs) 05:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh - one last thing since you asked about reason for blocking: he is banned by the Wikimedia Foundation and may not edit any Wikimedia project. If you get harassing emails from him, you can forward them to Foundation-legal and/or Trust & Safety. He harasses everyone he interacts with. And this has been going on since 2006. Antandrus (discuss • contribs) 05:34, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! This is very helpful. —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 13:20, 18 January 2023 (UTC)