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Move request 2

Hi, Could someone move Talk:Faridollah Adib Ahein back to User talk:Hamid barani please as the user talkpage was accidentally moved with the user page (user page was a draft article which is now in article space), Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 17:48, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

@Davey2010, it's done. Thanks,--BRP ^ever 11:49, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks much appreciated. –Davey2010^Talk 12:59, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Sean Combs

Hi, could somebody please revert to a suitable edit for Sean Combs and possibly protect the page? In the past week, there has been many vandalism edits. 2601:402:4400:3A90:D9FB:9478:8245:76D2 (talk) 00:21, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done Peterdownunder (talk) 00:35, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much :) 2601:402:4400:3A90:D9FB:9478:8245:76D2 (talk) 00:36, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Please semi-protect a page

Please semi-protect this page Protik Barua Sikder. Imran ahmed rakib (talk) 14:02, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Pokémon redirects

The deletion of the Pokémon lists has left a lot of broken redirects. These redirects need to be deleted. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:03, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@QuicoleJR: Thanks. I'll take care of them now. I can delete them with AWB, which is much easier than deleting them individually. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:29, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

@QuicoleJR: Well, I'll take care of some of them now -- there were over 900! They're get taken care of eventually, because they show up at Special:BrokenRedirects. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:47, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

It looks like they're gone now. Thanks, Ferien! -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:06, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Copyvios for November 9th

• Special:Permalink/9873284 copies https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100022770472.0x00001c
• Contribs by Formandforum on Cyndi Lauper for copying https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyndi-Lauper

⸺(Random)staplers 21:01, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Protect 2

Please Protect a Skibidi Toilet, New Users and IP are Vandalized Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 21:30, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Note: Has been fixed, but not protected. 2601:402:4400:3A90:1A65:8685:647F:29F3 (talk) 22:14, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Administrators, Protect a Skibidi Toilet Article because article completely vandalism Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 03:03, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

No related pages

Why there is no related pages in Ali Al-Buhial, Please add me now Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:07, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911 You can click the "what links here" button on the page to see the pages that link to it, then manually add it to your article. 2601:402:4400:3A90:1A65:8685:647F:29F3 (talk) 22:10, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

I cilcked it and there is only seven items Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:11, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911 You can add those links (except the link to the admin's noticeboard) to the article. Also, a topic like these go to the Simple Talk, not the administrator's noticeboard. 2601:402:4400:3A90:1A65:8685:647F:29F3 (talk) 22:16, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

I think it i moved page and no related pages, Please see a Ali Al-Bulaihi in Main English Wikipedia Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:19, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

Please don't add things to Related pages just because they link to the article. Give it more thought than that. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:49, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Okay, they are linked? Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 10:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911: I'm not sure I understand what you're asking. However, I removed the related pages section you added. Some articles don't need a related pages section, and the things you added didn't seem to be needed. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:42, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 I understood of your questions, Many Articles need a related pages selection, However Some Articles doesn't need a related pages selection, In some cases, Many Articles are doesn't need a related pages selection for 24 Hours I didn't understand in the past but now i understood. Thank you so much of your questions Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 11:59, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911 This is not an issue that can only be handled by administrators. You could have added the section yourself. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:21, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

That not link, it "Related pages" Means 3 Suggested Article and There is No Related Page, I think it's issues but no just link Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:24, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga hello, answer Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:29, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911 Please be more patient in such trivial questions. Fehufanga has absolutely no obligation to reply to you. 2601:402:4400:3A90:1A65:8685:647F:29F3 (talk) 22:30, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

IP This is not link it Related Pages means 3 suggested articles in inside of article, after i moved it gone and no related pages Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:32, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

IP I fixed myself by adjusted a categories you don't need fix me Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:39, 9 November 2024 (UTC)

You know, I believe Raayaan is talking about the three "related pages" that appear below a page on a mobile device, not the related pages added by editors. I also noticed that Ali Al-Bulaihi doesn't have those, compared to other pages like Mathematics, which do. Depextual (talk) 01:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@Depextual Can you recover me please Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 06:32, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

It's because the page isn't (wasn't) patrolled. I've done this for you at this stage. For future reference, the best place for info about this sort of thing is simple talk. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:27, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Copyvios for November 10th

• Special:Permalink/9874387 and Special:Permalink/9874410 for copying https://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Tod1/bk02ch07.html#fn484
  • I'm pretty sure ibiblio is copyrighted, but it may be worth double checking. ⸺(Random)staplers 19:48, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Protection request

IP users have recently been targeting the page Mario. If you look at the revision history, you can see several attempts at violent vandalism. I request that the page be semi-protected to prevent this from continuing. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 20:20, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@SleepDeprivedGinger Per similar request 2601:402:4400:3A90:A1CA:F934:9968:BF44 (talk) 20:24, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Oh, my mistake. I didn't notice that request. Should this one be deleted? SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 20:26, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

@SleepDeprivedGinger I can delete my topic, I think yours is better written and explained that mine. 2601:402:4400:3A90:A1CA:F934:9968:BF44 (talk) 20:28, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

If you're alright with that, then very well. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 20:33, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Some Rfds aren't listed at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion

They are the following:

• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Battle of Dali
• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Battle of Jassar Bridge
• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Capture of Kishangarh Fort
• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Indo-Pakistani war of 1965
• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Kadhalan
• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Operation Kahuta

Depextual (talk) 23:45, 11 November 2024 (UTC)

Listed and closure date has been updated. BRP ^ever 00:15, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@BRPever It didn't work. The pages will show 7 days after the time that they are viewed, not 7 days after you edited them. Depextual (talk) 00:21, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Well, they will probably show 7 days after they were last purged or edited. Depextual (talk) 00:22, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

What do you mean? I manually listed them and then updated the closure date as 7 days from today. BRP ^ever 00:24, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@BRPever If you look at the wikitext, they just say

{{{{{|safesubst:}}}#time: H:i, j F Y "(UTC)"|+7 days}}

As it's not actually substituted, it will always show the time 7 days in the future. Depextual (talk) 00:28, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Ah, fixed.-BRP ^ever 00:45, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@Depextual: In the future, you might want to contact the people who created the unlisted RfDs and let them know they have to list them. It doesn't really require an admin.

@Mr.Hanes and Kuskrey: Please take note: when you create an RfD, you need to list it at the page indicated above. You should also notify the page creator that the RfD has been created. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

My bad , I notified the page creator but forgot to list them will do list RFDs in future Mr.Hanes (talk) 03:54, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

ok, Sure will follow your instructions Ksy 05:58, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@Mr.Hanes, @Kuskrey: Thanks to both of you! If you have any questions about the process, feel free to ask. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Move request 3

Hi, Could someone move Hick to Redneck please per enwiki please?, Many Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 02:35, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

@Davey2010  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Fehufangą much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 11:47, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Revdel talk messages

This edit and this edit on my talk page. Both messages are highly disturbing, and the second is gender-stereotypical. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 01:11, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Asteralee  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 01:14, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga Thank you very much :) ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 13:06, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Sock Puppet Account in English Wikipedia

Noting to do here.-BRP ^ever 16:17, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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I suspected account as sock in English Wikipedia,

EnSingHemm

AppGoo0011

They evade block by creating multiple accounts. Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 04:13, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911 They haven't even edited here. Why are you reporting this? BRP ^ever 04:51, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@BRPever Because i Found a sock, in Article Please check their user talk page and contribs in both account (EngSingHem and AppGoo0011) Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 05:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911 This is the Simple English Wikipedia, not the English Wikipedia. Make a report on the English Wikipedia's sockpuppetry investigations page, not here. Simple English Wikipedia admins are not automatically admins the English Wikipedia, unless you happen to be an admin at both wikis. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 06:41, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga, I can't make report in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations because my account, check in my user talk page in English Wikipedia Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 16:08, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Raayaan9911 My advice is that you should stay away from anything to do with the English Wikipedia here, because of your block. Do not report incidents on the English Wikipedia here. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga, My account is Blocked Mistake and Misunderstood. I don't report in English Wikipedia here, I don't edit in English Wikipedia and I don't do anything that restricted in English Wikipedia until My Block is Lifted, I understood a Wikipedia Rules in English Wikipedia. Thank you Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 22:42, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

