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This user has wasted loads of time asking questions with at best the most tenuous relationship to travel, and many of their comments are non-sequiturs or ridiculous and seem to be AI-generated. Look at their latest post in Talk:United States of America#Social etiquette and breaches, the "keep" reason they gave in Wikivoyage:Votes for deletion#Old towns of Cyprus and Greece, and their remarkably desultory (jumping from topic to topic without any apparent logic) and at times absurd remarks and questions on Wikivoyage:Tourist office, especially Wikivoyage:Tourist office#Exploring on Cocos (Keeling) Islands and How to Respect. Some users have taken this IP user more seriously than they probably should have, and the user has wasted way too much time and is either AI or extremely strange and clueless, but either way, they are not participating on this site in a useful way and don't merit any more responses from anyone but are now injecting themselves into serious discussions such that they can't be ignored. Ikan Kekek (talk) 13:18, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- I just posted a similar, but less detailed and less well-argued comment on the user's talk page. I support banning. Ground Zero (talk) 13:37, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support. This user's edits are clearly in bad faith, and it seems like someone who has no understanding of how wikis work and wants to waste other people's time. Definitely not here to build a travel guide. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 20:59, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hello, I’m using a temporary account, created on October 11, 2025. The reason on why I post in tourist office is definitely because I felt very curious about the traveling to different places, and I am interested in researching about travel topics. To anyone who knows about me, yes I edit anonymously, so no one could detect or notice me. To be honest, I’m not definitely using AI or LLMs, I’m using my own words. Another reason on this contribution to Wikivoyage occasionally, is because I felt like I need to edit, on my leisure time, and especially ask questions on the Tourist Office, especially when I’m away on Wikivoyage for days and even weeks. The real reason on why I contribute so frequently on September and October 2025, is because of the introduction of temporary accounts, especially when any user have the ability to exit session and generate a new one, by editing an article. Additionally, Wikivoyage is considered to one of my hobbies, especially my interests are to how to respect locals and cultures. One more is that, I’m new to the vote for deletion, so that is why I decided to vote keep on these two pages. I didn’t edit articles in order to add information, because that would be reverted anyway if one of the patrollers noticed my edit being published, especially on recent changes. Sorry for inconvenience, but I really don’t know what should I do on Wikivoyage, that includes on what original research should I add. ~2025-28029-34 (talk) 22:46, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
- This comment, this comment, and this discussion suggest that you do not understand what you are posting about. Ground Zero (talk) 00:59, 12 October 2025 (UTC)
Done per WV:NOTHERE. //shb (t | c | m) 23:34, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
This user has been trolling us and sowing division and we've been far too patient with their abuse. They continue (despite caution) to incite arguments such as this one or this one in response to one of their own articles being discussed for a merger or deletion. This isn't to mention constant editing on controversial topics and non-articles, such as Digmoor or Vidor, that seem more like attempts to provoke disputes than genuine attempts to contribute to a travel guide. Further, this user shows no interest in correcting mistakes and is taking out grudges on existing admins and bureaucrats, in particular Ikan Kekek but also the Wikivoyage admin community more generally. It's as though they had a grudge before even beginning to edit here. --Comment by Selfie City (talk) (contributions) 01:39, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support. From the first, this user reacted with rage and abuse to normal edits. Ikan Kekek (talk) 02:05, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- I don't think it is fair to say that Maroontruths "shows no interest in correcting mistakes" because they have reacted positively to suggestions and requests I've made. The rest of the comments are valid, though. Support. Ground Zero (talk) 02:15, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Why ban me? I've been making travel guides and I haven't been rude or repeatedly violate any rules Maroontruths (talk) 06:15, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Also when did I troll anyone Maroontruths (talk) 06:16, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- In addition to your attacks on Ikan Kekek, calling administrators "corrupt" on your user page is rude, and violates the Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct. You have vanquished any lingering doubts that I may have had about the appropriateness of banning you. Ground Zero (talk) 12:30, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Maroontruths: Before I make any comments, I want to ask you something, and please answer honestly: what is your relation to RedBaronGR (talk · contribs)? //shb (t | c | m) 08:28, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Who is that Maroontruths (talk) 12:13, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support. Apart from this unhelpful "Why do you all have grudges against me, I didn't do anything wrong" attitude, this user's edits clearly show they're not here to build a travel guide.
- Done These little games are not fun, and are over now. Ibaman (talk) 12:28, 14 October 2025 (UTC) Ibaman (talk) 10:42, 14 October 2025 (UTC)