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Protection request for Alessia Cara change

Can Alessia Cara be protected indefinitely, at least for anons or brand-new accounts? There is nothing other than vandalism since 2022 on this page, that Tyler guy who keeps adding himself as the husband is pretty persistent. Tehonk (talk) 20:04, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

still needed. Tehonk (talk) 04:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The vandalism seems to have stopped for now, but I'll keep an eye on it. --Ferien (talk) 13:18, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Protection request for multiple pages change

Please semi-protect the following due to slow vandalism (all by the same person using different IPs):

Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 12:55, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I'll keep a watch on these for now, but may consider a wide IP block of these pages instead of protection. --Ferien (talk) 20:08, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Ferien It is a slow edit change and every time one of the IPs gets a warning, they hop to another IP and do the same thing. However, I trust your judgement. The pages are on my watchlist. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 20:11, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
That /64 was actually previously blocked for disruptive editing, so I've just gone ahead and blocked it again which should solve this issue. --Ferien (talk) 21:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Ferien Thank you so much! I’ll get them fixed today back to standards. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 21:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Comment: I am striking out ones I’ve made not all capitals and removed the other issues. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 08:43, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Ameen Younas change

We have an article where the QD tag removal is being repeated, please decide what to do with this page. MathXplore (talk) 03:46, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I sent AN-notice to involved editors, User talk:Mr.Mobeen9012, User_talk:Haadi_Meer, and User_talk:Amin_Fun. Should I take them to CU? MathXplore (talk) 03:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@MathXplore Please! Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 03:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done. MathXplore (talk) 10:49, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@MathXplore Both have gone beyond 3RR and block request has been sent and admins pinged on IRC. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 03:48, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protect - Talk:Clyde_Bruckman change

Talk:Clyde_Bruckman (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

Can anyone lock this page please? I'm seeing a target of vandalism by LTA's. Thanks! kleshkreikne. T 04:16, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Comment:One revision on the page should probably be revdel'd.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
By protecting you’ll move the disruption elsewhere, better to just leave it. Deleting the page and restore only the good versions might be a good idea. 89.150.129.15 (talk) 09:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Agreed. That way would be better in my opinion. kleshkreikne. T 13:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yeah,   Not done for the reason the IP mentioned. --Ferien (talk) 17:06, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Regarding User:PakistanHistorian change

Wasn't sure if WP:ONESTRIKE applies here, so I'm reporting the user here instead of on WP:VIP. This user is pushing a POV on Punjabi-related articles, portraying Lahnda languages as dialects of the Punjabi language and Saraiki, Hindkowan, and Pahari people as Punjabis, especially on the page Punjabi dialects and languages. POV pushing is one of the reasons the user got blocked on English Wikipedia. Additionally, this editing pattern is similar to a POV-pushing IP farm that I've been watching, but per Wikipedia's policies, can't comment on IPs. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 16:21, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Indef as ONESTRIKE for disruptive editing. This and this definitely seem like POV pushing without a source. Justarandomamerican (tc) 16:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
To be quite honest, I don't exactly understand why you used generic rollback in a content dispute, nor why both of you are apparently perpetuating that dispute with mere contradiction without source. Look for a reliable source and follow it. If no source can be found, then a version should be decided by consensus. Justarandomamerican (tc) 16:42, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Exactly what I wanted: to build a consensus before making such changes. But my edits kept getting reverted. When it was clearly POV is when I used generic rollback and reported it here. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 16:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
In light of the above discussion and the diffs you and I have linked, I would like to support 1 of 2 options, a warning to PakistanHistorian, or simply no action. I am neutral on which exactly should be taken. Justarandomamerican (tc) 17:42, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I am not POV-pushing but just keeping the information intact. I was banned from English Wikipedia for sockpuppetry and not referencing edits. But, the edits that I have made on Simple Wikipedia have been backed up by references, instead Cyber.Eyes2005 has continuously reverted the edits without any accepted reference and has used terms such as "Punjabic" or "Greater Punjabic" to refer to the Punjabi dialects, but that term is not applied to the varieties of "Punjabi proper" and instead is a broad group encompassing "Punjabi proper" and some other varieties, that has been rejected as lingusitic classification. PakistanHistorian (talk) 22:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Edit War in Progress change

On the Vandalism In Progress board, an edit war is currently in progress between User:Go on hoedown and User:Resili, with a third party User:Justarandomamerican involved too. User:Go on hoedown has broken the 3 Revert Rule, and both User:Resili and User:Justarandomamerican both at 3 reverts each. Please could someone intervene and block User:Go on hoedown to prevent possible breaches of 3RR. Thank you. DaneGeld (talk) 21:07, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Go on hoedown has been blocked for various vandalism. Thanks for the thread.   No further action needed. Justarandomamerican (tc) 21:08, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you. I wasn't aware of his block at the time I posted this, and have notified all parties including yourself of the discussion. I was just concerned that things were getting close to the line! Thank you for responding! DaneGeld (talk) 21:13, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

PP for We the People Party change

Due to ongoing IP edits of what they stand for and a slow edit war please semi this one for 3 months. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 21:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I don't think this one needs semi-protection. I can't find any edits that have been reverted since February, or any problematic edits within the past few days. --Ferien (talk) 21:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Ferien I’ve just been letting them go as of late so no reverts from me for that reason. But I know some of what has been put in there is not true. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 22:05, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

IP recreating deleted pages change

The following IP has recreated two pages deleted at RFD (Anurag Dixit and Dinesh Shetty):

Kk.urban (talk) 18:57, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Kk.urban: The IP (not the 64 range) has been blocked by Macdonald-ross, and this should work for now. If you'd like us to block the /64, reporting the /64 range is usually ok but in this case, please note the deleted contributions interface does not work for ranges, we can only see undeleted contributions from those. --Ferien (talk) 21:07, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Ferien That's up to the admins to decide. I reported the /64 range because IPv6's usually change often, but I didn't know that about the deleted contributions. Kk.urban (talk) 21:09, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protect request on Talk:Clyde Bruckman change

Please semi-protect the Talk:Clyde Bruckman page for me! I cannot stand that stupid IP address vandal anymore vandalizing on and messing around with the page all day and every day! And nothing is working at all! I tried to get him out of there with several children's TV show picture threats, and other people trie to semi-protect the article, but none of that just didn't work and doesn't work at all either! Just please get him out of there right now, block and globally lock every single one of his IP addresses and IP address ranges, and semi-protect that talk page for a very long time for me please!— Preceding unsigned comment added by VetsaWare2024 01:29, 19 March 2024 UTC (talkcontribs)

@VetsaWare2024 It will not be protected for all the same reasons as stated before. You are also newly registered, so Check User requested please! Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 01:23, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Forogh Nilchi Zadeh change

QD A4 case where the author is repeating QD tag removal. Admins should decide what to do with the article. MathXplore (talk) 04:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 08:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Flood Flag change

Requesting flood flag. Numerous cleanup categories need to be created, which will flood the recent changes panel.Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 12:42, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Striking. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 14:54, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
If my understanding is correct, flood flag can hide edits but not for page creations. MathXplore (talk) 14:56, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ahh! So, even with the flood flag, new page creations will still be visible on the recent changes panel? – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 15:08, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
That is what I previously experienced. I can understand the use of a flood flag for re-categorization (cat-a-lot), but that is different from this case. MathXplore (talk) 15:21, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I see, thanks for clarifying. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 15:40, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Page protection request for CaseOh change

Please semi-protect CaseOh, it's a new article attracting some juvenile IP vandalism. The en version of the article shows they are clearly notable, but the unsourced vandal edits are annoying. Ravensfire (talk) 13:59, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Comment: The page has been deleted as QD G10. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 04:36, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Import Template:Infobox U.S. state change

Would an admin please import {{Infobox U.S. state}}? I would also suggest semi-protecting it. Kk.urban (talk) 19:12, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Done, let me know if you need it done differently fr33kman 19:18, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Fr33kman Somehow your import did not seem to work. The current infobox here still looks different from the enwiki version. Kk.urban (talk) 19:21, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
What parameters are you referring too? There are things that can live in an infobox that isn't native to the actual template Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 23:00, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Lee Vilenski I mean the actual source code of the template is different. Kk.urban (talk) 23:01, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Looks like it's the same until {{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown={{main other|[[Category:Pages using infobox U.S. state with unknown parameters|_VALUE_{{PAGENAME}}]]}}|preview=Page using [[Template:Infobox U.S. state]] with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 2000Density | 2000DensityUS | 2000Pop | 2010Density | 2010DensityUS | 2010Pop | 2020Density | 2020DensityUS | 2020Pop | AdmittanceDate | AdmittanceOrder | anthem | area_footnotes | area_land_km2 | area_land_sq_mi | area_rank | area_total_km2 | area_total_sq_mi | area_water_km2 | area_water_percent | area_water_sq_mi | Capital | dimensions_footnotes | elevation_footnotes | elevation_ft | elevation_m | elevation_max_footnotes | elevation_max_ft | elevation_max_m | elevation_max_point | elevation_min_ft | elevation_min_m | elevation_min_point | etymology | flag_alt | flag_border | flag_link | flag_size | footnotes | Former | government_footnotes | Governor | image_flag | image_map | image_seal | IncomeRank | iso_code | Judiciary | Languages | LargestCity | LargestCounty | LargestMetro | Latitude | Legislature | length_km | length_mi | Lieutenant Governor | Lieutenant Governor_alt | Longitude | Lowerhouse | map_alt | MedianHouseholdIncome | module | motto | name | native_name | nickname | nicknames | official_name | OfficialLang | OfficialLangs | population_as_of | population_demonym | population_density_rank | population_rank | postal_code | Representative | seal_alt | seal_link | seal_size | seat | Senators | timezone1 | timezone1_DST | timezone1_location | timezone2 | timezone2_DST | timezone2_location | TradAbbreviation | type | Upperhouse | utc_offset1 | utc_offset1_DST | utc_offset2 | utc_offset2_DST | website | width_km | width_mi }}
Looking for unknown parameters might not be suitable here. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 23:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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@Lee Vilenski Also it has {{{seat|}}} instead of {{{seat|{{{Capital|}}}}}}; it's missing the 2020Pop, 2020Density, and 2020DensityUS parameters; it's missing a link to Largest county or equivalent (which might not matter), and it doesn't have a link to United States (which I don't care about). In short, Fr33kman's import didn't seem to change anything at all, and I'm confused how that happened. Kk.urban (talk) 23:11, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Kk.urban Try again please. I just imported it again and it did pull in more information that did not come over from the previous import. The items you stated were missing I see imported now when I did it. Please ping me and let me know. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 02:53, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb It's working now. Thanks! Kk.urban (talk) 03:15, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb: Did you actually import it, or just copy the code? You don't appear to have the importer right. Sometimes it's better to do an actual import so that the history shows the people that did the original change(s). That's why people request import instead of copying/pasting for themselves. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:34, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Kk.urban Anytime! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PotsdamLamb (talkcontribs) 03:18, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 It had just been imported and no changes had been made prior so I c/p it over. I’d prefer to have import rights, but they aren’t granted here. The last change was on December 5th, 2023. See Special:Diff/9425409 Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 08:55, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
And PS the second sentence by Fr33kman says he did the import. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 08:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

FYI the reason it didn't work is the imported edit was older than the most recent edit here so our version trumped it. If you import and the imported edit is older than ours just revert to the edit you imported. -Djsasso (talk) 11:22, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Protected template needs editing change

One of the child templates at Template:Infobox settlement and causing an error. If someone can find it and remove the line I would appreciate. it If you would like me to do it, please unprotect all of them and let me know ,and I will find it and fix it.

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox settlement with unknown parameter "short_description" - I also noticed this has started popping up in a lot of infobox templates lately, and I am not sure why, as the actual articles do not have short descriptions. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 02:49, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done I was able to figure this out with the help of Djsasso. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 12:57, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Christian Lorenzo Bautista change

QD G5 case, Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Archive22#Christian_Joy_Lorenzo_Bautista. Please take care of this page. MathXplore (talk) 09:15, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 11:49, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The page has been recreated, please take care of them. MathXplore (talk) 12:25, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 02:26, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

User:23.80.143.27 change

This fits Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#User_pages (QD U2), but since it includes SPI information, I suggest the move to user talk space without redirect. Since I'm not allowed to tag QDs to pages made by an experienced editor, I will forward this here. MathXplore (talk) 11:51, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@MathXplore You tagged me as being a part of this. That page (either the user or the talk) has no history of an SPI. In fact the only edit to the page was me putting the proxy block template on the page. If something needs to be QD because of a history it can be asked for a revdel on the history but again this one has none and all contributions have already been wiped when it was blocked. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 05:33, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
In this case, I'm not talking about page history. It is about where the page has been created. Wikipedia:Deletion_policy#User_pages says user pages of users who don't exist or are not registered are subject to quick deletion. If you have any difficulty understanding our deletion policy, please let us know. MathXplore (talk) 05:42, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
First off, no personal attacks. You are implying I do not understand policy. Secondly, it does not apply to blocked IP addresses that are blocked as a proxy. It applies if it were being used by an individual as their user page. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 05:46, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I do not aim to attack anyone. I only want to help others trying to learn things (including myself). I apologize if my language was confusing. MathXplore (talk) 05:49, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@MathXplore I am very experienced. I am aware of our policies. Your first statement was the IP contained SPI, it does not. Secondly, an IP is not a user. It is an IP address. The policy has always stood that if an IP editor uses the user page like you or I do, then it falls under QD (it is then being used as a user page for all intents and purposes). Putting a template on it that it is blocked as an open proxy does not violate any policy and is widely used. Look at en wiki for thousands of examples. Some templates go on the talk pages like the welcome school user IP but when an IP or IP range is blocked, it is normal to put that block notice there when it is for a long time (such as this one which is two years). Short ones don’t get them (like GRP ones). Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 05:57, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the details. I didn't know that IP user pages of proxies are used for awareness in enwiki. While I do not recognize any local discussions about this case, now I believe that this will be accepted per WP:FOLLOW. In addition, to avoid confusions like this in the future, you may want to have your words being reflected to the deletion policy. For policy updates, please discuss with others at your availability. Thank you for taking your time for additional explanations, and please keep up your good work. MathXplore (talk) 06:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I cannot find any documentation that QD U2 does not apply to blocked IP addresses that are blocked as a proxy. Have I missed anything? If there are any previous discussions about this, please let me know. MathXplore (talk) 05:51, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb I suggest you not create userpage of unregistered users. @MathXplore U2 applies in this case, I will move the user page to the user talk page for this particular case. If the similar situation occurs in the future, and if the talk page already exists, then I recommend just copying the note to the talk page and marking it for U2. Thanks,--BRP ever 07:28, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@BRPever: One of my previous comments in this thread above (special:diff/9427904) has been marked as a personal attack. May I have secondary opinions about this? MathXplore (talk) 07:33, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I see no personal attack, or any offensive material whatsoever. I would recommend @PotsdamLamb to assume good faith as much as possible. BRP ever 07:35, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done Dealt with, I guess...-BRP ever 07:33, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@BRPever I disagree. If a user is going to say If you have any difficulty understanding our deletion policy, please let us know is not assuming good faith towards me and if I were to say this to the editor I would be blocked on the spot since every admin has a different way they see this. Also since when does this editor speak for the admins as stated above as they flat out refused the nomination but yet are acting and stating things like they are an admin. The CUs who are aware of what I am doing have blessed me with what I’m doing and a regular user is not privy to this as previously explained to them. They could also try asking me instead of taking me right to the AN. Reminds me of exactly what happened at EN wiki. This was considered done but now they have gone and grabbed another admin to pull into this. I have already spoken with a CU tonight via email and it was handled until once again this editor has now involved you and they are upset because I will not release information to them. They started this off with this particular IP address having SPI, of which it has none whatsoever. It doesn’t even have an edit.
This is the 4th time I’ve been attacked by users on this project (not counting the spam account) but counting others who are very new and do not have much under them and that seems to be absolutely ok. If I were to say that, oh wait I have, I would be blocked in a heartbeat no questions asked. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 07:53, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
And again this is a whole mix of what one admin wants versus what another admin wants vs what a cu wants. All of you need to get on the same page. Especially after the post on my story page and the fact if someone has an issue try to discuss it on my page instead of just taking it to AN, as is the habit for this editor. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 07:55, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
You are clearly overthinking the case. What Math wants to know is if the userpage has such notice on them, is it eligible for QD as U2 or not. I am not sure who the CU are, but I am certain that unless there is a very good reason, we don't tag proxies in the userpage. We would just be creating a millions of userpage for no good reason. Just ping the admin who thinks we should tag proxies in the userpage, and we can have a good discussion here. Thanks,-- BRP ever 08:04, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@BRPever I saw you moved it to the talk page. WP:FOLLOW puts Sockpuppets, etc on the user page and not on the talk page as the talk page contains the block notice. Since this seemed to have upset an admin from another wiki and my point about the personal attack was once again just thrown to the side, it’s time to hang up simple as nothing has changed it seems. So I’ll be done here again. 4 personal attacks on me and not even a warning. But yet again I say something close to what MathXplore said I’m autoblocked. I’m done. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 08:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I don't think of it as personal attack. Why do you think it is Personal and attack? Our practices and policies clearly state that the userpages are only for registered account as is reflected in the deletion policy. As someone who initially supported your unlock/unblock, I am more than surprised by this bizarre behavior. I will leave it to other admins to deal with it. BRP ever 08:23, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb: I would probably extend what BRPever said a bit further. I have fully read the thread above and again, I don't see any personal attack in what MathXplore wrote. At the very worst, I see a slightly clumsily-written comment, but not to the extent it is uncivil or a personal attack. The U2 deletion criterion does not specify whether a userpage is part of SPI, and we don't put sockpuppet templates on userpages here. There was a misunderstanding of the quick deletion policy here, and I wouldn't have written it the way MathXplore did, but that doesn't make pointing it out uncivil.
Relatively recently, I made an effort to remove many of our stale IP sock templates on user talk pages, and then we deleted the IP sock template as well, in Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Template:IPsock. There was also Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2021/Category:Temporary Wikipedian userpages. I think there is a consensus at this time for no templates/categorisation of indefinitely blocked users and IP sockpuppets, and non-administrators are generally discouraged from tagging sockpuppets on their own.
For the future: you retired this morning (at least, for me) and have came back this evening. So I appreciate you are probably wanting to move on from this situation, but accusing editors of making personal attacks without evidence can be characterised as casting aspersions, which editors have been blocked for before. I would just like to make that clear for you so you are aware moving forward. --Ferien (talk) 22:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Ferien This is what I see as a personal attack (as stated above) If you have any difficulty understanding our deletion policy, please let us know. That is assuming I am incompetent, which does fall under a personal attack. When I have said something to those words I was immediately taken to AN on en wiki and ultimately blocked. Having a personal feeling about this is not casting anything other than my feelings because that never ending block has affected everything lately that I’ve been trying to do. If you’d like to chat on IRC, hmu there so this isn’t dragging on here. As far as this goes, I can say we’re done. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 22:25, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm going to agree this was not any kind of a personal attack. It may be time for you to take a break and walk away for a bit PDL. They were offering to help you if you didn't understand why a User: page for an IP address was deleted. The deletion was correct. The only behavior issue here is becoming you, @PotsdamLamb:, and I implore you to let it go. Operator873 connect 22:28, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Operator873 I already stated as far as this goes I’ve let it go. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 22:30, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
And to add those templates were not re-created. The pages I’m adding are to categories already created and had pages in them. If CUs don’t have or want to take the time to link these pages to a sockmaster then it makes it harder for us "normal folk" to be able to tie Sockpuppets to each other to request any blocks or checks. We have so many of them one cannot keep track so these categories help. Especially the ones of Sockpuppets of (user) as it shows what they usually do to make it so we are requesting the correct cu checks. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 22:29, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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On this project, we do not have a SPI project and CUs are not expected to do such exhaustive cataloging. This is not the English Wikipedia. Operator873 connect 22:31, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Maleesha kharwa‎ change

QD A4 and G5 case (Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Archive22#Christian_Joy_Lorenzo_Bautista), but the author is repeating QD tag removals. Please take care of this page. MathXplore (talk) 12:24, 20 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Already   Done. MathXplore (talk) 02:26, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hennessy Carolina change

An editor is repeating QD tag removal on this page. Please decide what to do with the article. MathXplore (talk) 03:12, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

That's a LTA, hoaxer which has many blocked accounts. Tehonk (talk) 03:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
We need to know which LTA that you are talking about. Do they have blocked accounts at our project (or previously had a global lock)? MathXplore (talk) 03:37, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
yes there are some blocked accounts here too. it's the one that spams Tyler Antonius hoax either as article or as sneaky vandalism into other articles. some accounts can be seen here: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Tyler_Antonius but there were more. Tehonk (talk) 04:08, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Reported to WP:VIP. MathXplore (talk) 06:28, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
As a sidenote: 146.0.32.111 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is an anonymizing VPN/proxy, which should imo be blocked. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 04:22, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@XXBlackburnXx IP is locked for 2 years. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 06:12, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The editor is also reverting the deletion request I added to the article [1]. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 06:36, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Ah, just saw this. QD revert happened again. Should I just avoid warning them in the future? - MourningRainfall 🐺🇨🇦 (talk) 16:28, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Can an admin please add a page protection to the article? Multiple accounts keep coming back and are removing the deletion request. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 17:38, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
This needs attention as well: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tyler_Antoniu%E1%B9%A1&action=history Tehonk (talk) 00:25, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done Redirected and semi-protected. The problem should be resolved for now.--BRP ever 07:22, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@BRPever there is still a rfd open, it should be deleted as G5 (and rfd closed) instead of redirecting. this is not a "Content dispute", it's vandalism. Tehonk (talk) 07:40, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I think redirecting still sounds like a better idea to me. For now, I will refrain from redirecting and comment in the RFD. BRP ever 07:54, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

ChatGPT/LLM article change

I don't know what to do with an article like Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. It's clearly generated from ChatGPT/ a large language model, and cites references that don't exist. Kk.urban (talk) 15:54, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

i exported from enwiki and made it into a real page. SI (talk) 16:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Page protection request for Adolf Hitler change

IP vandals and vandalism-only accounts keep vandalizing the Adolf Hitler article. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:03, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

The article is constantly getting vandalized and I don't want to engage in an edit war with the vandals. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 18:12, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
(Non-administrator observation) Protection for this page is much needed, it has been persistently vandalized for some time now. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 18:14, 21 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done for six months, can be extended again then if needed,--BRP ever 07:20, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Tyler Antoniuṡ change

QD A4 but the user keeps removing the QD tag so I will send the request here MCGAMER YOUTUBE (talk) 00:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

This is QD G4 case, please see Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Tyler Antonius and Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Tyler Antonius. MathXplore (talk) 01:26, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
(Note) The page has been recreated. MathXplore (talk) 07:14, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done Protected, creator blocked. I think the problem is dealt with. Thanks,--BRP ever 07:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for your responses. MathXplore (talk) 07:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

User talk:Ferret change

Please unprotect this talk page after 2 years without any discussion. 2001:4452:16B:1900:9DBF:381D:27DD:7C64 (talk) 13:52, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

IP User if the user wants to have their page unprotected, they can request it. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 20:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done User talk pages are generally not protected for anywhere near that long. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:13, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6: When the user who owns the talk page requests it for that long, yes we do. Please replace the protection. Operator873 connect 22:07, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Especially since the requesting IP is likely the LTA responsible for the protection in the first place. Operator873 connect 22:11, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Operator873: Sorry, I didn't see this before. I've put the protection back for 2 years. If another admin thinks it should be a different amount of time, I have no objection to them changing it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:58, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The user isn't active here, so I say leave it protected for a few more years. Protections should be reviewed every now and then, so indef is probably excessive. --Ferien (talk) 22:59, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Operator873@Ferien@Auntof6 - FYI, the page is still not protected. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 12:59, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb; It is now. Did you have a particular interest in this protection being restored? -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:59, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 No I just wanted to send a reminder to everyone since it’s been a couple of days. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 03:01, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb: Maybe you could avoid sending reminders for things that don't affect you. It's not your job to police things like this. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:05, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Mentors change

It seems that PotsdamLamb is now inactive on this wiki. Could someone please see if you could remove his name from the list of mentors? SI (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

(non admin comment) They edited today. I realise they marked their page as retired, but removing names when this happens immediately might be a bit premature. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 20:10, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you Lee. Some on here jump the gun way too fast. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 20:47, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Lee Vilenski: Especially since many editors "retire" when they're upset about something, then quickly change their minds. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Quite. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 21:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm the most recent person to join PotsdamLamb mentorship, i will say it's pretty early to retire his mentor status maybe 2 o 3 months but now is too early. Uróli 2024 🧑🏻 (talk) 21:17, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 Or how about you not assume things. Nothing of what you said here applies. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 21:18, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb: It has happened in the past, but I didn't say that was your reason. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 This conversation is about me so 1+1=2. Commensense and easy to put together. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 21:21, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
calm, afther all Aunto, she will understand. Uróli 2024 🧑🏻 (talk) 21:22, 22 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Kosciuszko Chilombo change

G4 but user keeps removing QD tags MCGAMER YOUTUBE (talk) 01:57, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hacktivist Vanguard change

G4 but users keep removing the QD tag so i will forward the request here MCGAMER YOUTUBE (talk) 03:16, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

CU requested. MathXplore (talk) 03:20, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
We should just make this a template lol Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 03:27, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Laramie, Wyoming RevDel change

I believe this revision: special:permalink/9011671 should be deleted as a copyright violation from Encyclopedia Britannica. Kk.urban (talk) 03:52, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done Operator873 connect 22:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Page protection request - Alessia Cara change

Please semi protect this due to constant vandalism by IPEditors Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 22:39, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Not done There's only been 5 vandalism hits (4 of which were IPs) on that page. Routine vandalism doesn't warrant protection. Thanks for bringing it up though! Operator873 connect 22:46, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! Message received. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 22:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Issue with Davey2010 change

This user removed a section from Simple Talk. I restored it and posted on their talk page to ask them not to do it so it is archived in the archives. The editor reverted it, stating, Editor's summary: Undid revision 9434706 by PotsdamLamb (talk) If we allowed such posts this page would be clogged with random stuff. No need for such posts. We have never removed anything from simple talk unless it is pure vandalism. I posted on their talk page Special:Diff/9434713 in which they used the same rationale for deleting it from simple talk. This page is treated just like the WP:AN board, where, unless it is vandalism, we do not remove anything and let it archive for historical purposes.

I will post this on their talk page to alert them of the conversation. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 23:47, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

As explained in the edit summary and on my talkpage I don't see a point or benefit in having random letters of the alphabet clogging up the Simple talkpage?, I had explained all of this here as well as pasted Lambs and the OPs message to the OPs talkpage[2] (admittedly after first posting an essentially copy/paste message of Lambs reply to them),
Seems like an over-reaction over nothing. –Davey2010Talk 23:53, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Davey2010 It is not an over-reaction to anything. I asked you not to remove it. Those posts do not happen that often but if you look through the archives, you will see instances of it happening. It is not clogging up anything whatsoever. It is also not vandalism. We use simple talk for everything including welcoming a user (as is evidenced in multiple threads throughout the years).

AND you should never, ever post someone else's posts from one page to another. Then you are acting as if you are me, and you are not. If I wanted to post it there, I would have. Please do not do this again.

@Kk.urban Same to you. Look through the archives. It is how we welcome them and ask them if they have a question, as they may be (and usually are) new users. Now if they come back because they are alerted and want to post a question, their thread is nowhere to be found. This is why we never remove sections unless it is vandalism. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 00:01, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
All of this is an over reaction though, Well I was unaware such posts weren't removed from there - We're not EN but such posts aren't generally allowed/accepted there so I assumed this was the case here,
I clearly stated what I did in the edit summary and the user would've been notified to a new message so they'll see it.
Lastly may I also remind you that you're indeffed on the English Wikipedia..... and whilst this isn't a threat If you continue down this path you're going to find yourself indeffed on here too, You need to drop the Battlegroud mentality/attitude and just relax,
Anyway if any admins believe my edit shouldn't have been made I will happily add it back, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 00:18, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
There's no problem with reverting test edits, whether they're to simple talk or elsewhere. Davey2010 was not rude and left a helpful message on their talk page, so it hasn't caused any problems. This type of disagreement is not worth mentioning on a noticeboard. Kk.urban (talk) 23:57, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb: I see no issue with what Davey2010 did with removing extraneous junk from Simple Talk. I'll echo here as I did via reply to your email and in DM on IRC, you need to take a break. You're making this project a Battleground and it's not welcomed. If you're unable to voluntarily step away, I will enforce a break. Operator873 connect 00:54, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Rename Category:Jewish people change

Would it be okay to rename Category:Jewish people to Category:Jews? Kk.urban (talk) 02:51, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Kk.urban: Possibly. Why? -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:10, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6@Kk.urban My thought on this (I looked up some articles) calling Jewish people “jews” can be seen as anti-semantic. Specifically if you look at what Hitler did and said because he thought (not posting this to upset anyone) race-tuberculosis of the peoples and The “ultimate goal must definitely be the removal of the Jews altogether. If you pull up the reference, you will see the tags “antisemitism” and “racism.”