[non-administrator comment]. If you are blocked from the English Wikipedia, you should not report English Wikipedia issues elsewhere. The two projects are not tied in that way. As an English Wikipedia admin I wouldn't feel comfortable making edits suggested from people blocked. See proxy editing Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:52, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

@Lee Vilenski, I wouldn't report issue in English Wikipedia Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 16:03, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

So, why do it here? Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:04, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

i didn't do anything Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 16:14, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

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Copyvios for November 14th

@Davey2010 - Special:Diff/9878934 copies https://operations.nfl.com/media/24emxacq/2024-nfl-rulebook.pdf ⸺(Random)staplers 05:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@Randomstaplers  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 06:44, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @Randomstaplers for noticing and actioning this –Davey2010^Talk 12:47, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Protection

Protect User talk:Tim Cheng koros, long term abuse target. ToadetteEdit (talk) 07:05, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

@ToadetteEdit  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:17, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Request for removal of rollback permission

Hi, I'd like for my rollback permission to be removed. I've been inactive for long periods of time and probably won't be returning to changing Simple Wikipedia. Thank you for having me. – Angerxiety^! 05:35, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 05:39, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Revdel and Protect

Hi. I'm requesting that this diff (disturbing), this diff (disturbing), and this diff (racial comment against me) be hidden. Also, I request the protection of my talk page for a week because in this past month, I have had three vandalism comments (and one IP threatening to rape me as of some of the hidden diffs). ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 22:56, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

I have deleted the respective revisions, and protected your talk page Eptalon (talk) 23:20, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

@Eptalon Thank you very much :) ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 01:02, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Protect 4

Hello! I'm requesting that Mahathir Mohamad be protected as its gotten many blankings in the past month. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 16:46, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Done for 1 month fr33kman 16:48, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much :) ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 16:53, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

Paid User Alert

Hello Admins From past 1 month i am observing there are many People making paid pages on simple wikipedia. People who are not having any news article and having 2-3 paid article also getting live here. And Scammers are using fake references as well with fake references. And a user @Symonds Gerother is involved in it because today i inserted qd in 5-10 non notable pages and he revereted all the changes and removed qd. So he is also involved in the group of people who are making paid pages of non notable people so deleted all the pages on which i have inserted qd and which has been remove by @Symonds Gerother and Block this user.

thanks and regards Kindlt (talk) 16:11, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

He is blocked on other wikis for sockpuppetry, and such. But do you have solid evidence that he's a paid editor? I doubt he's making those, just non-notable doctors and entrepreneurs at most (We have a lot of those being created in this wiki). His page creations seem to be pretty normal, I suppose. And those pages that were created look notable. RiggedMint 16:32, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

He is a sockpuppet of Amansharma and you just open his user changes he is removing Qds on many pages using pseudo links and fake sources having no signs of notability so its a clear sign that hs is linked to the paid pages part. Kindlt (talk) 16:59, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Some Pages are: Sahil Luthra, Suganthan Vishnu Krisnarajah, Chirag Bhandari, Santosh Shetty, Amit Chakraborty, Vedic Legal, Kislay Panday, Hindustan Asset Reconciliation and Securitisation Limited, Mayank Daral, M.S. Faizal Khan, DJ Manzee, Ram Mani Pandey, Chirag Gajera, He have removed Qds- A4 for all these pages so its clear sign he is associated with all these pages and all these pages are using fake or pseduo paid references and these are just the pages that i saw like this many pages might be there on simple wikipedia related to him. so please check all these pages and take necessary action with this pages and even with this USER @Symonds Gerother

thanks and regards Kindlt (talk) 17:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Kindlt yes you are right @Kuskrey is also a part of sock puppetry with @Symonds Gerother 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:12, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Admin kindly check the this above user has been created recently and I Believe there are group of people who are doing scam on this platform. Please check in detail. Ksy 17:21, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Kuskrey You are a sock Puppet along with @Asteralee is also a sock @Kindlt is right I am with you sir 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:24, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Do you have reasoning that they are socks? Or is it hearsay? Clearly if you're just blaring out people saying they're socks and/or paid editors without reason or evidence, then you're clearly attacking the person. RiggedMint 17:29, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@RiggedMint we have all the proofs @Kindlt will sharing in a while. @RiggedMint I think you are also a part of this 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:31, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Part of what? I am clearly saying I have reasonable suspicion that you are attacking the person presented. RiggedMint 17:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Kuskrey you are doing spam with @Symonds Gerother I am with @Kindlt @Depextual

I am sharing list of Sock Puppet

@Kuskrey@Symonds Gerother 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:29, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Please do not put words into my mouth. I do not believe that Kuskrey and Symonds Gerother are the same user. Depextual (talk) 17:31, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Now After this discussion its looking real that @Kuskrey @Asteralee @Depextual are sockpuppet of @Symonds Gerother and they are playing very planned and big game over here because their editing habits are matching and are related to many similar pages. Kindlt (talk) 17:33, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Kindlt yes you are right @RiggedMint is also a part of Sock puppetry @Ravensfire please sir clarify all. 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:36, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

I have been here in simplewiki way longer than symonds (since 2021). I have no reason or intention to sock? RiggedMint 17:42, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Some of the bludgeoning needs to stop. Your points have been made and it's making this extremely hard to read and follow. Commenting over and over with demands is getting counterproductive. Ravensfire (talk) 17:37, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Ravensfire just clear all thing to these all sock puppets sir

@Kuskrey@RiggedMint @Asteralee @Symonds Gerother 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:42, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@RiggedMint you are fool @Kindlt is right they are socks and doing sock puppetry 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:15, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Admin kindly check there are group of Scammer on this platform and @2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 is part of it. As it is created recently with 2 to 4 edit and creating Scam on this platform. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4055:2e15:dbee::504b:b500 (talk) 17:42, November 19, 2024 (UTC)

A couple of the articles I've looked at are not good - poor sources at best, promotional in tone. Some of the articles where Symonds Gerother has removed a QD tag are 100% warranted though. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Democratic Party (United States)? Alia Bhat? Ranbir Kapoor? Give me a break - those are absolutely disruptive tags where SG was doing what any good faith editor should have done. Kindlt and IP, you're going WAY over the top here and ignoring good faith and justified edits. Not helpful. Ravensfire (talk) 17:43, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

See articles tagged by Special:Contributions/2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:A8A2:B203:2576:8A3C - those are all bad-faith QD's on clearly notable articles. Cleanup may be needed, but a QD is way out of line. Ravensfire (talk) 17:46, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

@Ravensfire sir @Kindlt he is right @Symonds Gerother is a sock Puppet and @Kuskrey @Asteralee @Depextual @RiggedMint also a part of sock puppetry@Kindlt have proofs he will show in a while @Ravensfire sir you also agreed that @Symonds Gerother is also a sock Puppet 2409:4055:2E15:DBEE:0:0:504B:B500 (talk) 17:47, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Do you have any proof of these claims? If the answer is no, then stop trying to spread this "info" without any proof. If the answer is yes, then please share the proof here instead of restating the same thing over and over again.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 11:29, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

• I've RFD'd some of the articles, Symonds Gerother why was this user reverted without any edit summary or help?, You could've left them a message telling them the steps to take to RFD it or failing that RFD'd them yourself, Your actions with this user leave much to be desired if I'm being honest. –Davey2010^Talk 20:03, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

  I sincerely apologize for my mistake and acknowledge that I was wrong to remove the QD tags. When I observed a new user and a random IP address marking multiple articles for quick deletion in a short period, I assumed it could be potential vandalism. Acting in good faith, I reverted those changes. Symonds Gerother (talk) 20:05, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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)