User:Codename Noreste

Codename Noreste

he/him

My Work

I help out with edit filters, do anti-vandalism/spam/LTA work (locally and globally), and on occasions, content work on this project. I am a member of the Small Wiki Monitoring Team (SWMT).

I am a global abuse filter helper, which means I can view confidential stuff on all projects, and not just here.

About Me

Hello, everyone. I am Codename Noreste (previously 64andtim), and this project is my home wiki. In real life, I am a dude and I attend college several days a week.

Outside of Wikimedia, I am available on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and Discord under the name codenamenoreste, and I'm sometimes active on several test wikis, where I go under the same name on Test Wiki, for example.

You may call me Codename Noreste, Codename, Noreste or simply CN; if you encounter another user with the name Codename (or another Codename Noreste elsewhere), don't assume they are me.

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.

OK, so the intro above me explains who I am. It's a TL;DR situation below, but do you want to read? Sure, keep going.

So tell me about yourself...

As 64andtim...

My first edit to this project was creating a user page with some userboxes and a sentence. My second edit included this diff. Some people may call this a mistake, but I was a very new user at the time, and I was trying to help, instead of doing more harm than good. After installing RedWarn, fighting vandalism and spam couldn't get any easier than that, but sometimes (and rarely) I make some kind of mistake by accident. Nowadays, I no longer use RedWarn, nor Ultraviolet.

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.

Anti-vandalism/spam/LTA work

So obviously, I use a variety of anti-vandalism tools to assist me in keeping this project clean from disruption, and I also use SWViewer to watch out for disruption on other projects, as well as the abuse log on Meta. For other stuff related to anti-vandalism and spam, I sometimes encounter grossly offensive/libelous or promotional usernames (both will obviously have to be reported if they vandalize or promote themselves). 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.

Content work

On the flip side, when I don't feel like reverting bad stuff on this project, I sometimes do content work to save me from boredom (e.g. adding references, rewriting, etc.). So far, some content work that I made was on CenterPoint Energy (related to 2024's Hurricane Beryl which, not that surprising, took out my house's electricity power for almost a whole week), and System Sensor since I like fire alarms.

Edit filters

In addition to fighting vandalism and spam, I also help with edit filters. The community has trusted me to be an edit filter helper, and I did run for edit filter manager once, but have not succeeded, probably because of some concerns I'd rather not talk about here. My last couple of edit filter helper nominations also did not succeed to the point where I had to withdraw, perhaps because I was getting the hang of how edit filters work, and how could I have the trust to not stuff the beans up my nose. In addition, the Meta community has also trusted me to view all filters on all projects, and I have written some global filters on Meta, in addition to local filters in this project.

Questions and answers

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; an LTA made multiple accounts to impersonate me and some 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 edited Wikipedia for payment?

I have never edited this project in exchange for payment, and if I have done so, I will disclose it here.

How can I leave you a message?

If you want to leave me a message, I will be more than happy to respond to you on my talk page, or email me if you have sensitive concerns that should not be discussed here (as with other human editors, I am occasionally prone to making mistakes). If you leave me a message in Spanish, I will either reply in that language here or on my Spanish Wikipedia talk page.

I also maintain a guestbook, in which you can sign with your signature. It's your choice.

Everything else...

Barnstars and WikiLove 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)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Catching edits with Huggle faster than me, keep up the good work! OnlyNano^talk 23:56, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Bishonen said you helped out in dealing with a nasty case of racism and anti-semitism. You deserve a barnstar as well. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 19:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Pending changes and vandalism stats (as of 1:48 pm CST/7:48 pm UTC)

	1			2		3			4		5
edit purge view		Low pending changes backlog					4 pages according to DatBot 19:45, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

	1			2		3			4		5
edit purge view		Moderate to high level of vandalism					4.95 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 18:10, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

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