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Own-userspace semi-protection

Requesting my talk page archive User talk:FusionSub/Archive 1 to be semi-protected as I don't like the idea that a bad actor could meddle with my archives without me knowing.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:48, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 10:49, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

thanks.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 12:44, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

@FusionSub: In addition to protection, you might also want to watch your archives. That way, you'll see them in your watchlist if anyone changes them. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:59, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

I really do need to start using my watchlist more.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 16:32, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Oakley Chan Hoi Kei issue

Oakley Chan Hoi Kei was repeatedly created and deleted, and now Hoi Kei Oakley Chan was created. I suspect this is the same as Oakley Chan, which was deleted at an RfD. It keeps being created by different IP addresses, so it's hard to track, but a lot of them are from this range: Special:Contributions/2404:7C80:64:A9C9::/64, so maybe that range should be blocked. Batrachoseps (talk) 17:38, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Administrator note: Page deleted, /64 blocked. MathXplore (talk) 01:16, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Range blocks

Is there some rule that says if someone's requesting unblock for a range block, they have to email admins instead of using their talk page?

I'm asking because of this: Special:PermanentLink/9794670. Batrachoseps (talk) 19:44, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

There is no rule like that that I am familiar with. The range in question is a /64 block which administrators, especially on enwiki, have been encouraged to use for a majority of IPv6 cases, because IPv6s can change frequently within a /64 range. w:en:WP:/64 explains this all perfectly. I don't think it'd be fair on IPv6 users to have to email the admins list for a majority of IPv6 blocks, when we are just trying to ensure a single user is blocked. --Ferien (talk) 18:30, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Copyvios for the end of September

• Rev-delete Golf IP edits for copying https://barnvisor.blogspot.com/2017/01/
• Rev-delete Sharpie edits from 19 September for copying http://www.sharpie.com/About.html

⸺(Random)staplers 20:00, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Could you please provide us with the exact diffs you are requesting revdel for? Thx fr33kman 20:23, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

@Fr33kman Looks like Special:Permalink/9785641 is particularly problematic for Golf. The Sharpie changes have already been done.⸺(Random)staplers 01:44, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 01:50, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Administrator note: Talkback sent, Fehufanga handled sharpie. MathXplore (talk) 01:09, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Delete

Hi, could you please delete BFDI for A4? The creator reverted it and I do not want to get into an edit war. Thanks, Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 02:42, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 03:00, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Delete

Hello! Could you please delete The Daily Observer(Bangladesh)? This has been directly copied from the enwiki and has gone through very little simplification. The editor keeps removing the QD templates. Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 14:33, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Done fr33kman 14:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 14:36, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Protecting Mahathir Mohamad's page

If you look at Mahathir Mohamad's page history, there's been an uptick in vandalism/unproductive edits by unregistered users. Perhaps the page might need some protection for a short period of time until the IP vandalism dies down. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 14:39, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Done for one month fr33kman 14:42, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Delete and Protect

Hello. Could you please delete Battle F0r Dream Island and Battle For BFDI for G4, please? And also, please protect Battle f0r Dream Island because it is being repeatedly created over and over again. Thanks, Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 20:41, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done I have adjusted the existing title blacklist entry to cover more variations of the title, including the two mentioned above. --Ferien (talk) 18:26, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Aster🪻 ^{talk edits} 20:17, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

What to do?

Earlier I opened a deletion discussion for an Indian doctor, Anita Malik, which was deleted: Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Anita Malik. However, there is also an American politician with this name. When the article was deleted, a new article Anita Malik was created about the politician. However it is now being replaced with content about the doctor. I assume it was done this way to avoid detection. What should we do, restore the version about the politician, or delete it? Batrachoseps (talk) 17:24, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

I don't think either are notable. The politician in question has not held a political office and has only been a candidate in two United States congress elections for a district. Per w:en:WP:NPOL, Just being an elected local official, or an unelected candidate for political office, does not guarantee notability, although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline. I do not believe Malik passes GNG, but the election in question does. An ideal redirect would be to "2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona", like enwiki have done, but we do not have that page here, so I have just redirected it to the national page for now. --Ferien (talk) 18:15, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Importing

List of Bangladeshi inventions and discoveries is not available on Simple Wikipedia. It can be imported here. 😬CsmLrner 10:07, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

@CosmLearner Hi, Welcome to Simple, Templates and modules are the only things that get imported here, We don't import articles so you would need to create this yourself, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 18:17, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

I had said importing that article from English Wikipedia here so that it can be edited with simpler words. Alright, thank you. CosmLearner (talk) ^contribs 18:36, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

@CosmLearner, Again we don't import articles here, You're more than welcome to copy and paste the article from enwiki to List of Bangladeshi inventions and discoveries providing you simplify it after, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:21, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

@CosmLearner: We can import it to your userspace for you to work on. If you would like that, please give a page name where you would like it (for example, User:CosmLearner/sandbox or User:CosmLearner/List of Bangladeshi inventions and discoveries). -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:15, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

User:CosmLearner/List of Bangladeshi inventions and discoveries CosmLearner (talk) ^contribs 20:17, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Last I checked we didn't import articles. Not sure what's changed but okay. –Davey2010^Talk 20:26, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

@Davey2010: Any type of page can be imported. It depends on the circumstances. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

@CosmLearner:  Done You will need to simplify it and make other necessary changes before putting it in article space. See Wikipedia:How to copy from another Wikipedia for some information on the kind of thing needed. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:54, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Question

Is LLM (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) generated content allowed in Wikipedia? CosmLearner (talk) ^contribs 13:12, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

@CosmLearner: I haven't seen any policy about it either way. Keep in mind, though, that anyone working on Wikipedia is responsible for the changes they make, even if they didn't write the content themselves -- Auntof6 (talk) 13:17, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Okay. I asked for the article - Salailen. Its AI score is 100%. CosmLearner (talk) ^contribs 13:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

@CosmLearner: I noticed that the creator had blanked the page, but someone un-blanked it. I deleted it anyway under WP:QD#G7. -- Auntof6 (talk) 15:01, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

October 3rd copyvios

• Rev-delete Special:Permalink/9802191 for copying https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/156952907.pdf Abstract ⸺(Random)staplers 02:21, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

   Done MathXplore (talk) 03:26, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Jason Momoa

Cross-Wiki abuse: see English Wikipedia SPI page and ANI.

Requesting semi-protection of the Jason Momoa article on Simple English Wiki - various IP has made multiple attempts to add the same content to this project: [1][2][3][4]. -KH-1 (talk) 05:13, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done for 1 week. MathXplore (talk) 00:54, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Template:Trunc

Template:Trunc was imported containing vandalism (look at the source code and you'll see the vandal image). On enwiki it now redirects to Template:Str left. Can an admin please determine if that would work here, and otherwise remove the vandalism? Batrachoseps (talk) 15:56, 4 October 2024 (UTC)

IP range creating bad redirects

Re Special:Contributions/2601:246:8201:5C40::/64: They have created a number of strange redirects. Many of them are not even related to their targets, however in one case, a notable politician was redirected to the article about his father. Would these qualify for QD? Batrachoseps (talk) 14:02, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

All deleted by BRPever. Batrachoseps (talk) 14:40, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, most are just vandalism. That page is better left as red link until a page is created to avoid confusion since the topic is notable.--BRP ^ever 14:43, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

The IP range is doing this again. Maybe they should be blocked? Batrachoseps (talk) 14:04, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

Protection Request

Hittites seem to be a target for vandals/LTAs. It might be good to protect it for some time again. Jianhui67 ^T★C 18:15, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Done Eptalon (talk) 18:35, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Sean Combs

Repeated IP vandalism and given how prominent the subject (Sean Combs) is in the news and the nature of it, perhaps page protection is warranted. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 12:19, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done For 1 week. MathXplore (talk) 12:23, 6 October 2024 (UTC)

99.113.95.239

Can someone block Special:Contributions/99.113.95.239? This is the same person as Special:Contributions/2600:1702:1e60:b230::/64. It's a globally locked LTA who has also been blocked on Simple English Wikipedia, though I don't think I can say who it is without violating the global CheckUser policy. Thanks. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Done for 1 week, thx fr33kman 19:25, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Pages created by Symonds Gerother

I would like some comment from administrators about the many pages created by Symonds Gerother (talk · contribs). I would like to know whether they qualify as simple enough; and if not, some guidance should be provided to this user. All of their pages are created by inputting the English Wikipedia articles into AI/LLMs to simplify them. Batrachoseps (talk) 11:07, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

I think they are not simple enough, not only in language but in things like section headings that are different here. In addition, at least some of them:

• Are not categorized
• Have reference errors
• Are not formatted properly (for example, they use too much upper case in headings)
• Have unlinked items in the see also section (which should be the related pages section)

-- Auntof6 (talk) 11:41, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

I also want to note that it doesn't look like the user has received any messages about this. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:03, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to look at these. I didn't leave this user a message myself (other than the AN notice) because I had a feeling they weren't simple enough, but I didn't want to pressure them or explain things the wrong way. Batrachoseps (talk) 12:19, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Non-urgent edit request

Hi! This admin-protected userbox incorrectly has Category:Custom userbox templates in the usercategory parameter. Could you please remove it, and add

<noinclude>[[Category:Custom userbox templates]]</noinclude>

at the end? Without leaving any spaces before the noinclude tag, otherwise the userbox will look bad on mobile. Thank you! ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 22:17, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

@Dream Indigo  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:29, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga: Thank you ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 22:32, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Protection

Please protect Mahatma Gandhi; excessive vandalism by vandals/LTAs. Regards Wüstenspringmaus _talk 13:21, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

 Not done This has not yet reached the level at which protection is needed – we only usually protect when the vandalism is getting difficult to keep up with through other preventative methods. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 20:24, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Page protection request

Pages such as Justin Bieber, Bryan Adams, The Kid Laroi, as well as others, have been repeatedly targeted by LTA accounts, so I am requesting a protection for these pages. Thanks. Kashingggz (talk) 14:18, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done for Justin Bieber, Bryan Adams, The Kid Laroi. MathXplore (talk) 14:24, 9 October 2024 (UTC)

Undeletion request

Hi! Can you please undelete Category:Songs by language? It was deleted in 2019, but we finally have 3 categories to go inside (Category:Songs in Italian, Category:Songs in Spanish, Category:Songs in Ukrainian) Thank you :) ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 12:16, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

@Dream Indigo: In a case like this, you are free to recreate it yourself because the reason for deletion no longer exists. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:21, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6: OK, thank you for the info! :) ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 12:24, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Copyright violations for October 12th

Rev-delete Special:Permalink/9815791 (and later) for copying https://psychcentral.com/lib/dsm-5?utm_source=ReadNext ⸺(Random)staplers 07:12, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 07:16, 11 October 2024 (UTC)