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Report concerning user:Davey2010

Hello. Recently, user Davey2010 made a major change to Alycia Debnam-Carey article without providing proper sources. I have undid this change and written to the user about it. User Davey2010, however, withdrew my revert with the description This was copied from EN you moron (diff), which seems offensive to me. BTW, I have not come across a rule that allows unsourced copying of content from enwiki (of course, if I am wrong, please correct me me from error). Best regards, BZPN (talk) 13:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BZPN There are steps to take while you verify the content, you don't simply remove them. That's lazy editing and actually counterproductive. Davey2010 did go a bit too far with the edit summary but this is not the first time, or the first issue you had with them. I am not sure how to exactly resolves this, but if Davey2010 withdraws the edit summary, and BZPN assumes good faith and communicates before interpreting policies in the wrong way, I will consider this resolved with restriction that BZPN brings any issue they have with Davey2010 to admin before acting. BRP ever 15:04, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BRPever, I didn't mean to assume bad faith - I put the uw-unsourced1 template on this user's discussion page, which does not assume bad faith. This is not about my bad interpretation of the policies, if any - I just try to make sure that articles do not include information without sources (the reader must be able to verify the information provided), and in WP: Verifiability steps removing statement is the last step anyway. BTW, this procedure is quite long and rather assumes situations where the information has already been included in the content for some time. If, however, it was added a moment ago, there is no point in leaving it there and waiting for someone to find the source, you should take action immediately (e.g. notify the author and temporary remove this information, maybe the author will find the source - that's what i did). Regards, BZPN (talk) 15:17, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I came across this accidentally, I apologised here and obviously withdraw (or take back) what I had said. It's a ying and a yang as I agree we shouldn't host unsourced content but on the other hand it should be sourced on enwiki anyway and I'm simplying copying over content from there.
If I'm now expected to source every filmography or discography table I copypaste then I will simply stop copypasting as I got slightly fed up of constantly doing this at EN which is why I now only do it there occasionally/once in a blue moon, I'm stuck in a rock and a hard place with this. –Davey2010Talk 15:59, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BZPN The content wasn't really malicious. It's an overkill to remove everything without consideration. I know the importance of sources, but simply considering every unsourced addition bad doesn't help much. I disagree about there being a no point in waiting for someone to source it. If the content is correct, it should stay (we have tags for that reason). Also, I suggest notifying the author and waiting for them to source it instead of simply removing their work from the page. If there is no response in a while, it can be removed depending on the information added. BRP ever 17:39, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If the content is obviously malicious, incorrect, POV, OR, or publicly unverifiable information, it can be removed and then user can be notified. BRP ever 17:44, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

QD

Could you please delete Darcy (Bunsen Is A Beast) as it meets under the G3 criterion. Thank you! ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 16:36, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted by Fr33kman. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:10, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Username

I found username violation Bebo12321, Bebo is American social network service website that operated in 2005 until 2013 and Relaunched in 2021 Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 02:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that is a violation. There could be many reasons it's being used. fr33kman 10:10, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bebo is American Social Network Service, Did you know Bebo? Users with Username "Bebo" and written end of his username "12321" Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 16:35, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Raayaan9911   Not done Not obviously a promotional username. Consider that "Bebo" could be their given name or nickname. If it's something like "BeboSocial" or "BeboApp", that would have been more obviously promotional. Have you considered that the service is no longer active as of 2022? Why would somebody be trying to promote it in 2024? Additionaly, the user hasn't made an edit in over a week when you reported them, and none of their edits are trying to promote Bebo. There is nothing actionable here.
Raayaan9911, please stop making bad username violation reports. None of the users you have reported needed to be blocked. Please check whether or not the user has been locked, whether or not the user is still recently active, and whether or not the username is actually promotional or just a coincidence. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga, I'm sorry Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 05:03, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

November 23rd copyvios

  Done MathXplore (talk) 06:27, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Plus

Digital Signal Processing Articles

Recently there have been several editors creating essay-like articles about digital signal processing (DSP) topics. Most of these are not encyclopedic, unsourced, and appear to have been generated by a large language model such as ChatGPT. Given below is the list of articles I could find and their creators.

Editors who were contacted through their talk page seem to be unresponsive. Additionally, none of the editors have made more than one edit to the wiki. This does not strike me as a spam attempt, but some sort of school assignment gone wrong. The number of articles that have to be deleted/simplified is nontrivial, and would be a burden to the community to go through one by one. So, I am proposing a blanket deletion for articles under this topic that appear to be LLM-generated essays. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:46, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Skimmed through the ones that haven't already been deleted and I'm in support of deleting them all. Some of these are probably valid topics (Active noise cancellation), but others don't have articles on enwiki and may be too techinical of a topic for here. With the lack of sources, I don't think the articles warrant keeping around, even as single-sentence stubs. Ravensfire (talk) 19:19, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have looked at those that exist:
  • rewritten Anti-aliasing filter, it is up for deletion, shoild be keepable now.
  • DSP for Secure COmmunication in blockchain: nominated it for deletion, links digital signal procesing to blockchan, which is completely wrong, Ands yes it is possible to tunnel a signal using an encrypted channel, and encrypt/decrypt the data as needed. This has nothing to do with blockchain though.
  • Role of Fourier Transform in uantum mechanics: Likely similar case than the one above, tries to establish a link between two completely unrealted concepts, up for deletion.
  • Multirate signal proceasinng: up for deletion
"Actie noisecancellation: Wrote a stub. Eptalon (talk) 21:14, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse Filter Deactivation Request

Requesting Filter 86 be disabled per the consensus at Simple talk.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 13:56, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 01:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:55, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article in file namespace

As only admins have permission to move files, could an admin please handle File:Foto de perfil reverendo.jpg by moving it to Bolivar Flores? There is an article below the image, and it appears that it was supposed to be in the article namespace. However, an admin could also delete it if it qualifies for quick deletion. Depextual (talk) 05:16, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Depextual: I deleted it. I also note that the Commons copy is nominated for deletion. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:ChrisWx

Please semi-protect User talk:ChrisWx for a long period of time. Depextual (talk) 17:05, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done for 3 months fr33kman 17:08, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Titleblacklist

