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Quick revdel

Hi! I'm not sure if the bar is different on simplewiki, but traditionally I'd ask/perform a revdel of addresses being posted for public figures. Hope this is suitable.[1] Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done by Ferien. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:14, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Was oversighted also (fyi Lee Vilenski) --Ferien (talk) 12:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I didn't want to speculate on that part. I've gotten a better feel that the same sorts of standards for revdel (and likely oversight) apply here, so that's good. I'll send it through the oversighter email in future for this sort of stuff. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:27, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protection request

Please protect Archie Moore: Persistent sockpuppetry. --Leonidlednev (talk) 05:43, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done for 3 months. MathXplore (talk) 12:30, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Revdel request

Hi, Could someone revdel [2] please, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:26, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 20:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Could someone revdel from here to here please, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 20:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks Ferien and Freekman much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Protection request

Hi, Could someone protect Drake (musician) for a few weeks please?, Random IPs keep replacing the number of children in the infobox from one to two, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 10:29, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 10:43, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Fantastic many thanks for actioning this Ferien greatly appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 10:48, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Page move request

Hi, I don't believe this is controversial but could someone move E-cigarette to Electronic cigarette and then redirect E-cigarette back to Electronic cigarette please?

The lead has electronic cigarette as the first name and it's the current title at EN (en:Electronic cigarette), Many thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 12:27, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 12:31, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Brilliant thanks Ferien greatly appreciated :), Many Thanks, Warn Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:34, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Katyn massacre

Looks like another ip is at it: Special:Contributions/37.104.11.179. Yottie ^=talk= 16:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Yottie, I've deleted the edit summary he posted. It is a WMF-banned editor, so try not to warn them, as even that can sometimes cause issues. --Ferien (talk) 16:45, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, I realise. It's been happening for many years now. I'll avoid warning in future, as suggested. --Yottie ^=talk= 16:48, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

And another: 165.16.5.26. Yottie ^=talk= 18:45, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism after last warning

Ip Special:Contributions/209.133.24.0 - vandalism after final warning. Yottie ^=talk= 16:45, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Yottie, please make sure to report these to VIP, thanks! --Ferien (talk) 16:48, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Sorry, I'm a bit rusty... Yottie ^=talk= 16:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

No worries, we do find it either way :P --Ferien (talk) 16:50, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Protection for templates

I'm requesting indefinite protection (semi- or full) for a number of highly visible templates:

• Module:InfoboxImage
• Module:Detect singular
• Template:Pluralize from text
• Module:Coordinates
• Module:Coordinates/styles.css
• Module:EditAtWikidata
• Module:Side box
• Template:Fix comma category
• Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp
• Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp
• Template:Infobox settlement/pref
• Template:Infobox settlement/metric
• Template:Infobox settlement/link
• Template:Infobox settlement/columns
• Template:Infobox settlement/columns/styles.css
• Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp
• Module:GetParameters
• Module:Disambiguation
• Module:Disambiguation/templates
• Module:Redirect
• Module:Webarchive
• Module:Webarchive/data
• Template:Unbulleted list
• Module:Location map
• Module:Location map/styles.css
• Module:Authority control/config
• Module:Authority control/auxiliary
• Module:Delink
• Template:Yesno-no
• Template:Yesno-yes
• Template:Wikidata image
• Template:Round
• Module:URL
• Template:URL
• Module:Italic title
• Template:Delink
• Module:Unsubst
• Template:Hidden end
• Template:Count
• Module:Template link general
• Module:Mapframe
• Module:Infobox mapframe
• Module:Hatnote
• Module:Hatnote/styles.css
• Module:Commons link
• Template:Wikidata

Each is transcluded over 10,000 times. Thanks! Kk.urban (talk) 05:57, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done, semi-protection for most templates, semi-protection and move protection for most modules (modules don't leave redirects when moving, so these moves must be done extra carefully). For template/modules full protected in enwiki, I applied full protection here with cascading, some template/modules above are covered via cascade protection. MathXplore (talk) 07:42, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Requesting Protection for Skibidi Toilet

Just look at the page history, contstant disruption Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:08, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 10:49, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Requesting Protection for Bigender

Constant vandalism Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 20:54, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Protection probably would have been good at the time, but it now hasn't been edited at all in 3 days and the excessive vandalism was over a 2 day period. So  Not done as of now but will keep a watch. --Ferien (talk) 10:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Okay thank you Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 10:51, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Requesting RevDel for African Americans

There was a lot of offensive vandalism on African Americans in which the page was redirected to various titles. I'm requesting that those revisions be deleted from the history. This was on 10 January, 6 April, and 24 April 2024. Kk.urban (talk) 00:18, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I have done rev-dels, on those I saw (mostly: redirects to non-existent pages); given the targets it is clear that those are likely racist. I have not oversighted the revisions. Eptalon (talk) 08:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the page, for 6 months. Almost all recent changes were racist (such as the redirects mentioned above), or reverting them. Eptalon (talk) 08:12, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

RfD backlog...

Hello all, In the last days, I probably closed around 30 RfDs (those that were clear cases, mostly). There is still some backlog, and we still have 20-ish pages up for deletion. So, fellow admins, please take a look... Eptalon (talk) 08:04, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Looks to have been resolved now. I think we are on top of RfDs at the moment. --Ferien (talk) 10:53, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

It keeps going up and down. I've been slowly working on it. fr33kman 10:57, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Please protect Vandalism on Wikipedia

This page has turned out to be a great example of vandalism of on wikipedia. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 10:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done I don't think there's a level of vandalism that requires protection just yet. --Ferien (talk) 10:48, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Please protect Talk:Larry Griffin

Due to vandalism. Thanks. AramilFeraxa (talk) 17:29, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

 Editor note: We generally don't protect talk pages here.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 17:31, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

While not policy on this wiki, I'm trying to take the approach described here to limit GRP to less damaging areas. Also, the main page attached is currently protected, and therefore non-confirmed users need a page to add edit requests to, which protecting this page would take away. Therefore, this is  Not done --Ferien (talk) 18:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC)