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A short block ruled out?

An IP seems to be spamming new articles about mostly non-notable stars.--Can that account be blocked for say six hours, 12 hours, or 24 hours.--Please see, Wikipedia:Simple_talk#Something_is_rotten_in_the_"land"_of_Stars?. 2001:2020:309:AE06:BD15:72C7:4DB0:35C6 (talk) 18:47, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:GFDL

Hi! I noticed that Template:GFDL have disclaimers and per en:Wikipedia:GFDL standardization disclaimers should be avoided. Since most of the files are spoken articles they should have the same license as the articles on Wikipedia. So we could argue that it was a mistake to add the disclaimers and that they could be removed.

I also noticed that many of the files are also on Commons. So the local file could be deleted. Perhaps someone could have a look and decide what to do? --MGA73 (talk) 16:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I decided to remove the disclaimers. If the articles are GFDL so should spoken versions be so no need for disclaimers. --MGA73 (talk) 16:28, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion reqest

Hi, Could soneone undelete these and undelete all revisions please? I had asked 2 admins however for whatever reason only one page was restored and then deleted and none of have been undeleted since

–Davey2010Talk 11:16, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 14:06, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Brilliant thanks so much I greatly appreciate you doing this, Have a nice day, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 14:08, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Malik-Al-Hind and Special:Contributions/Cyber.Eyes.2005

I see both editors reverting each other's edits repeatedly. What kind of action would be needed here? MathXplore (talk) 13:51, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have no issues with cyber.eyes edits, And I am sorry if any of my edits violated any guidelines of Wikipedia (which I don't think so it did). Regardless since yesterday, I am seeing cyber eyes reverting my edits which are backed up with reliable citations/sources such as here 1 and here 2. I will honestly prefer to have this peacefully sorted out. And i am sorry again if I have violated any guidelines of Wikipedia considering I am new and I am not aware of all it's rules. Malik-Al-Hind (talk) 14:10, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My reason for reverting Malik-Al-Hind's edits is not any sort of personal attack. However, their edits to several articles (Special:Diff/9618778 and Special:Diff/9618508) are controversial and POVish. This isn't the first time Malik-Al-Hind has made such edits; they have received multiple "last warnings" from different editors, with the most recent being a couple of weeks ago. This issue is consistent: not willing to gain consensus on the talk page and reverting edits before consensus is reached. In my edit summaries (Special:Diff/9618735, Special:Diff/9618736), I clearly stated the need to gain consensus on the respective articles' talk pages before re-adding these claims, but this was ignored, and my edits were reverted. Gaining consensus is only beneficial and the only method to solve such disputes. I hope @Malik-Al-Hind stops reverting edits and instead seeks consensus from the community. I am more than willing to help them work on this Wikipedia since they are a new member here, for which they need to cooperate as well. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 14:28, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If not gaining consensus is the problem here, I would do that from now on. Thank you for concerning Malik-Al-Hind (talk) 14:56, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is mainly the reason for most warnings you have received, and thank you for understanding that. Other disputes, such as a change being POVish or controversial, can be solved on the respective article's talk pages. If anyone wants to join the consensus-building, the discussion is here: Talk:Hulagu Khan#religion. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 15:46, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection request

Please protect Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe): sockpuppetry. --Leonidlednev (talk) 23:00, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 02:57, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

special:contribs/38.92.52.229

Vandalism JoshuaAuble (talk) 00:59, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 03:01, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move request 2

Hi, Could someone move Madonna (entertainer) to Madonna please as per matching EN please?and the talkpage too please, Many thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 16:48, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done by Ferien - Ty Ferien much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 21:01, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Davey2010: Had a   Done reply ready and waiting here but got distracted and didn't post it here haha, so lazy nowadays :) --Ferien (talk) 21:02, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien Haha no worries - I had a feeling you got distracted haha :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 21:06, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please protect Loki

The Loki LTA is back at it. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:22, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please also protect Loki (TV series) Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:23, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Snooker too please Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done MathXplore (talk) 01:20, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Very young editor disclosed their birthdate

Not saying their usarname to protect their privacy, but this very young editor (younger than 13, not saying exact age to protect them) disclosed their birthdate on their userpage. Is this OK for their safety? Luckily, they did not say their real name. If you believe it is not safe, I will send an email with their username to an oversighter. Thank you. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 20:20, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, Dream Indigo, please send this to oversight-wp-simple lists.wikimedia.org as soon as possible for oversighters to take a closer look at the situation. Thank you, --Ferien (talk) 20:57, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Thank you! I am sending a second email to the enwiki oversighters as well (they have the same userpage there as well). ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 21:07, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A note for everyone reading this: it is always fine to ask oversighters (privately, of course) if something should be oversighted. Even if you think it might not be worth it, it's always better to be safe. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 11:25, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think none of these have useful content

I think these should all be deleted, because they have no useful content. They might be QD's:

2070s, 2080s, 2090s, 2100s, 2110s, 2120s

- 2607:F140:6000:802A:FDB7:C795:7706:492 (talk) 00:56, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Not an admin but...) they all have useful content. They all tell you (a bit) of information about the decade Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 09:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Me Da Wikipedian: We delete these (as well as similar ones for years, centuries, etc.) if they contain only the standard header information. I deleted all the ones listed that contained only that. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:53, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel

Hi, I'm not sure about the local policies, but this revision possibly violate en:WP:OUTING. GSS (talk|c|em) 06:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GSS This revision has been suppressed. Please use the email for any future suppression requests. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 07:14, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Semi-protection for Joe Biden/Donald Trump?