Add the title "Renmar Arnejo", repeatedly recreated, including Renmar Arnejo (Dollmaker) today. ToadetteEdit (talk) 10:37, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ToadetteEdit: We don't have a permanent blacklist. I think you mean to salt the title.
I usually will temporarily salt a title if it has been deleted at least three times within a short period of time. That doesn't seem to be the case here. However, I see that "Renmar Arnejo" was salted indefinitely in August of this year. @MathXplore:, would you please explain why the duration for this was indefinite?
"Renmar Arnejo (Dollmaker)" has been deleted only twice, in November and September of this year. To me, that isn't enough to salt. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But the issue is that, if we salt the title, users will circumvent it by creating the article under a different title. The topic creation is part of a wider crosswiki attempt to promote a non notable person, as far as I can see. ToadetteEdit (talk) 11:12, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please see 'Renmar Arnejo', ,Renmar Arnejo, Renmar Arnejo., 'Renmar Arnejo, Renmar Arnejo", Renmar Arnejo-, Renmar Arnejo,, Renmar Arnejo', and Renmar-Arnejo. MathXplore (talk) 11:50, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore: OK, I see that those are also salted. But why indefinitely? I don't think we assume that a particular topic/person will never be notable. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have set as indefinite because I do not see the reason to allow creation by malformed titles. MathXplore (talk) 11:55, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore: OK, yes, I see that the ones you listed are malformed. What about Renmar Arnejo, which isn't malformed? Auntof6 (talk) 12:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you want it unprotected? MathXplore (talk) 12:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore: I want to know if there was a particular reason for the protection to be indefinite. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:04, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The only reason for that is the repeated creation. I have nothing further than this. MathXplore (talk) 12:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 I feel like some titles are better off being created by autoconfirmed user. It's not a high bar to cross. The pages on those titles created by users who just created account is likely to end up being another attempt at promotion by their sockpuppets. BRP ever 12:05, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't there also a title blacklist? I think Battle for Dream Island is on the blacklist permanently. Depextual (talk) 18:45, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Depextual: OK, maybe there is. I guess I was focused on salting. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:04, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please see MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. MathXplore (talk) 06:28, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Requesting again: Can an admin who is confident with regular expressions please add Renmar Arnejo to the title blacklist? I think the same is needed for Alireza Jadidi and Laxmi Narayan Maharana. Each has been created repeatedly under different titles. Depextual (talk) 23:42, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Depextual   Done for Renmar Arnejo. I'll need examples for Alireza Jadidi. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga: I found Alireza‐jadidi, Alirezajadidi and Jadidi Alireza. MathXplore (talk) 23:40, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done the other two. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 00:50, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete and salt Oceanic International Yoga School

Repeatedly recreated by IPs; already failed RfD and currently has a G4 tag. JJPMaster (she/they) 20:42, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Title blacklist request

Pages with titles similar to Oceanic Yoga International keep getting created, G11'd, and deleted again. Now, we have Oceanic Yoga International School Goa. I ask that .*(?i)Oceanic.*Yoga.*International.* be added to the title blacklist to prevent this. JJPMaster (she/they) 19:55, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Ferien (talk) 20:29, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel and Protect

Please revdel this diff (along with its edit summary) and this diff. And I request that my talk page be semi-protected for two days. Thank you. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 16:15, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asteralee   Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:18, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga Thank you very much :) ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 23:30, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Student user names: project work

I teach English at Charles University and am thinking of doing some project work with my nutrition students. The students will be supervised and will be introduced to the idea of sandboxes etc. There is mention on the School/Teachers' Guide that it is best to request the creation of students' accounts. Ideally, I would have students work together in twos and threes and have, say, 10 accounts which might be named as 1lf_nutrition_group_1 etc. Krozruch (talk) 13:00, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Krozruch: There are two digits in that sample user name. Which one should change for each user name, or should it be both? In other words, which of these should be the second name?
  • 2lf_nutrition_group_1
  • 1lf_nutrition_group_2
  • 2lf_nutrition_group_2
Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:51, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, of course, I should have been clearer. The 1lf is actually for the 1st faculty of medicine, though lf1 would be better in English so the second number should be changed:
lf1_nutrition_group_1
lf1_nutrition_group_2
Thanks! Krozruch (talk) 09:50, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Krozruch: Just one more question so I can be sure they get set up the way you want: The software requires the first letter to be in upper case. It is also not allowing underscores. That would make the first account Lf1 nutrition group 1. If you would like different capitalization (except for the first letter), or anything else different, please specify.
I (or another admin, if I don't end up creating the accounts myself) can choose passwords and email them to you. Then you or your students can change the passwords if you/they want to. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:21, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The "LF" is an abbreviation so perhaps "LF1 nutrition group 1" etc. Perfect. Thanks for taking the time. Krozruch (talk) 12:32, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just checking in with the above. I was hoping to have the students work on the project tomorrow. Krozruch (talk) 11:37, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Krozruch: So sorry I didn't follow up with this. I'll do it right now. Stand by. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:46, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect! Thank you so much.. Krozruch (talk) 05:14, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Krozruch: OK, the accounts have been created. I sent you an email with the passwords. If you have any questions or need further help, feel free to contact me. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just go it, thank you.. I ought to be able to make use of some of these today. Krozruch (talk) 05:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and salt request

Hi, Could someone delete and salt List of programs distributed by Qubo please as it's made up content and we already have the legit version at List of programs broadcast by Qubo, Many thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 12:17, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted but not salted as only recreated 3 times in over a month, thanks fr33kman 10:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yahoo! Inc.

Please semi-protect Yahoo! Inc.: LTA target. --Leonidlednev (talk) 07:59, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done for 1 week fr33kman 10:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel

Hi, can you revdel all the edits by this IP address? All of them consist of personal attacks either towards the subjects of articles or other users. Thanks, ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 20:38, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done thanks fr33kman 10:11, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recent removal of QD tag, seems unreasonable

Salon Privé Magazine.--Probably needs QD for being promotional or whatever else (even spam; A.I. - who knows).--The recent removing of QD tag, seems unreasonable.--Good luck (while i fix other articles.) 2001:2020:341:A294:5C56:2C66:AC2C:4F3D (talk) 08:40, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The tag was removed by Fr33kman, with the edit summary "Decline, take to RfD instead". They didn't give a reason for declining, but looking at the article I think it might have been because there was a claim of notability, or maybe because no valid QD criterion was explicitly given. In any case, feel free to take it to RfD as suggested. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There was a claim of notability, so no QD:A4 could be used. Also Aunt I'm male :). Thanks. fr33kman 10:05, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A valid QD criterion was given: "... editor's reason for asking for deletion is:
promotional. qd, again."--FYI - the article has been QD, around December 02. Thereafter, the article stood up 'from the dead', last night.--It would be nice to know, what the stated justification was, during that Deletion. During that round, one had also suggested "Promotional".--Good luck (while i fix other articles). 2001:2020:341:A294:192A:7B18:9F1:B7D6 (talk) 11:14, 3 December 2024 (UTC) /2001:2020:341:A294:5C56:2C66:AC2C:4F3D[reply]
It might not be A4, but it does read like a promotion to me. I have deleted it. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 11:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Should the articles created by a sock be deleted?

