User:Codename Noreste

As 64andtim, 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 newbie mistake, but at the time, I was a very new user, and I was trying to help the project, rather than harm it. 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.

I use a variety of tools (Huggle [on my laptop] and SWViewer [on my iPhone] to fight obvious vandalism and spam, and Twinkle for a variety of tasks) to assist me in keeping this project clean from disruption, and I defend other wikis using SWViewer. 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 do vandalism or promotional edits). When I deal with cross-wiki disruption, I look at the abuse filter log on Meta-Wiki, as well as use SWViewer.

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.

Yes, you get the point. 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.).

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 new filters and to add/test new conditions, including those to track specific vandals.

The community has trusted me to be an edit filter helper, and in a year after that nomination, I plan to be promoted to create and modify filters. Yes, my last couple of nominations have failed because of some issues I'd prefer not to talk about here, but over time, I've gained some more trust while helping out with more filter reports, and more anti-vandalism/spam work.

For speedy deletions, I mostly tag promotional user pages under G11 and other user pages/sandboxes that apply under U5. I also tag under G5 sometimes.

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.

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

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.

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.