Hello, the campaigns for both candidates of the US presidential election have started, even though the election itself is half a year away, and it is not the people electing their president. There has also been some discussion, if Biden is fit to run for another term. If you, as an admin, think that we see more vadalism on one of these articles, feel free to semi-protect the page. I want to suggest the following though: If you semi-protect one of the two, also semi-protect the other. And secondly: If you do, the protection should last until the election is over, there is no point in re-asessing the situation in say four months... Eptalon (talk) 15:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And maybe the same should apply to other articles if either or both of them end up not being the candidate chosen by their respective parties. That's not out of the realm of possibility. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:50, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(One has made many contributions re: Trump and the "legal challenges" of the last months. Be that as it may.)

One should maybe not overreach. How can one avoid that? Two reverts (or three reverts), and then semi-protect for say
one day and two hours, or
two days and two hours. The point is to leave an (occasional) opening for the 'some-hot-shot IP-editors' to have a chance to do their magic.--Please go ahead (ASAP, perhaps) and do a "test semi-protection" of the Trump article, for say, three or four days; Semi-protecting c. twice a week - with a short opening - might be agreeable if (or when) vandalism heats up. Thoughts? (Note: not 'very' sure i will come back to this thread, since i will be busy fixing articles.)--If there is a test-semiProtection, then i might use a talk-page, to save (future) sources, for Simplifying the Supreme-court verdict (and what it means). 2001:2020:337:B53F:B4AF:8F8:7E5A:8E03 (talk) 18:24, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Permenant semiprotection request of Adolf Hitler Uunona

This has been requested a few other times, but the most that has ever come out of it has been a month-long to year-long protection.

The issue is that the "view history" tab is unreadable. When thinking of ways to write out this request, I originally planned to write out the number of occurances in which vandalism occured, but I realize now that it's easier to write out the number of occurances in which vandalism did not occur. Even then, you would have to sort through over 750 edits accumalated over three years of edits that are almost exclusively vandalism.

Vandalism on this page will not ever go away. A month-long or year-long protection will not do anything, and the only thing that leaving this page unprotected does is take away time from people that could be doing other things. MrMeAndMrMeTalk 17:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are probably many ways of looking at this/these matter(s).--One way to get around, part of the problem: Those who get annoyed (or whatever), about what happens with the article, should consider finding a way to say to themselves - or perhaps use a mantra-like-thingy, such as "I can stay away from re-checking that article, until the month of say August."--Personally, i am guessing that i have not checked his article for a year (or help with anti-vandalism in that article), without having to use any motivational technique to stay away.--In the past, I have gotten the impression that there is c. nothing really new (and sourced) coming to the English-wiki article, or to the Simple-wiki article. (So the articles say a minimum of his connection to a municipal council etc. And the articles say that he was a member of SWAPO, and are economical with details about what he did.)--Another thing: that article might be one that would be okay to have a tag that says something like: "Some articles, get vandalized sometimes. We try to fix vandalism quickly."--If this post was perceived as helpful, then fine. 2001:2020:329:A884:15D:323:AF7E:55DD (talk) 17:28, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I almost never find Permenant semiprotection articles on Simple-wiki.--I find that quite refreshing!--I am fine with not making any major changes about changing the protection status, for now.--I trust that there are many - not necessarily including me - who have "the biggest pictures" about simple-wiki; Those many, probably have thing under control. 2001:2020:329:A884:5C31:F636:5603:D (talk) 17:40, 4 July 2024 (UTC) /2001:2020:329:A884:15D:323:AF7E:55DD[reply]
The issue is that looking through article history is tedious. Finding out who added what information at what point in the article is important, and with so many vandals, it is very difficult to do so. MrMeAndMrMeTalk 23:06, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe this is reasonable for perm protection Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 04:26, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Too many vandals to even se useful revision history. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:06, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Create protection

Please create protect Severus Alexander, thanks Cactus spiky ouch 07:02, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

multiple nonsense pages created here Cactus spiky ouch 07:12, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme: Created where? -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:23, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
on the page Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 04:26, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please specify reason for this page. It has been created only once in the last four years. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:23, 3 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My personal rule of thumb is that I consider create protection if a bad page is created at least 3 times within a short period of time. That's not the case here. the Severus Alexander page was created 3 times, but in 2018, 2020, and 2024. I don't see the need for protection at this time. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:03, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
okay, thanks Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:05, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Please protect Loki (season 1)

Possibly indef as our Loki LTA (now claiming to be Willy on Wheels) never seems to get bored. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 13:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And Loki (season 2) too probably Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 13:23, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done MathXplore (talk) 13:24, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. @MathXplore Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 13:25, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bernedoodle

The first creation of this page was deleted per QD G12. The page has been recreated, but is this an acceptable rewording of this website [1]? MathXplore (talk) 10:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Administrator note: Discussion moved to Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Bernedoodle. MathXplore (talk) 12:04, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flood flag request

Hi, Could I be granted the flood flag up until 2am please as I plan to make mass repetitive edits, Thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 20:17, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Davey2010: Please be more specific about what edits you plan to make.
Also, when you say "2am", what time zone are you referring to? It's helpful if you can either specify UTC or say "for two hours" (or whatever period of time). Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:44, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies I forgot to remove this post, edits have now been done and the rest will be done tonight, Many Thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 10:46, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/QuantumFoam66

The user has category-related edits that may need reverts despite w:special:permalink/1233818902#Category:Adventure and w:special:permalink/1233818902#Understanding_categories. Shall we continue to allow their edits? MathXplore (talk) 02:18, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not block me from editing. I may make wrongful edits but there are almost always just mistakes that I undo myself. QuantumFoam66 (talk) 02:26, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: Level 1 warning sent. MathXplore (talk) 05:32, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Revdel req

[2] I feel like this rev might meet RD2 so posting here.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:12, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 08:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Full protection of Adolf Hitler Uunona

This article should not be fully protected since I could not find a single autoconfirmed user vandalizing it. Frankly, this is not in line with the protection policy, so I suggest a reduction to semi-protection. Thanks, Cyclonical (talk) 03:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I sent talkback to the involved admin. MathXplore (talk) 05:33, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As the editor that made the comment on their talk page, I agree with Cyclonical's proposal. The policy doesn't allow the full protection of a page for vandalism.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 06:56, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When I go through the history of this page and see hundreds of vandalizing changes this year, including some by named accounts, then I think temporary protection is warranted. Our policy is a guideline. If other admins are unhappy with me giving the article 28 days temporary protection to try and break the vandal editing cycle, then they can change it. I think this article has already had more admin involvement than it deserves. I also find some of the editing patterns very suspicious. Peterdownunder (talk) 23:23, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The vast majority of vandalism on this article is done by IPs or accounts with less than 10 edits. I would be surprised if you could even find an instance in which an autoconfirmed user has vandalized this article. Even still, limiting protection of the article for a short period of time does not even make sense, since vandalism is just as prevalent after the period of time is done. Limiting the number of people that can edit the article to 12 people on this wikipedia for almost a month because of vandalism is not a good reason to break policy. It would be far more useful to simply permanently semi protect the article. MrMeAndMrMeTalk 23:58, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As suggested by MrMeAndMrMe, a better solution would be to indefinitely semi-protect the article. As soon as the full protection lifts, IPs and new editors will start vandalizing the article as if nothing ever happened. Even if autoconfirmed users somehow managed to break through semi-protection and vandalize it, the chances of it slipping through are essentially 0%. Many people patrol recent changes for bad-faith edits, and some even have this page on their watchlists. Semi-protection will allow for good-faith users to contribute while keeping the bad-faith ones out, while still letting regular users edit. Cyclonical (talk) 07:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the article should be protected, but not fully protected. This year alone, the article has more than 250 edits, but out of the ones that are vandalism, only a few are from registered accounts. Most never make it to autoconfirmed status. Indefinite semi-protection is definitely better here. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 07:46, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, indef semi protection would be the best route to stopping the vandalism of the page.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 07:47, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In view of the above comments, I have removed the temporary protection on this article, and have replaced it with an indefinite block on non-confirmed IPs. If there is further vandalism then I may add further restrictions as necessary. Peterdownunder (talk) 10:05, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Loki (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Please protect this page. Thanks Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 02:52, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 01:36, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request for Patrick Stewart

I request for the protection of Patrick Stewart. It keeps getting targeted by an LTA making pointless edits. 50.175.193.50 (talk) 06:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 07:00, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please close a discussion which was ended

Hello, I think that this discussion was made in a wrong place, because it was ended on 2nd July 2024, but no administrator closed it.

Today it had a reply of TechnoSquirrel69, but the discussion was ended a long ago. Therefore it was not relevant any longer. Please put a line upon the late reply, archive the discussion and remove the template in the page. Thank you, Dgw (talk) 12:59, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dorian Gray Wild: An RfD is not considered ended just because the indicated date has passed. Discussion can continue until it is formally closed. I can't close it right now because I'm on a mobile device, but I will check it later today in case it doesn't get closed before I can look at it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:01, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Auntof6. I came from another Wikipedia, where we have a nice administrator who closes every discussion which ends, and puts lines upon replies which were made after the closing time. Thank you again for handling the issue. Dgw (talk) 20:24, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dorian Gray Wild: Sorry, I should have looked more closely at it. I commented on it, so I can't close it. I'm sure another admin will get to it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for Mary Shelley

Vandalised many times.-Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)Cactus🌵 Yum o.o 10:44, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cactusisme: Probably not too much use responding to it now but there was only vandalism from one IP across one day. In cases like these, a block is needed. Page protection is only used as a last resort. --Ferien2 (talk) 09:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you user:Ferien?, if your are, okay, thanks!! Cactus spiky ouch 11:13, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme: yep sorry for the confusion, I couldn't access my laptop at the time. --Ferien (talk) 11:14, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, its fine, I just found a bit suspicious Cactus spiky ouch 11:15, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme: If you see other users claiming to be people, you should take a look at their userpage to see whether the account they have claimed to be have linked to them. For example, on my meta userpage for User:Ferien2, I decided to just sign on their userpage in m:Special:Diff/21487714, and it's in a section on my userpage: User:Ferien#Other accounts --Ferien (talk) 11:18, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ohk, will look into that in the future. Thanks Cactus spiky ouch 11:20, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien The vandalism stopped for now Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:21, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Bandkari

As explained in Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Bandkari, I cannot check if this violates copyright due to paywall, but if there is any admin who can read the estimated original article, then QD G12 deletion is welcome. MathXplore (talk) 02:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It has some pretty obvious copyright issues Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:19, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme Such as? I don't see any violations just from the abstract of the article. copypatrol shows a 59% similarity with the linked source but I cannot see what it is comparing the article text with. I don't seem to have access to this article through the library. If you have access the full text of the article, please feel free to send me the text so I can compare it. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:22, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga I mean some of it is just copied from the source. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme Such as? Again, please provide specific examples that I can't see any direct similarity with the source that the article is allegedly violating. I can't just say that because the article is written in complex English, it has to be a copyvio. Please provide examples from the article where the article matches exactly or too closely with a copyrighted source. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:27, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The text is like differently phrased Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme That's not an example. Here is an example of what I am looking for:
  • Example article text:

Johann Sebastian Bach was born in the town of Eisenach. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach worked as a trumpeter. Both of his parents died before he reached the age of 10. He was taken into the house of Johann Christoph, the eldest son of the family, who was then organist at Ohrdruf. Here the young Bach lived for five years, learning the clavier under his brother's tuition, and showing so marked an ability for music as to bring upon himself his instructor's jealous severity, to the point of injustice and hardship. A manuscript collection of contemporary music, belonging to his brother, was especially coveted by him, but was relentlessly kept from his sight.