Hi, Should the articles created by AERCTANGE (talk · contribs · count) be deleted?, Head screams QD them all, Heart screams "they'll never be recreated so deleting them will damage our project in the long run than help it". I'm 50/50 so wanted to ask here,

Don't care if they go but I'm just undecided on the best course of action here,

Thanks –Davey2010Talk 23:19, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Davey2010 I'm pretty sure they are elligible for G5. MathXplore deleted Radar Chronicle as the mass deletion of their pages, so I think you can go ahead with the deletion process. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 23:25, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Personally I'd leave the ones with the ongoing RfD just because that'll make sure the case is stronger in the future. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:28, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Asteralee Thanks Asteralee I wasn't aware of that so I'd qd'd them except the one with the RFD present :)
@Fehufanga Thanks Fehufangą I've untagged that one as agree RFD would solidify any future creations,
Thank you both for your helpful replies it's greatly appreciated, It may seem dumb coming here but over at Commons they're all "We keep sock images because x, y and z" and as the articles weren't terribly bad I didn't want to unintentionally cause a mess, Anyway thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I usually tag sock created articles for G5, as long as there aren't any substantial contributions from good-faith editors. (I don't count edits that delete unsourced material, POV material or bad sources). In part, I don't like the idea of rewarding a bad-faith editor. Mostly though, these are people who were blocked for a reason and often that doesn't change. I don't like the idea of good-faith editors having to do review and cleanup of bad editors. Take AERCTANGE - the PRXDUM and Cyber Crime Break Org where created under different names and deleted earlier this year and were extremely promotional in tone, full of bad sources but since I missed the deceptive name change, I did enough cleanup to decide on a RFD. The other articles they created were straight copy-paste from enwiki and you commented on their talk page about this where they denied what they did and just blew off the idea of attribution. So this is a bad-faith editor that wasted hours of time for good-faith editors. And they'll just create a new account and do it again. Nah, G5 their mess and don't waste time. Ravensfire (talk) 04:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RFD for MCB

The page has been created MCB (attributed to enwiki) and suddenly it is marked article for Delation from a very new account which is created just to attack my page. Ksy 18:21, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Kuskrey, Please read WP:OWN - You don't own the article so therefore it's not your page, Also people can nominate the articles you create at any given time,
Reply on the RFD stating why the article shouldn't be deleted- no need to create reports here, Thanks –Davey2010Talk 18:28, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am not saying that I own the article. I am just reporting that only someone has created the new account just to put the page in RFD as it is simplified from Eng wiki. Ksy 18:34, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protect

Hi, could you please delete Renmar Arnejo: for A4, and also protect this title, as it has been repeatedly created under similar titles (ex. 'Renmar Arnejo', Renmar Arnejo., Renmar Arnejo"). ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 15:32, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Administrator note: Handled by blacklisting (Special:Diff/9910207). MathXplore (talk) 04:59, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RevDel Request

This edit was a copyright violation from here, could an admin RevDel it? Thanks Nobody (talk) 13:50, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also this edit which is a copyright violation from here. Nobody (talk) 13:56, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done MathXplore (talk) 04:58, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel request 2

Hi, Could someone revdel this please, Many Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 17:05, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 04:52, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Building a case for 'blocking new users and IPs from (specific) article

This article.
I have taken care 'about vandalism', 2 or 3 times over the past week. (I expect to supply a diff, next time 'stuff happens'.
However, i have no plan of becoming the 'janitor' for this article.)
*A one-week 'block thingy' is better than nothing (when the 'case actually will get made').
*Even better (for when the case gets made), then consider 'blocking' thru December 9 and until December 16. Thanks. 2001:2020:359:C5B6:BD40:F752:199A:7915 (talk) 17:55, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New diff,
simple.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Yahya_Sinwar&diff=9932644&oldid=9932383

. Could one of you do a revert et cetera, if deemed appropriate?--I do not want to break the 3RR rule.--"The article's talk page", you might suggest? Fine, I have pencilled in "January 01", on my calendar. 2001:2020:301:A1FD:49CF:F359:A86:92E0 (talk) 21:46, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update - Now my plan is to ask (some of this stuff), on the Talk-page.--First, i will wait for the Misbehavin' to start up, again. Thanks. 2001:2020:301:A1FD:903B:9DB9:CFDB:350C (talk) 21:59, 8 December 2024 (UTC) / 2001:2020:359:C5B6:BD40:F752:199A:7915 /2001:2020:301:A1FD:49CF:F359:A86:92E0[reply]

Link to talk page,
simple.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Talk:Yahya_Sinwar&oldid=9933156
.

There is a new diff (there).--If someone can look into the vandalizing (that i am alleging), then fine. (Due to the 3RR rule, i will have to leave the vandalized version, for now.) 2001:2020:301:A1FD:6478:964:C1E7:7A9 (talk) 23:04, 8 December 2024 (UTC) /2001:2020:359:C5B6:BD40:F752:199A:7915[reply]

Protection request

Hi, Could someone protect Patrick Stewart please as an IP keeps making-unmaking-making the same edit again and again, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:18, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 04:49, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks MX for actioning both my requests above, it's much appreciated, Thanks Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 16:41, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pages for deletion

Please delete all the pages created by 186.173.145.140, which are related to fair use images, because none of them have relevance here. Depextual (talk) 04:42, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 04:47, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Depextual (talk) 04:48, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Bump/doc

I'm questioning the bot's behavior here. Twice per week it adds and removes a message. Depextual (talk) 04:48, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) The only edits to the page since the 22nd April are from cewbot in this loop.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:32, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator observation) I solved the problem itself, but I don't know why the bot acted that way. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 13:08, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia_talk:Main_Page/styles.css#Edit_request_for_dark_mode_compatibility

Hi, can an admin look through this request? Cheers, Matrix (talk) 18:35, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion reqest

Hi, Could an admin ever so kindly undelete the following pages please;

Irrespective of what happens here these won't be QD'd again scouts honour, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 19:29, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Davey2010: Done, and deletion request templates removed. Some of the pages are now blank as a result. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:36, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Auntof6, Brilliant thanks so much that's very kind of you, I appreciate that a lot, Take care, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 22:09, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jun Hong Lu

Semiprotection and cron cleanup needed (vandalism and C() vio by HoY LTA --M7 (talk) 20:14, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to suggest this as well. Please add some protection to this article. It was deleted earlier today, but I fear it was deleted because of some unhelpful edits done by unregistered IPs/newly registered users that harmed the article. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:00, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,I deleted it earlier because of some unrelated repeating sections. In my opinion: notability doubtful, we could envisagé SM rfd of the current article. Eptalon (talk) 23:06, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've expanded the article, but I think protection is needed though. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 23:43, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Njen16

Njen16 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Njen16 made Brite Benson as a copy from en:Draft:Brite Benson. The enwiki draft was made by Yenze28, who is globally locked for LTA, and blocked on Wikidata as a sock of Iamart28. Iamart28 is blocked here for spam, and I think Njen16 is their sock. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:45, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More evidence: all three accounts were created at Wikidata. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:52, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My intention in creating or contributing to 'Brite Benson' was to provide accurate and verifiable information (Coz I took my take time to research) about this individual. Even though some of the information I got (I admit) was from the draft created by a blocked user. Njen16 (talk) 21:14, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

49.37.116.117

Special:Contribs/49.37.116.117 – This IP seems to be making advertisement articles (G11) with AI-generated edit summaries and is probably undisclosed paid editing. Should they be blocked? Depextual (talk) 19:53, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Depextual: I would issue more warnings before blocking. So far, they've gotten only one warning, a level 1. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:45, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Depextual (talk) 15:56, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protect 2

Hi, I'd like to request semi-protection on VeggieTales. This page has been going through a lot of vandalism from many unregistered editors. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 00:45, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asteralee: Semi-protected for a month. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:43, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 Thanks :) ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 13:38, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting protection for Bashar al-Assad

Recently, there's been edits of unsourced material regarding Bashar al-Assad's living status. There is no confirmation of his death and seeing how the article is the center of an ongoing political event, I suggest protecting the article to avoid further BLP violations. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 09:38, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

protected, for two weeks. I don't want to prevent people from adding useful info, yes there has been some vandalism. Eptalon (talk) 00:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kamariya Ahir (Yadav)

Looking at the history of Kamariya Ahir (Yadav), many of the edits to the article seem to be disruptive, including vandalism and edit warring. Additionally, I found that an RFD was started on the article last month, and the notice was removed by one of the article's primary authors. The main editors that I have seen engage in these kinds of edits are Nlkyair012 and an IP-hopping user, using IPs that start with 2409:40d0 and 2401:4900, with the most recent IP they have used being 2409:40D0:1027:8289:8D70:FA7:992F:D230 (clarification: Nlkyair012 has been engaging in constructive editing, as they are the one reverting disruptive editing on the page by the latter IP, although they have been involved in content disputes that would be better handled with discussions, while the IP has more of a history of disruptive editing, such as section/article blanking and redirecting without consensus).

If any action can be taken to stop the disruption on this article and determine whether it should be kept, as well as what should be done with it in order to restore it the way it was before disruption started, that would be appreciated. ChrisWx ☁️ (talk - contribs) 18:30, 8 December 2024 (UTC) edited 22:28, 8 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hello sir, after an RfD for issued against this page it was clearly mentioned that the administrators will close the RfD after a week but they didn’t. So I thought maybe I should simply remove it from there and I’m sorry for that🙏🏻. The thing is that i was so constantly trying to make that page as detailed and accurate as possible and not to mention I was the one who expanded the page at the first sight, but unfortunately some people(ones you mentioned above except 2401:4900) were trying to vandalise the page so I was naturally trying to protect my work and whatever they were doing on the page you can clearly see that they were doing it out of jealousy or something and whatever I’ve done to the page are cited with very strong evidence, news articles and books that make the article very detailed and accurate. I asked @BRPever to kindly look at the cites and sources I’ve used and to protect the lock the page (as I’m not the creator of the article i cant do that ) ,and to improve the page, verify the infos of the page that are good sources, to remove the RfD and block the ip of the potential vandalisers on the article page. Nlkyair012 (talk) 19:53, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ChrisWx - could you please put a link (in this thread), to the last article-version that you think is okay? 2001:2020:359:C5B6:10C3:7669:B5B0:9ADF (talk) 20:01, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This appears to have been the last stable version of the article. However, a lot more content was added to the article following this version here, which has since been heavily disputed (example diffs: 1, 2, 3, 4, also including attempts to redirect the article at 5, 6). I will note that @Nlkyair012: you have made constructive edits to the article by reverting the disruptive editing that these IPs have tried to make to this article, including their attempts to redirect the page without consensus, and that the IPs have used vandalistic edit summaries, such as this one when attempting to blank portions of the article or redirect it, but there seem to be so many disputes regarding the article's content that the article has remained unstable since the large content addition.
I originally added this entry to AN following my reversion of what looked to be vandalism on the page, and I was attempting to restore it to a pre-vandalized version (seeing the formatting errors that were still present on the page) when I came across this complicated editing history, and went here in the hopes that an administrator could perhaps figure out and deal with what was going on and restore it to a stable version. One thing I strongly suggest that Nlkyair and the IP editor(s) do is to use the talk page to come to a consensus of what should be done on this article. This would prevent further reverts and disruptive actions from being taken, and would result in changes that more people would agree with. ChrisWx ☁️ (talk - contribs) 22:22, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok sir i totally understood all your point, thank you once again for concerning about this article Nlkyair012 (talk) 09:44, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to put light on this matter too, one of the IP editors, @2405:201:600f:f17b:a1d4:92d4:6d3a:738b used a deteriorating word when he/she vandalised the article by saying “Jhaat kuch nahi hain hampe”(here) that’s an abusive term in Hindi language. I expanded the article vert hardly and these kind of Ip editors on a rage bait try to destroy the whole page. I would kindly request any administrator to kindly lock protect the page, block such ip users and kindly help in improving the article further. Thankyou 🙏🏻 Nlkyair012 (talk) 09:53, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - Please see,
simple.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=Talk:Kamariya_Ahir_(Yadav)&oldid=9933208
.--If that talk-page edit was okay, then fine. 2001:2020:301:A1FD:D927:C5AE:B7B:7862 (talk) 23:46, 8 December 2024 (UTC) /2001:2020:301:A1FD:D927:C5AE:B7B:7862 (talk) 23:47, 8 December 2024 (UTC) /2001:2020:301:A1FD:D927:C5AE:B7B:7862 (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Semi protection request for Kamariya Ahir (Yadav)

    Hello there, Could someone please protect Kamariya Ahir (Yadav) please as several of IPs keeps on vandalising this article, all of them consist of personal attacks either towards the subjects of articles or other users. And kindly add me as I was the one who was preventing the article from vandalism by revdel and expanded the whole article on the first sight so I might further add/update more in that page.

Thankyou— Nlkyair012 (talk) 10:18, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest: 1) Put the article to the following stable version, This version. 2) After one week, we take a look at semi-protection, if we want to start with that, then. 2001:2020:315:A1B8:8E:4F08:E72:8C72 (talk) 11:19, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sir many admins has noted that I’ve done a pretty good work in handling the article even as a new man. And id also say that the stable version you are talking about is pretty much nothing.This is the best possible, most accurate and stable version according to me and more detailed and backed with detailed sources is more good ig? Except the vandalisers come and try to ruin this page its pretty much stable and I’ll be putting the protection notice down back for extra attention by other working and online admin thankyou for concerning. Nlkyair012 (talk) 16:38, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would recommend moving this conversation back to the talk page of the article, rather than discussing this matter here. @Nlkyair012: I do support protection of the article if consensus is to keep it, as disruptive behavior from IPs has persisted for some time, though also be careful not to refer to people who just disagree with your viewpoints as "vandals". People constructively discussing their different viewpoints on a certain topic, or how they think an article should look, is allowed, and is often how people come to a consensus on Wikipedia. ChrisWx ☁️ (talk - contribs) 21:46, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your suggestion to open a discussion on the Kamariya Ahir Yadav article’s talk page. I’ve now started the discussion as you advised, and I’d appreciate it if you could take a moment to review it. Your input would be valuable in helping guide the discussion and ensure a constructive outcome.
Here’s the link to the discussion: Talk:Kamariya Ahir (Yadav) page.
Looking forward to your feedback and guidance.
Best regards,
— Nlkyair012 (talk) 13:33, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think the page is a mess and needs a lot of work. There are more than 70 references where most of them are just bare mentions in the list. Clearly lacks significant and reliable sources. It will be better as a redirect with some mentions in the Yadav or Ahir.--BRP ever 10:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Haha man why are you so concerned about this page? I feel personal attack from you at this point many admins have gone through the page and its sources they verified and improved the page a lot and eliminated the “mess” you are talking about. Please don’t do this it’s a request the page is good as it is and I’ve seen you coping by saying not reliable source and etc but you never actually went through many of em. Not every source can be detailed and stuff some are detailed and some or brief mentions. And i also saw you not replying to the RfD page anymore? Nlkyair012 (talk) 12:55, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Im sorry for rude behaviour sir but you know it’s frustrating as hell when you did something very carefully, accurately and putting all efforts someone tried to say oh this is not right or like vandalising the page even when it’s all right and with NPOV. I have mentioned you in my topic on discussion over Talk:Kamariya Ahir (Yadav) kindly put your thoughts over there thankyou and sorry again for not being professional Nlkyair012 (talk) 13:37, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Because you pinged me above. I have no intention or time to be involved in every case, as I have much of other things to do as the year comes to close. I am at this point very annoyed because someone moved the page while the RFD was ongoing, and many other users just keep on removing the template from the page without even reading what's in the template. And someone comes and tells me I am personally attacking them. I am requesting another admin to review the discussions about this going further and stepping back.-- BRP ever 11:46, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Understood, may you have a nice day
    — Nlkyair012 (talk) 06:16, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi protection request for Kamariya Ahir (Yadav)

Hello there, Could someone please protect Kamariya Ahir (Yadav) please as several of IPs keeps on vandalising this article, all of them consist of personal attacks either towards the subjects of articles or other users. And kindly add me as I was the one who was preventing the article from vandalism by revdel and expanded the whole article on the first sight so I might further add/update more in that page Nlkyair012 (talk) 12:50, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Would appreciate if this thing would’ve gotten done as the vandalism on this page is getting out of hands, I’d really request @MathXplore for a favour to kindly do this for me, and I’ll also add to the discussion page of Kamariya Ahir (Yadav) the proofs to support , and will make sure that I tag you there. cheers and have a nice day
— Nlkyair012 (talk) 08:04, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nlkyair012: Semi-protected for a month. I also removed the RFD notice, because no corresponding RFD exists. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much, @Auntof6. I am incredibly grateful for your action in semi-protecting the page, as it has truly relieved a lot of my stress. Knowing that the page is safeguarded for the next month allows me to focus on improving it further without worrying about potential disruptions.
Once the current protection period expires, and after I’ve spent the next month working to make the article as perfect, stable, and comprehensive as possible, I may kindly request your assistance again to consider permanent protection for the page.
Thank you once again for your support, and I hope you have a wonderful day!
Best regards,
- Nlkyair012 (talk) 12:10, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nlkyair012: We don't permanently protect articles. After the current protection expires, if there is repeated persistent vandalism again, then you can ask for the article to be protected again. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:53, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok sir Nlkyair012 (talk) 06:16, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 I’d also like to inform that an RfD did exist already for that page but due to the moving of page from Kamaria to Kamariya Ahir (Yadav) has made a confusion on RfD page. The current RfD page exists in here. I don't really know why the RfD didn’t close at 16 November 2024 on which the date it was due to be closed on. 3 people are leaning towards keeping the page and 2 on deleting. If possible I request you to kindly look at the matter, either delete the RfD or delete the page.
Thank You, — Nlkyair012 (talk) 12:27, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP keeps creating promotional, spam articles after being warned

Special:Contributions/2401:D800:2C0F:8A4:580:52E0:D2E7:8E8 ☆ Adelaideslement8723 ☆ 03:58, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And along with that, I put them all up for deletion. ☆ Adelaideslement8723 ☆ 03:59, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done MathXplore (talk) 04:08, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! ☆ Adelaideslement8723 ☆ 04:11, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for flood flag

Hello. I’d like to request the temporary flood flag to remove the shortdesc template from several dozen articles. One hour should be more than enough to complete it. Thank you. BZPN (talk) 18:29, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BZPN: I can give it to you for an hour if you're still around. Please confirm that you're around. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:24, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BZPN: Also, how many articles are you talking about? If it's not more than about 100, you can go ahead without the flag. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:25, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6, of course there are less than 100. My request resulted from the fact that in the meantime, Violesse was massively editing without a flag, and I didn't want to additionaly clutter up the RC. Thank you for your reply. And in such a case, access to AWB would be useful (I wrote about it on the appropriate page, so I can connect this task to it). Best regards, BZPN (talk) 21:33, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BZPN: OK, it sounds like you don't need the flag, then. Let us know if you need it in the future. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unprotect request

Can someone please unprotect my userpage User talk:ImprovedWikiImprovment/Archives/2023. --IWI (talk) 23:37, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:52, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP attacking other editors, seems like that they switched IPs, they used the edit summary thing to attack other editors, and talk bad about admins

Special:Contributions/41.251.6.232

Special:Contributions/62.122.114.147 🎄 Adelaideslement8723 🎄 20:56, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation): please remember to use WP:VIP to report vandals in the future. Thank you! BZPN (talk) 22:23, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Adelaideslement8723 Chances are this is the "raging lunatic" (see [1]), either way WP:DENY, WP:VIP and repeat pretty much, Thanks –Davey2010Talk 22:29, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thank you for your comment, I will remember that next time. 🎄 Adelaideslement8723 🎄 04:29, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

Semi protect Talk:Pope John Paul II, LTA target. ToadetteEdit (talk) 06:38, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done Not enough activity to need protection -- only 2 bad edits today, and the last edits before today were almost a week ago. We usually protect only when there is so much vandalism that it's hard to keep up with. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:50, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disable or delete filter 71?

We have global filter 110 which tags article changes that add emojis on most wikis, including here. Filter 71 is outdated but does not allow emojis in articles. Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 03:20, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel 2

Hello, could any oversighter revdel this as it's disturbing? Thanks. 2601:402:4400:3A90:36CB:D3:AC7E:DBDF (talk) 20:16, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:48, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Although I should say that I'm not an oversighter, so I could only change the visibility. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:19, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel on Melanie Martinez

Sorry, I don't know how to find the version number on the app, but can you please revdel the IP vandalism on 12 December 2024? It's an invented, but gross, disgusting story about an imaginary child and a real person. Thank you. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 22:10, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Diff 9881823 96.27.136.118 (talk) 13:16, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That one, thank you! ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 13:31, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dream Indigo:   Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:46, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 Thank you so much 😊 ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 20:18, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request for Barack Obama

Hello. Please permanently protect the Barack Obama article to a level only for registered users. This article is constantly vandalized (racist, vulgar and offensive texts are added) by various IP editors. Thank you. BZPN (talk) 17:08, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BZPN:   Not done We don't permanently protect articles. We would semi-protect if the amount of vandalism was hard to keep up with, but I don't think that's the case here. In the page history, I see only a few edits on any given day during this month. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:48, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6: don't you think that protecting this page would help reduce vandalism on it and free editors' time for other tasks? These edits are very vulgar (apart from the fact that they should all be hidden along with the edit summaries) and we should not allow such content to regularly appear on this page (and any reader can see it). However, as an administrator, your opinion on this matter is most important - I am not pushing for this article to be protected. Thank you for your reply and best regards, BZPN (talk) 20:30, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BZPN: Yes, I agree that it would be more convenient. However, en:Wikipedia:PREEMPTIVE says this, in part:

Applying page protection solely as a preemptive measure is contrary to the open nature of Wikipedia and is generally not allowed. Instead, protection is used when vandalism, disruption, or abuse by multiple users is occurring at a frequency that warrants protection. The duration of protection should be as short as possible and at the lowest protection level sufficient to stop the disruption, allowing edits from as many productive users as possible.

I do see how this is frustrating. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:36, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request Semi-protection for Dodgeball

Dodgeball: Vandalism (1 Nov, 12 Nov & 10 Dec) by Cross-wiki abuse (ja:LTA:DODGEBALL). --Y-route (talk) 13:11, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done There have been only 3 bad edits today. Before today, there hadn't been any in a week. We semi-protect when the amount of vandalism is hard to keep up with, and that's not the case here. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:48, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request 3

Hi, Could someone protect Jimmy Wales please as there's been excessive vandalism from one person, The person is on a different IP each day or so so I don't think rangeblocking would be of any use?, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 00:57, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, protecting the page for 6 hours was not enough. Depextual (talk) 15:57, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm interesting, Wonder why it was only protected for 6 hours given it's been vandalised every day as well as having various edits revdelled..... interesting. –Davey2010Talk 16:14, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Stale request. Page hasn't been edited in 2 days. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:49, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for flood flag -- Violesse

@Auntof6 Hi can you please give me a flood flag for 1 hour? I am correcting French commune articles which are incorrect/out of date. Please see my edits: Special:Contributions/Violesse. Violesse (talk) 21:32, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Violesse: Please specify exactly what changes you want to do with the flood flag. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:38, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 For all articles in Category:Communes in Aisne which contain "in the region Picardie", I want to change "in the region Picardie" to "in the region Hauts-de-France". That was the task which I was currently working on (in alphabetical order) Violesse (talk) 21:40, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Violesse: OK. I don't know if you've been given the flood flag before, but here are the parameters of using it:
  • While you have the flag, you can only make the changes it was given to you for, no other changes.
  • If you finish before the flag expires, you must wait to do other changes until either 1) the flag expires or 2) the flag is removed.
If you agree to that, I can give you the flag. Based on your comment below, it sounds like you might need it for more than one hour. Please confirm how long you would like it. I can't guarantee that I will be here to remove it if you finish early, so you might have to wait. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:44, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 I have not been given the flood flag before. I now understand the conditions, so thank you for explaining. I would like the flood flag for two hours and I will only make these changes. If I finish early (unlikely) I will make no other changes. Violesse (talk) 21:47, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Violesse: You have the flood flag for 2 hours. Happy editing, and thanks for doing these updates! -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:49, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 Unfortunately the flood flag appears to have failed because the edits are still appearing in Special:RecentChanges. It may be better to remove the flood flag and I can try again a different time. I will not make any more edits now. Violesse (talk) 22:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Violesse: Would you try a couple more? I'm wondering if it's related to the fact that I used a custom expiration time instead of one of the standard ones. I just gave you the flag for 3 hours (one of the standard times). If you wouldn't mind just doing 2 or 3 to see if they also show up. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 22:06, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 Yes, I'll try. Violesse (talk) 22:06, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 I think they are still in Special:RecentChanges. Violesse (talk) 22:08, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Violesse: Yes, they are. I have removed the flood flag. -- Auntof6 (talk) 22:10, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 Ok, I'll try again a few days later, but I won't make any more edits like this until then. Violesse (talk) 22:11, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Violesse: If you only do about 100 at a time, you could do them without the flood flag. -- Auntof6 (talk) 22:12, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Violesse: Also, the number of pages you expect to edit, and how long you think you would need the flag. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:39, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 There are approximately 600-650 pages remaining which need that edit, but I could do them at a rate of 2 per minute for 1 or 2 hours and then stop after the flood flag is removed. Violesse (talk) 21:41, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If any admins are available to give me the flood flag, I would like to have it for one hour to make this exact same set of changes. Violesse (talk) 22:29, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2025 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