The ultimate goal must definitely be the removal of the Jews altogether. … race-tuberculosis of the peoples…

Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 09:25, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
(Nac)The only reason why you might want to do this is to be more simple. I don't think the term is all that simple anyway, at least "Jewish people" gives a little context if you don't know what Jewish meant (that it's a type of person). Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 11:14, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
We need to be careful here, it would also be interesting what the exact wording in German was. Before 1933, the nazi party was one of several parties with similar ideas. If you say 'Jewish people' a religion is implied. If you say, for example 'Spanish people' or 'French people' there is no such implication Eptalon (talk) 14:59, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Eptalon Good to see you. So it is my thought. Say a black person calls another black person the N word. It is fine that way. If any other race calls them that (at least in my neck of the woods) I’ll see a gun pointed at me and poof there it. I think there is a finite line here we may not want to cross. It’s obvious Hitler and the Nazis hated Jewish people and homosexuality. Let’s jump to something more current. The on-set of COVID-19, a lot of people were attacking Asian people because they were told by Mr Spray Tan they brought it over and something needed to be done. So what happens, his followers attacked and killed numerous Asians, even if they looked like it but were actually Americans. They called them some choice names. Think back to WWII I believe it was where the names came up. I’m not implying anyone here is racist, just speaking from my long time on this planet and the whole picture. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 15:07, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
And also, calling someone 'Jewish' may also be as a sign of distinction, and in itself is not anti-Semitic. Not Buddhist, not Christian... Eptalon (talk) 15:25, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
My reason was what Eptalon said (that people might assume "Jewish people" refers to the religion, not the ethnicity, and that even for religions, we use "Christians", "Muslims", "Hindus", and so forth, so "Jews" would be similar. (It would also match enwiki and our other categories like "American Jews"). I didn't really know that "Jews" could be considered offensive - I thought that some people avoided it because they had a misconception that it's offensive - but in that case it might be better not to change it and only use a category redirect. Kk.urban (talk) 15:25, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Kk.urban In this day and age someone looks at you wrong they will sue you. Call someone even calling you Mr. Spray Tan could get me sued (if he had the money.) lol. I would say it could be the parent category and then the rest fall under it? Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 15:29, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb Right now the parent category is Category:Jewish people. Are you suggesting we keep it that way? Or rename it? Kk.urban (talk) 15:32, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb: For future reference, I'm pretty sure you meant antisemitic. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:22, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 yes and autocorrect again. My apologies. @Kk.urban My thought would be leave the parent as is and anything under it be Jewish breads, Jewish holidays, etc. That’s my thought on it. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 21:27, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Okay, I guess we won't change this. Thanks everyone for your input. Kk.urban (talk) 00:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Christian Bautista‎ change

QD G5 case (Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Archive22#Christian_Joy_Lorenzo_Bautista), but QD tag removal is being repeated. Please take care of this page, the talk page, and the author. MathXplore (talk) 13:30, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please import w:Template:User admin Wikiversity change

Reason: I want to use this on my user page, please see en:v:Wikiversity:Candidates for Custodianship/MathXplore for details. MathXplore (talk) 15:01, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@MathXplore I’ll bring it over right now. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 15:07, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@MathXplore   Done I left the link on your TP. If it’s missing a thing let me know and I’ll dive into it for you. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 15:18, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@MathXplore Is it okay if we remove the user categories for these templates (like Category:Wikiversity administrators, Category:Wiktionary administrators, etc.). The reason is that these won't include all administrators of these projects, so it could be misleading. We deleted other categories for the same reason here: Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2012/Category:Wikipedians by Wikipedia status. Kk.urban (talk) 15:28, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
OK, go ahead and I will follow you. MathXplore (talk) 15:30, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
The cat was removed already so it is only under user templates Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 15:46, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

ISIS flag on user page change

Hello SimpWiki administrators,

I'm writing to you after seeing a complaint made on the English Wikipedia about a user page on the Simple English Wikipedia. Obviously we cannot handle that sort of complaint there (where I am an administrator), but I think it warrants some consideration here, and so I'm cross-posting this.

The user page, User:MCGAMER YOUTUBE, has an ISIS flag on it, and it was tagged for deletion by Larrymhardy. After MCGAMER YOUTUBE's user page was tagged for deletion, the user initially proceeded to place a tag on their user page disclaiming any support for ISIS (claiming that they only put the flag there for aesthetic reasons), but then removed the tag and the deletion template from their own user page.

According to Wikipedia:User page, There is broad agreement that you may not include in your user space material that is likely to bring the project into disrepute, or which is likely to give widespread offense. I would posit that the inclusion of the ISIS flag on an editor's user page in the manner that MCGAMER YOUTUBE has chosen to do is the sort of thing that would be likely to bring the project into disrepute, or at least to give widespread offense.

In light of this, I am asking that administrators look into this and take appropriate action.