  • Example copyrighted source:

Johann Sebastian Bach was born at Eisensach, Saxe-Weimar, Germany, March 21, 1685. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was one of twin brothers; a violinist; twice married and blessed with a large family—two conditions in which his son was destined to follow his example. Both he and his wife died when Sebastian was ten years old; and the boy, who had already acquired from his father the rudiments of the violin, was taken into the house of Johann Christoph, the eldest son of the family, who was then organist at Ohrdruf. Here the young Bach lived for five years, learning the clavier under his brother's tuition, and showing so marked an ability for music as to bring upon himself his instructor's jealous severity, to the point of injustice and hardship. A manuscript collection of contemporary music, belonging to his brother, was especially coveted by him, but was relentlessly kept from his sight.

(for the purposes of this example, the text is not actually copyrighted. Source can be found here).
In the example above, the article text copied part of the copyrighted source directly, and would count as a copyright violation.-
Please provide a specific example so that I know that this is actually a copyright violation, and not a false positive picked up by copypatrol. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:34, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I managed to obtain the source from the Wikimedia Discord server. A section of the article is completely identical to a paragraph from the source, as such I have deleted the article under the G12 quick deletion criteria. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:48, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


You've Been Dealing With Stress All Wrong, According to Neuroscience

The user who created this page, which was deleted as a copyright violation, has claimed credit for it. See User talk:Amy Serin, PhD, BCN. 2601:644:9083:5730:699C:4277:F713:D4C3 (talk) 16:19, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Answered to the claim. MathXplore (talk) 03:14, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sysop

It has been 6 months since I've been active on wiki, so I think it is in the communities best interest that I ask a crat to remove my sysop tool. I came back to the wiki during covid when I was home often, and I fell back in love with editing here. I still have that love and appreciation for what we're doing here, but I once again do not have the time to offer. Tools are to be used, not held on to. As I don't see a future where I return to that same level of activity, I see no reason to hold on to a tool. I appreciate you all, and the work that you continue to do. I will always believe in the mission of this Wiki. Thanks. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 22:54, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I regret to hear that, thank you for your work on the Simple English Wikipedia. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:33, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: WP:A updated (special:diff/9648369), MediaWiki:Gadget-HighlightAdmins.js update requested. MathXplore (talk) 01:46, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:42, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme: Please stop marking things as done on the admins' noticeboard. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:28, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ok Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 11:28, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Death hoaxes

The following IP's keep making new articles that claim a person has died today without evidence:

I warned the first one twice, but then the second IP did it again. See also: Special:PermaLink/9643947#Death hoaxes. 2601:644:9083:5730:3110:5D04:B3C8:C7AB (talk) 19:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hoax and QD A3 cases are deleted (except corrected pages), both blocked as same as before. MathXplore (talk) 03:09, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspicious user page

Trustharri1 (talk · contribs) has copied the user page of Ricky81682 (talk · contribs), including claiming to be a former administrator. Is this allowed here? 2607:F140:6000:802A:61A5:9F91:5713:6924 (talk) 21:44, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Given they were warned by an admin today[3] I'm rather baffled as to why they'd copy someone elses userpage but either way they've blanked their userpage now, I'm sure they're not silly enough to repeat the same mistake for a third time and FWIW we were all newbies once so we should cut the guy some slack imho. –Davey2010Talk 22:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But Davey, it is imperspnation right? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Meh it is however they're not going around the project pretending to be the admin, at a guess I'd say they're simply trying to find their footing here but maybe I'm just naïve and gullible, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:01, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
oh okay, will watch them for now Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done User blocked/locked per Special:Diff/9653873. MathXplore (talk) 01:58, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eliminating Module:No globals

I have closed the RfD on this module as deleted. It looks like changes to modules are needed to replace calls to the module with something else. I haven't worked with modules, so I am uncomfortable doing it myself. Can one of my fellow admins help? Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:46, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Sarcastic kshatriya

This @User:Sarcastic kshatriya is vandalizing articles and creating articles without adding sources, Please remove the Descendants of Lord Krishna and Yadav Rajput articles created by him from the wiki and block this account. Thanks. 2409:4085:9C87:B19C:0:0:8149:5A00 (talk) 19:17, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Talkback sent, CU requested. MathXplore (talk) 13:31, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: I have discovered one copyvio from this user. The revision is deleted and now they have a warning about this. MathXplore (talk) 13:47, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: Level 3 warning sent for unexplained reference removal. MathXplore (talk) 01:17, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: Final warning sent. MathXplore (talk) 15:03, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done MathXplore (talk) 08:13, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore should someone revert all their edits? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 08:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure about that, but unsourced and/or complex changes may need reverts (w:WP:BANREVERT). MathXplore (talk) 08:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
okay, will look into their edits Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 08:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: User locked. MathXplore (talk) 08:29, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
okay Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 11:20, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request for Joe Biden

This article has received persistent and sustained vandalism from IP editors. The majority of edits to this article are either vandalism or the reversal of such. LV✉✎ 04:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have semi-protected both the articles on Joe Biden, and Donald Trump for six months. Only aurtoconfirmed users can edit these articles. The U.S. presidfential election is important, both are highly visinble public figures. Vandalism will only increase until the election. Eptalon (talk) 08:46, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of Alex Bickerton

This article has received persistent and sustained vandalism from IP editors. The majority of edits to this article are either vandalism or the reversal of such Contrilab (talk) 12:12, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Comment: this page was just created and nominated for QD, and this is the user's firsts edit. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:14, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It’s should be protected from editors and I did meet him before alongside Linda Robson Contrilab (talk) 12:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
which editor? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:23, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User blocked/locked, page has indefinite semi-protection from creation. MathXplore (talk) 12:44, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category change requests

Please move the following pages from Category:Wikipedia to Category:Wikipedia administration:

per Category talk:Wikipedia. OurRisingTide (talk) 01:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@OurRisingTide: The first two aren't in that category. The third one was already under policies, which is already under WP admin, so I just deleted the plain Wikipedia category.
By the way, thanks for the work you've been doing to organize all this. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:01, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 The first two don't appear in the category because they use the <includeonly> code. It's Wikipedia:Simple talk and Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress that appear in the category, but it's actually written on the header pages. OurRisingTide (talk) 03:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@OurRisingTide   Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:50, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding heights without source

The following IP range is blocked on En-Wiki: Special:Contribs/2600:1012:B000:0:0:0:0:0/40. The problem here is that they keep adding people's heights without a source. Should they be blocked here too? 2601:644:9083:5730:3110:5D04:B3C8:C7AB (talk) 19:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not an admin - I've reverted them and warned them, If they continue please report to WP:VIP, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 19:49, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Some of the heights they enter are outdated and wrong Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 12:29, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They haven't stopped. Please block them. 2601:644:9083:5730:75C1:8003:5093:B95A (talk) 23:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done for one month fr33kman 23:14, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Remove protection for Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Remove the protection of Joe Biden and Donald Trump as people have added the real things about them 92.40.201.96 (talk) 11:39, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@92.40.201.96 You can request what you want to be changed in the article a autoconfirmed user would see if it is okay and do it for you. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 11:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@92.40.201.96 and what do you mean 'real things'? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 11:42, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
hello,I protected the two pages because there was an increasing level of vandalism. No one says all IP editors are bad. There is a very limited set of tools we have against vandalism, and when the vandalism is from different editors, protection is pretty much the only one. The protection lasts until after the election in over not to have to do things multiple times. And as outlined, use the article talk page to request a change. Eptalon (talk) 12:54, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Eptalon   Comment: the Ip is blocked for disrupting edits Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 05:52, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eighteen articles created in one day by new editor

It seems clear that brand new editor 213.55.233.112 (talk · contribs · WHOIS), who created eighteen new articles on July 14, is using copying, or given the subject matter of their contributions, more likely machine translation to create their articles. Mathglot (talk) 10:19, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mathglot To be honest, this isn't the first time somebody has mass-created location articles (especially about French communes), especially in that range: see contributions, contributions, etc. This goes back for several years but it's not technically forbidden by policy. I'm sure another admin is more familiar with this, since they have been around before I was active here. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 10:25, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the quick response; I am admittedly not as familiar with simple policy as I am with en-wiki policy, so apologies if this is not an issue here. Nevertheless, the wmf:Terms of Use trump individual project policy, and if editors are not attributing their copied content or translations, then that is a problem. Mathglot (talk) 10:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting additional admin response on this. Regardless of any differences between simple and en-wiki on policies, the wmf Terms of use apply to all Wikimedia properties, and ignoring the requirements of ToU § 7b is not an option. What is the usual response at simple for unattributed copying or translation of content in violation of the ToU? Mathglot (talk) 01:21, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it is in principle illegal to copy another's writing without permission, although it may be trivial on some occasions. It has been decided that quantity of copying is a consideration, and the topic is another factor. Some innocuous topics are rarely tested in court. WP's boundaries are no doubt linked to the U.S. version of copyright. In our case I assume attribution is proper, but its absence in trivial cases might not offend. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:06, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your response. To clarify: I am not talking about copying external items: books, journals, webpages under copyright protection; that would indeed by illegal in most countries. Rather, I am talking about copying from other Wikipedias (and other sister projects) and that is explicitly permitted by the ToU (and encouraged, to grow the encyclopedias' coverage). So, I'm not referring to illegal copyright violations, but rather violations of Wikimedia's Terms of use, which permits copying/translating among Wikimedia properties as long as it is properly attributed as the ToU calls for. Indeed, whether it would offend or not is perhaps the interesting question (and offend whom? is part of it) but the ToU applies to all projects. In theory, if you are non-compliant with Facebook or Twitter ToU, eventually you may get banned at their discretion, although most people perhaps are not. It seems to be a bit different at Wikimedia projects, as although the ToU are identical for all projects, it *seems* to be left up to the individual projects as to how they want to deal with non-compliance. That was basically my question: how is it dealt with here? Mathglot (talk) 09:23, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is a related issue here, and it may help if I describe it. At the same time, I am also trying to improve the documentation at newly created template {{Missing credit}}, and the better I understand procedures here, the better equipped I will be to update it in an optimal fashion. That said, any updates to Template:Missing credit/doc by those who understand the ins and outs of Terms of use attribution issues at simple, would be very welcome. Mathglot (talk) 10:10, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inactivity concern of Special:Contributions/ImprovedWikiImprovment

@Enfcer, Eptalon, and Ferien: (pinging active bureaucrats) I think IWI has zero edits in 12 months (Wikipedia:Inactive administrators). Please check their edits and decide if their rights should be removed or not. MathXplore (talk) 07:16, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Administrator note: Already   Done by Eptalon, I have updated WP:A. MathXplore (talk) 10:57, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Own userspace protection request

Requesting my subpages FusionSub/AdminsChart and FusionSub/CratsChart to be semi protected as I would prefer to avoid any vandalism on these charts due to their content.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 08:07, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
danke.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:07, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore sorry, but I forgot to put FusionSub/AdminsChart/pre-2010 with them, can that be protected as well?- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:21, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done MathXplore (talk) 08:22, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thanks.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:23, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revision deletion request