2025 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki was draftified until 2025 per Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/2025_in_Konfrontacja_Sztuk_Walki, but was re-created as an article again shortly after. The page probably needs to be protected from being created again until 2025. Mrfoogles (talk) 21:49, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mrfoogles: It looks like that was on English Wikipedia. This is Simple English Wikipedia, a separate site. You need to address this on the other site. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:51, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I think I must have gotten here by Google. Mrfoogles (talk) 21:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Import request: Infobox boxer

Hello! Can you please update Template:Infobox boxer importing updates from en:Template:Infobox boxer? Thank you :) ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 17:40, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dream Indigo:   Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:14, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6: Thank you so much!! ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 20:32, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra

I tagged a new article Giffari Naufal Arisma Putra for QD for lack of notability. The tag has been removed by Laz Adha and 103.157.49.41 three times so far. Could this get reviewed rather than edit-war over the tag? Thanks. Ravensfire (talk) 19:39, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page deleted by @Ferien: - thanks for the help! Ravensfire (talk) 20:16, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Subtemplates of Template Precision

Hello admins, can someone please delete all of these? None of them are used anymore and all were deleted on enwiki in 2017, so they are deprecated. They are fully protected so I can't tag them. The doc pages should also be deleted. Depextual (talk) 19:40, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Ferien (talk) 22:18, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for semi protection

My talk page. Asteralee recommended me to request it due to persistent sock puppetry. Although I'm not the only one who has been harassed by the same user. Regards, Jet Pilot (talk) 20:58, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done Since it looks like it has been the same IP, I have blocked that IP instead. Report again if the vandalism continues. Also, it's not sock puppetry if it's an IP, because sock puppetry involves registered users. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:32, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for Jimmy Wales

Please protect Jimmy Wales. The page has been vandalized many times by various IP's since it was last protected on 12 December (for 6 hours only). Depextual (talk) 22:10, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Alright, done for a week --Ferien (talk) 22:12, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Depextual (talk) 22:12, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Staling the Jats article on one sided WP:POV

Within my due concern i want third party intervention on this insensible and reckless editing within an unpleasant manner by various IP and account are urging to changes this article rapidly and after getting caught from administrator they still phrasing such hooliganism activation all over the same article and making inappropriate Sikhphobic comments to bolting their people dignity without any solid reasonability i think someone need check this reverence around to counter them 103.73.166.137 (talk) 10:52, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for semi-protection for Dodgeball

Dodgeball (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

This page should be semi-protected, preferably for a long term or indefinitely because of persistent vandalism by cross-wiki abuse. (ja:LTA:DODGEBALL) This Cross-wiki LTA repeatedly vandalizes dodgeball-related pages across multiple wiki projects. As a result, some pages have been semi-protected indefinitely in the regular English version. (ex. en:Dodgeball, en:Category:Dodgeball, en:World Dodgeball Federation, en:World Dodgeball Association) Sakura Torch (talk) 12:30, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done for 1 week fr33kman 17:32, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sock block request

NO ACTION:

Having consulted another admin elsewhere, it seems creating a new account and editing from them is fine as the user isn't vandalising, misleading, being deceptive etc etc. Regardless of intentions I still very much disagree with this and still believe given the users history they should be limited to one account but it seems I'm very much in the minority with this so I'm closing this as to stop this being a further timesink.

I will never understand why this is okay, how this meets en:WP:SOCKLEGIT or why Ade shouldn't be limited to one account but that's a me problem apparently.

I'm exhausted from all of this and truth be told the time spent fighting over this could be better spent on articles.

I just think it's ludicrous that someone who has a history of socking basically gets a free pass to repeat that history again here but I've done my bit here, If no one sees a problem then that's fine, Just don't come running to me when this blows up in your face and this user is found with 10-20 hidden socks!. –Davey2010Talk 15:46, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further changes should be made to this discussion.

Hi, Could someone block both accounts Jayden Johnson 2314 please as they're still using both accounts for no reason, This user has been blocked for the exact same reason at Enwiki (socking and CIR),

I did file a request at Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser but I guess in hindsight that was the incorrect venue as I wasn't requesting a CU, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 18:43, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended content
I AM NOT SOCKING!! YOU JUST WANT TO BLOCK ME FOR NO REASON AT ALL!! >:( Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 18:46, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
YOU CAN BLOCK MY OTHER BUT NOT MY MAIN ACCOUNT AS WELL!! Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 18:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And I have been making good edits! You can check my contributions! SO CIR DOES NOT EVEN APPLY HERE! Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 18:50, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jayden Johnson 2314You are violating the Wikipedia:Sock puppetry rule. You said on Davey2010’s talk page that you were highly aware [of the guideline]. You have also been using both accounts at the same time. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 18:53, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I WAS HIGHLY AWARE OF THE GUIDELINE!! I KNWO THE RULES! :( Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 18:55, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I DIDNT MEAN TO VIOLAE IT I AM A YOUNG EDITOR! Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 18:56, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless of your age, you are still meant to follow the rules. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 18:59, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I WAS! UNTIL @Davey2010 REPORTED ME FOR NO APPARENT REASON THIS HAPPEND AT THE CHECK USER REQUEST AND NOW HERE AT THE ANB?! WHAT SENSE DOES THAT MAKE?! Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 19:01, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not opposed to a block of both accounts, though I would want to emphasize for Jayden Johnson 2314/Adelaideslement8723: unlike most other websites, on Wikipedia we want people to use only one account. It's ok to have a secondary account, but not ok to be editing from multiple accounts at once. Also...replying in all caps and in this style is very unlikely to result in people thinking that your participation on Wikipedia is constructive. Collaboration is a big part of Wikipedia, and that involves engaging constructively with people who have concerns about your conduct. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 19:23, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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@Vermont Thank you :') Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 19:25, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for typing in all caps, its just that I am very frustrated... Jayden Johnson 2314 (talk) 19:26, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • This user is still using both accounts, I've gone through en:Category:Wikipedians with alternative accounts and all of the accounts there are AWB, Public (shared computer), Doppelganger, WMUK etc etc etc, Whilst the user isn't vandalising the project or doing things they shouldn't be they still don't have a valid reason for using this account either and so the JJ account should still be blocked,
If we're not going to action this then can someone please explain why as they clearly don't meet the SOCKLEGIT criteria, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 13:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Sock on Simple English Wikipedia

Socks via Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zjholder are continuously targeting my talk page here, the latest being Zjholder29912Mjforrest. Two requests:

1. Could this new sock please be blocked?

2. Could my talk page here please be protected? I don't really use Simple English Wikipedia all that much, so if a permanent protection on my talk page is at all possible to prevent any more sock issues on my talk page, I would not be opposed to that at all.

Thank you. Magitroopa (talk) 19:54, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And now back with a new account at 29912Theshavia. Magitroopa (talk) 19:55, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not Zjholder now as well. Please put a stop to this. Magitroopa (talk) 19:59, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
shut up I'm not Zjholder (talk) 20:01, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done MathXplore (talk) 02:01, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request for Bhumibol Adulyadej

Hello. Please protect this page at a level only for registered users. It has been constantly vandalized for months - IP editors introduce false information that constantly has to be reverted. Thank you. BZPN (talk) 11:44, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Protected for three months (autoconfirmed) Eptalon (talk) 11:51, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! BZPN (talk) 11:52, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request for Pope John Paul II

Reason: Repeated vandalism by IP editor.

Pope John Paul II ✿༺ 𝒜𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒶𝒾𝒹𝑒 ༻✿🆃🅰🅻🅺 💌 18:30, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Comment: The vandalism has stopped but you can look at the history [[4] here, it shows that the IP has vandalized a lot of the page, and I have reverted some of it, so did other editors, and this IP is using edit summary to attack other editors. ✿༺ 𝒜𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒶𝒾𝒹𝑒 ༻✿🆃🅰🅻🅺 💌 18:37, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The long-term abuse on the page has stopped for the time being, but I will keep a watch on it. With this editor, it is best to avoid protection, as he'll then boast about him "winning the battle" and will go around harassing a bunch of other editors through other methods. --Ferien (talk) 00:07, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Comment:@Ferien Okay thank you. ✿༺ 𝒜𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒶𝒾𝒹𝑒 ༻✿🆃🅰🅻🅺 💌 13:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Invasive Spices

Invasive Spices (talk · contribs) has been active here since November 2023, shortly after they were blocked indefinitely on enwiki for "Persistent creation of unhelpful redirects despite many being deleted at WP:RfD, and repeated personal attacks against RfD nominators". Some of the redirects they've created recently have been taken to RfD and I'm concerned that the pattern is repeating itself. I don't mind as much a discussion at RfD, but their responses recently at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Coercive sterilization of Native American women are crossing the line into WP:HOUNDING and WP:NPA. Specifically, [5], [6] and [7]feels more like hounding than a good faith discussion. Their responses at [8] are hostile, show bad faith and again are more hounding and hostile than healthy discussion. This needs to stop from Invasive Spices. While it's not always fun to see someone disagree with your perspective, it's part of the Wikipedia process and hostility like this does not help the goal of working together to improve the project. Ravensfire (talk) 03:57, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation):Yeah, I saw invasive spices's supposed "CE" when it was actually a hostile response. Which I would totally remove. because hostile comments like that are not okay, and they scare away users who are trying to help out the project. 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 (𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼) 03:59, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging Chenzw, Griffinofwales, Ferien, Lee Vilenski, BZPN who have commented at the RFD discussions mentioned above. Ravensfire (talk) 04:02, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 (change conflict)  I agree it is getting increasingly concerning. I engaged with the editor in a few of those RfDs and noticed the same trend. For what it's worth, I think it is very unbecoming to essentially stalk an editor's past edits, and use them to call out alleged hypocrisy in an unrelated RfD. It would have been a different matter had those diff links contributed anything substantive to the RfD, but I don't think they did, and that is going into the NPA territory. Chenzw  Talk  04:06, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator observation) The editing pattern is bizarre. As they were blocked on enwiki for similar behaviour, maybe we need to remind them that WP:ONESTRIKE exists. And, if you do look through the links they provide, most of them are nonsense, and a lot of the arguments they make are also nonsense. Apparently raising RfDs is against WP:NOT... Somehow.
Personally, I think they are not here to create an encyclopedia. I don't think those redirects are worth much, Wikipedia search is capable of searching for a term without these overkill redirects. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 08:49, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you @Ravensfire for raising this issue. It seems to me that this user simply wants to continue his disruptive behavior on simplewiki because he has been blocked on enwiki. I think it's WP:NOTHERE, and we should follow WP:ONESTRIKE. Best regards, BZPN (talk) 09:26, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: Regarding the NOT issue, I believe what they were trying to point out is the guideline mentioned on Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion#Before_nominating:_checks_and_alternatives: The main four guidelines and policies that inform deletion discussions: notability (WP:N), verifiability (WP:V), reliable sources (WP:RS), and what Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT). However, as I mentioned at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Coercive sterilization of Native American women, while a redirect does not fall under WP:NOT, not being on WP:NOT (note the double negative) does not necessarily mean that said RfD is groundless. If we were to interpret WP:NOT and only WP:NOT when considering RfDs, then all virtually all redirects would be immune to the RfD process, which would be an absurd conclusion. Chenzw  Talk  09:38, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose. But that just says "main guidelines". We generally use enwiki's guidelines where we don't have our own. W:Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion could maybe be imported or a version of it simplified to have it here. Specifically w:WP:RFD#DELETE point 8 is the one that most redirects for deletion topics end up at.
Realistically, though, the issue is with the editing history. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:30, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked per WP:ONESTRIKE, a textbook case in my view. Almost identical behaviour as they were blocked for on en. --Ferien (talk) 10:36, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Archie Moore

Archie Moore (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive Editing. 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 (𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼) 14:28, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection would likely just move him along to other pages. Watching recent changes and bot rollbacking to hide the editor from it when I can. --Ferien (talk) 14:31, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks 👍 𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓮 (𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 ♡ 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓼) 14:32, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Pope John Paul II

Semi protection, longer than a month due to longterm LTA target. See also relevant abuselogs. ToadetteEdit (talk) 10:08, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection on this page that generally gets very little attention would likely move the editor onto mainspace pages that affect our readers more, therefore   Not done --Ferien (talk) 10:23, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notice of steward action

Hello, I wanted to let you know that I locally blocked an account here (Jagomago7288). The account had been vandalizing for 40 minutes straight after warnings while no local administrator was available to block and was ultimately reported to us for action, thus why I proceeded with placing a block.

Since the block was placed in my steward capacity, let me know if you have any further questions. EPIC (talk) 21:13, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Same for 194.83.36.203, though I see a local admin returned the same minute I did that block. I'll leave any further action to the locals. EPIC (talk) 21:23, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC: Thank you for letting us know and for making those actions. --Ferien (talk) 21:32, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move request for a template

Hello! As of now, {{Strongly support}} displays   Strong support ("Strong support"), but Template:Strong support is a red link. The template can only be moved by admins, so can you move it for me? Please and thank you :) :D ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 21:32, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) I've turned it into a redirect, so it'll show up when used. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 21:45, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lee Vilenski: thank you! I still believe that the title should match the content, but this way is much better than before :) ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 16:09, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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