Yours sincerely,

Red-tailed hawk (talk) 21:12, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Comment: An admin may want to update that page as there are quite a few redlinks that are supposed to show users what they can and cannot do and red link policies and guidelines. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 21:33, 24 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I didn't see anything glaring missing from the page. There are some fake categories or etc but nothing gutting the policy. If you feel so inclined, you can fix build out the redlinks.
@Red-tailed hawk: I've deleted the user page. Hate, regardless of the source, is inconsistent with the Pillars. Operator873 connect 06:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Operator873 There are few more accounts I am concerned about, I will send you a message regarding those. Thanks,-- BRP ever 12:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Will talk with you on IRC. Operator873 connect 15:54, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Operator873: I will also note this user page on the English Wikipedia, which has a similar combo of templates as MCGAMER YOUTUBE did at the time that their user page was deleted. That account happens to be globally locked and also indefinitely blocked here. Not sure if they are related, as socks sometimes copy user pages wholesale, but I figure it is worth sharing with you. Red-tailed hawk (talk) 02:01, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yes, that's correct as of now. Although the flag has been changed, I have noticed the editing pattern of User:MCGAMER YOUTUBE, which I feel is promoting banned organizations or related groups. The edits form a series where it seems they are promoting these organizations, and I feel this is not good for the community. Larrymhardy (talk) 19:04, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
They seem to be more in good-faith, i've seen their edits, it's only been redirect creations (to pretty questionable stuff), unless i'm wrong. They're focusing on stuff like software and hardware for computers. RiggedMint 19:11, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

LTA user is here change

Special:Contributions/148.103.119.67, see w:en:WP:LTA/GRP. Please revdel his gross edit summaries and note that he will hop IPs some. I recommend checking https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?userExpLevel=unregistered&hidebots=1&hideWikibase=1&limit=1000&days=30&urlversion=2Justin (koavf)TCM08:47, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Note:It's best to report the LTA at WP:VIP rather than WP:AN.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:50, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done Thanks. —Justin (koavf)TCM08:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Action Item for all admins change

Hi admins - Please see Wikipedia:Simple_talk#Tech_News:_2024-13. Checklist for admins to do before the change hits us in April. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 20:08, 25 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Odd editing change

We seem to have an IP jumper who is just plopping paragraphs on pages with no cats, references, wikilinks, etc. so far it is Special:Contributions/27.252.54.233 and Special:Contributions/2600:1700:3EC0:C46F:C2D:226D:72E7:C724. Comments made appear to be an LTA. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 04:12, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Atikur Rahman Mahi (Musician) change

QD G4/G5 case (Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Atikur Rahman Mahi), but since an IP editor is repeating QD tag removal, I forward the request here. MathXplore (talk) 08:49, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Deleted by Auntof6, user blocked by me for block evasion, and also attempting impersonation. — *Fehufangą✉ Talk page 12:29, 26 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please check change

I find this highly suspicious. WP:BEAN if an admin wants to email or IRC as to why, please let me know. Wikipedia:Simple_talk#Page_Request Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 04:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@PotsdamLamb what part?-- BRP ever 05:05, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@BRPever Are you on IRC? I just logged on. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 05:06, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Done Spoke with BRP IRC, this is done. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 05:18, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Page protection request for SonoftheMessiah change

Can an admin please semi-protect the article SonoftheMessiah? Jsbaafo keeps creating the article after it was deleted and is now removing QD tags put up by other editors. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 07:44, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done - @Shoot for the Stars The page has been deleted and salted as of midnightish this morning.. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 11:52, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I suspect they were also thinking of WP:SALTing the page name. Lee Vilenski (talkcontribs) 12:39, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Lee Vilenski It has it as well :)

Page creation edit notice change

A user has just brought a problem to my attention on my talk page. The edit notice for creating a user page is almost the same as that for creating an article. It includes the line "If you want to make test changes, please use the sandbox." This is evidently confusing because it can lead a new user to think they're making test changes in the wrong place.

Would it be possible to make a new edit notice for userspace pages and remove this line? Kk.urban (talk) 18:46, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, it's not an edit notice, it's MediaWiki:Newarticletext. Kk.urban (talk) 18:54, 27 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Jpg on simple change

I was researching to see if an article would be notable and this popped up. Last time I did this with an image I was told it was on commons but this has a url for simple.

File:J Merlin.jpg Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 03:34, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@PotsdamLamb: As long as it has the "View on Commons" link at the top, I think we're OK. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:51, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 Ok. I just thought no files other than audio files were to be on simple? This picture also comes up pretty high (like the 5th or 6th entry) when you search his name on google so we are hosting a pic of a non-notable person. Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 03:58, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@PotsdamLamb: We can have a few kinds of files other than audio, but not this kind. This one isn't actually on Simple, which you can tell by the Commons link at the top. (I've gotten confused by that in the past as well.) Look in the list of files, and you'll see that it doesn't appear. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Auntof6 Why do they have to make it so confusing? lol. Thanks! Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 04:26, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Stale drafts change

What is the policy on stale drafts? I came across this Category:Pages created with the Article Wizard from 2018 in which there are pages not touched in over 4-5 years and the editors are no longer active? Thanks - PDLTalk to me!Please don't eat da 🐑! 04:00, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Page protection request for Miss La Union change

Can an admin protect Miss La Union? Multiple sockpuppets are getting created and adding unsourced information despite the reverts from many editors. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 04:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

More nonsense from the Christian Joy Lorenzo Bautista sockfarm, really need semi-protection at a minimum to slow them down. They went away/slowed down for a bit, but they have certainly returned with a vengeance. Ravensfire (talk) 04:56, 28 March 2024 (UTC)Reply