This reverted diff needs to be revision-deleted. CopyPatrol says it was copied from http://confocal-manawatu.pbworks.com/w/page/154253988/Trucks?mode=embedded Randomstaplers (talk) 01:34, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thx fr33kman 01:37, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please protect Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Current issues and requests archive 75

Being targetted by GRP, little reason for new users to edit administrative report archives. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 15:50, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When dealing with pages that are GRP targets, we've got to be careful not to push him into highly viewed areas or worse, harassing editors on user talk pages. Protecting that archive could easily result in that. While there's no reason for anyone to edit the archives, there's also not much damage in him being able to keep an edit there for a few seconds, compared to harassment of editors or vandalism of highly viewed pages. Therefore, this is   Not done and I'd like to request other admins to contact me first if they are considering protection on any archives such as these. (There's only so much I can say here per WP:BEANS.) --Ferien (talk) 16:00, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio

North Chinese leopard. Looks to be mostly copied from https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-north-chinese-leopard-panthera-pardus-japonensis - Copyvio report Randomstaplers (talk) 01:17, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Randomstaplers Deleted. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 01:58, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel?

Not sure if these meets the RD criteria but posting here to be safe. Special:Contributions/172.58.142.139 went around making disruptive edits on user talk pages, saying "This user wants to die" and rubbish like that. Can these revs get deleted?- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 06:02, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please. Thanks, FusionSub for taking time to revert them. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:20, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:25, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:25, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
danke.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:03, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga You might want to revdel Cewbot's rev on User talk:Me Da Wikipedian.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:05, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done as well. --Ferien (talk) 20:45, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move request

Hi, Could someone move Pour l'Afrique et pour toi, Mali to Le Mali please as it then matches EN (en:Le Mali), Many thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 18:53, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Ferien (talk) 20:11, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks Ferien it's much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 20:39, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Trolling

This is just an embarassment for the simple wiki: Special:Contributions/92.40.201.58/16. 2601:644:9083:5730:75C1:8003:5093:B95A (talk) 22:57, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What can anyone do about that, the Ip is already blocked. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:16, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Cactusisme, Cactus the IP posted here because the vandal wasn't blocked at that time. –Davey2010Talk 10:48, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Davey2010 Oh, okay. Sorry for the confusion. S Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, Happy editing, –Davey2010Talk 10:50, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Same to you!! Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:51, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/95.147.145.134

Hi! This user obsessively changed most instances of "White Americans" to "European Americans" and is now changing other race/ethnicity related terms as well. Can an admin, possibly an American (US) one, or maybe a Canadian one, look at this?

From my understanding, in some contexts, White American and European Americans mean the same thing, but not every European-American is considered (by the American society) white. Think about Roma people. I do not want to make mistakes, so I only reverted their edits on Ku Klux Klan and only gave them one warning, because I know the history of the KKK. I am not sure about the other articles, and I do not want to be tragically wrong. This is why I am asking here instead of reverting and warning that IP multiple times.

I really hope this does not sound racist. Please note that I am Italian and we have a very different view of race/ethnicity here (similar to Germany due to our shared dark past). ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 11:58, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't checked all of their edits, but w:Special:Contributions/95.147.145.134 and w:special:redirect/logid/162490493 imply LTA involvement. Once I have enough details I will consider applying WP:ONESTRIKE and/or w:WP:BANREVERT. MathXplore (talk) 12:11, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore: thank you very much, as always! ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 13:12, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Comment: I reverted them for the 3rd time in 24 hours on Ku Klux Klan, I need another user to do it for me from now on or I'll be in a change war. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 17:50, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga: Can you check the abuse filter logs of w:Special:Contributions/95.147.145.134 and figure out who is behind these edits? MathXplore (talk) 00:59, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore I cannot determine who that is as the filters are too general and do not state any specific LTAs by name. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:48, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore and Fehufanga: The same user is now edit warring under other IPs, see Ku Klux Klan's revision history. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 14:17, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Theorically they did not go against the 3RR rule, because they waited more than 24 hours, but they persist despite the fact that three other editors reverted them and despite the fact that I added a source to the article proving IP wrong. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 14:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: IP editor is locally and globally blocked. MathXplore (talk) 00:55, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio rev-del request

Hai Tien needs to be rev-deleted from 01:17, 26 July 2024 onwards, for copying https://web.archive.org/web/20200815000000*/https://bzfilm.com/articles-notes/how-bruce-lee-originally-envisioned-game-of-death/

The site is currently hijacked, and redirects to an ad site, but CopyPatrol managed to break through.⸺(Random)staplers 19:56, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Thank you for spotting! --Ferien (talk) 21:13, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alahu Jehovah

Alahu Jehovah is an advertisement, but two users keep removing the quick deletion tags: Madiiarmy (talk · contribs) and Bhoomikaso11 (talk · contribs). I think both are the same person. Also Bhoomikaso11 has created two other advertisement pages that got deleted. 2601:644:9083:5730:64B6:218A:106F:9DDE (talk) 18:31, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

not the same person sir. I am from India. He is from Pakistan Bhoomikaso11 (talk) 18:37, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: CU requested (Special:Diff/9668593). MathXplore (talk) 00:54, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Came back as unrelated. --Ferien (talk) 12:09, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: Both involved accounts are locked as LTA. MathXplore (talk) 00:57, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flood flag

Can I request flood flag for two hours, I am creating many redirects; flooding recent changes, for the List of Pokémon on the section, List of Pokémon species names by generation, to blue link all the red links. Thanks. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 02:29, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think this has been resolved but if you feel you need flood flag again, please ask here or on the talk page of an admin who is active. --Ferien (talk) 12:11, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, thanks Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 02:26, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion request

Hi, Could someone undelete User:Davey2010/notes please, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 18:29, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Undeleted all versions, and overwrote the last one (which was the QD request). Eptalon (talk) 18:43, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks @Eptalon it's greatly appreciated, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 19:14, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map issue

I had a problem adding a map to Cape of Good Hope. It works correctly on en:Cape of Good Hope. VirusDontKill (talk) 19:39, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

VirusDontKill, thanks for noticing, I've imported a few templates which now fixes that issue. --Ferien (talk) 19:44, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien Thank you! VirusDontKill (talk) 19:46, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Now, this has appeared: Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas. VirusDontKill (talk) 04:51, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that was imported by Auntof6. --Ferien (talk) 19:17, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mass creation of non-notable articles

Hi, We have an editor Kolya75Media who's creating a whole ton of area code articles however none of the articles are sourced and unfortunately we don't have List articles to redirect them too (List of area codes in Michigan and List of area codes in California being 2 examples),

Should these be deleted per A4?, I didn't want to clog RFD or CSD up so thought I'd just ask here in case others too believe these should be deleted, May thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 18:34, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Davey2010, they are not eligible for A4 as A4 only covers people, groups, companies, products, services or websites. Regarding notability, it's important to note the only discussion we can really refer to as of recent is enwiki WikiProject Telecommunication's request for comment on area codes in 2023, which only agreed area codes are not inherently notable and must pass the general notability guideline (GNG) on their own. I personally think the articles that have been made likely pass GNG, even if they are unreferenced stubs. I think the better solution to this is to try and expand them as best as we can and reference them as well, but you are welcome to RfD them if you disagree. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 19:30, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Ferien, Ah shoot sorry, I was thinking of Area code 712 but got confused along the way and thought it ended up at RFD but it hadn't, No idea why I thought that but of course I'm happy for these to be kept and will try and expand these all, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 20:25, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block request

Hi, Could someone block 100.43.240.166 for making these[4][5] lovely death threats please?, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 21:11, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Threats have been revdelled. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:39, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks Fehufangą much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 22:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting RevDel

Requesting revdel of Special:Diff/9682130 per RD 2; Grossly insulting, degrading edit summary. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 05:37, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting revdel for this Special:Diff/9682150 revision as well. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 06:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Both revisions deleted, the last one overnighted as well Eptalon (talk) 06:26, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Warning

They keep creating this page: Renmar Arnejo*. 2601:644:9083:5730:4A:5D20:8F67:FCE (talk) 18:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already   Done (Page deleted and user blocked, global block is requested) MathXplore (talk) 22:41, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move request

Hi, Could someone move Ahmad Yassin to Ahmed Yassin per EN please, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 20:36, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done fr33kman 21:06, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fantastic thank you much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 22:57, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request

Hi, Could someone protect Thomas and Friends please as various IPs keep removing content from the infobox (no one's explained why and the content is on the EN version), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 22:19, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 23:54, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks MathXplore much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards –Davey2010Talk 00:09, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User name

CholeraCamel (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

I'm not sure if I should report this here, but CholeraCamel's username contains vulgarism in Polish (cholera).  BZPN (talk)   10:53, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) :@BZPN Cholera in english is a disease so I don't think it matter. Next time use {subst:UsernameWarn} on thiei talk pages Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:55, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't use this template because I wasn't sure if I should. Cholera is the name of the disease, but in Polish it is a popular vulgarism too.  BZPN (talk)   10:58, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BZPN Since this is an english wiki and we do have the article, Cholera, I think it is fine. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 11:00, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Administrator note: AN-notice is sent. MathXplore (talk) 11:21, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BZPN: I think if there is a meaning in English that is not vulgar, it should be okay to use. There are many words in English that have both vulgar and non-vulgar meanings, and we use those as long as it's not obviously the vulgar meaning. -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:25, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not an admin but agree with Auntof6 - They've not edited Polish articles nor have they edited on other Wikipedias so imho the name being offensive in Polish is a bit of a stretch, non-issue imho. –Davey2010Talk 13:51, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

cross-wiki COI editor

Requesting WP:ONESTRIKE action for troublesome promotional editor Greghenderson2006 who create and spiffy up articles about his ancestors. The creation of article about non-notable subject Cary_Stith_Cox here after it had been deleted by AfD consensus on en.wiki. All his edits here so far have been about his extended family members. I believe that his behaviors may migrate here. https://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Proposal_2:_Site_block per . Graywalls (talk) 22:32, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graywalls, we don't automatically apply ONESTRIKE to editors who just happen to move to this project. He was blocked on enwiki just an hour ago by the looks of it. It is not fair to make local blocks on any user just because we think their problematic behaviour may continue on another project within an hour of the block. Let's assume good faith and not rush to make another block, please. --Ferien (talk) 22:40, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien:, it's actually their third time, for creating articles on family members and non-notable articles and COI. Graywalls (talk) 22:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Graywalls, they have made one edit tonight since being blocked on enwiki. ONESTRIKE specifies that users need very little warning before being blocked for similar reasons, but there have been no warnings and as far as I know, there is no need for one based on the article they created today. I do not think it is fair at all to block them based on articles created before that point and then claim it as ONESTRIKE, or to otherwise block them with little to no warning. --Ferien (talk) 22:53, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Comment: AN/RFD notice is sent. MathXplore (talk) 01:43, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible vandalism

This IP range does some weird edits: Special:Contribs/2600:8805:D609:3800::0/64. Like why is a circle also called a "nought" or a "round"? Why is the part of a being that is not the body referred to as a "spiritual substance", "vision", or "phantom"? 207.114.136.166 (talk) 23:26, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The same issue is also found in/33, so I blocked that range. MathXplore (talk) 04:52, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suggest long-term page protection for Grass.

Grass gets a lot of vandalism. VirusDontKill (talk) 19:26, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

VirusDontKill,   Done. I unprotected this page back in March in an effort to reduce the number of indefinitely semi-protected articles we have. This one still seems to get vandalised a lot though, so I've extended the protection for 6 months and will review again then. --Ferien (talk) 19:40, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Quick deletion requests

There seems to be some issues with the templates, I should have the issue fixed as fast as I can, but for the time being, do not delete these categories because they are not actually empty. Thanks. MrMeAndMrMeTalk 04:38, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Some categories are really empty, should we still keep them? MathXplore (talk) 05:06, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(flood tag non-controversial edit) I think the issue is that categories like this category are empty because they haven't yet been updated from that category. So probably not. MrMeAndMrMeTalk 05:13, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I deleted about half the categories ("Category:Articles with dead links to other websites from ...") as they were indeed empty. What is left are 25 pages, which show up, but which have entries (note: bots use these, so the min. 3 entries rule likeyl doesn't apply). Eptalon (talk) 09:40, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AWB not working as usual

There's an issue that's preventing people from logging into AWB. See en:Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser#AWB Permission error for details. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:01, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update: The issue can be resolved by updating to version 6.3.1.0 of AWB. (6.3.0.0 is the latest official version). --Auntof6 (talk) 07:05, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RevDel

Can you please revdel this [6]? Thank you :) ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 20:59, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why? What criteria does it fall a foul of? fr33kman 21:04, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman: 2 Grossly insulting material. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 21:09, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Swearing in of itself is not grossly insulting. We have articles such as shit, and fuck afterall just rollback. fr33kman 21:14, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman I sent you an email. VirusDontKill (talk) 21:19, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman: I am not talking about any swear word, I swear in real life all the time and see nothing wrong with it. I am talking about the subsequent and disgusting "death wish" IP made against that man. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 21:23, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh right, I didn't see it as making a death wish but I'll revdel it. Thx fr33kman 22:53, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman I don't think you revdel it yet? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:58, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that, I had thought I'd done it. Thx for the nudge fr33kman 16:46, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you a lot! Sorry for the late reply, I am very busy these days. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 01:29, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
no problem Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:19, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accidently did an edit as a sockpuppet

Hello, my name is Carnivore82. I'm cornered about one of my edits on this article. As you can see, the edit was done by (Redacted). This is my IP address. I was automatically signed out for whatever reason, so accidently made the edit while not signed in. This would usually be seen as sock puppetry, something that could get me banned, but it was unintentional. I just want to make sure this incident won't get me banned, as it was a freak accident and not me breaking the rules on purpose, not at all. Thank you. Carnivore82 (talk) 16:42, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) Sockpuppetry is using multiple registered accounts, not IP I think. You are fine if you did not make any bad changes while signed out. – Angerxiety! 16:48, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Aw man, accidently did it again for a new page I just created. It's weird, I've tried using the site on both brave and Google Chrome, but even if I press "keep me signed in" it'll just sign me out automatically. Carnivore82 (talk) 03:12, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Carnivore82 Are you on mobile or desktop? Also, if you have any similar incidents in the future, you may contact WP:OS to hide your IP address. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:44, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Desktop. I'm thinking contacting WP:OS like you said may be the solution. Carnivore82 (talk) 03:47, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Carnivore82 I have already deleted the IP addresses. As for your issue, have you tried clearing your cookies for all Wikimedia sites? Which version of Google Chrome are you using? — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:55, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've not tried clearing cookies yet. That's probably it. I'm actually on Brave right now. Thank you for your help. Carnivore82 (talk) 04:23, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your browser might be configured to clean cookies on restart, which should usually log you out whenever you close the browser. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 14:01, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
also note:people forgetting to log in before they edit happens all the time Eptalon (talk) 14:28, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You aren't alone, @Carnivore82. I used to have this problem all the time. Somehow it just stopped all of a sudden. 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 04:58, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move request

Hi, Could someone move User:Davey2010/prev.js back to User:Davey2010/RedWarn.js please, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 17:11, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Davey2010, could I quickly check whether you would like to have the redirect left on that? --Ferien (talk) 17:18, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Ferien, No thank you, the redirect can be deleted. Thnx –Davey2010Talk 17:20, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Davey2010: Alright, that's   Done --Ferien (talk) 17:21, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien Brilliant thank you for your swift help it's always much appreciated :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 17:24, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for uploader

I would like to get uploader for a day, so I can upload some missing logos on important pages, such as Mario Kart 8. Thank you, from Wheatley2 (talk) 00:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wheatley2, the fact that these logos are missing isn't accidental. We don't upload fair-use logos to this wiki. We use Wikimedia Commons for all our photos. If an image can't go onto Wikimedia Commons, it can't go here. --Ferien (talk) 00:39, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Understandable. Wheatley2 (talk) 02:43, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bad editor

This lovely IP just vandalised my userpage, and I am auto-confirmed to use Twinkle to revert everything. Could someone also warn or ban this IP?

136.158.32.45 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 02:40, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Global block requested. MathXplore (talk) 02:49, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, you fixed it so fast! You guys never cease to amaze me. I hope I'll be an admin and help you all someday =) 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 03:03, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

did it again

accidentally moved a page under RfD, please revert thanks!– Angerxiety! 17:05, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ignore, I just learned I can revert my move – Angerxiety! 17:11, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio

A user who had already received copyright warnings in enwiki/commons and this project (see previous ANI sections like Special:Diff/9709052) has quickly restarted similar edits here. The sentences in their latest edits (special:diff/9709356, special:diff/9709440, special:diff/9709556) are shorter and reworded but still look similar to those in the references. Should such revisions be deleted or kept? MathXplore (talk) 10:15, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 19th copyvios

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