Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Current issues and requests archive 14

139.142.154.129

• I've blocked Special:Contributions/139.142.154.129 for six months this time. --M7 (talk) 20:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

AWB

Can someone approve Picochip08, Microchip08's doppelganger, for AWB? Thanks. http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage&action=edit For typo fixing, category checking, and hopefully bot approval. Picochip08 _{proposed bot} changes^owner 19:09, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done Majorly (talk) 19:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

On this same vein of discussion, I would like to be enabled for AWB use for typo fixing, interwiki re-ordering, cleaning up articles, wikifying, and possibly some other things that I haven't learned about. Cheers, Razorflame 13:45, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done Majorly (talk) 14:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, I would like to be enabled for AWB use. I do not have 500 mainspace edits yet, but I would really like to help with spalling spelling and other typos, interwiki re ordering and wikifying like RF. If you see my EN contribs I am a very active "spelling freak" and fix all over. I think I could be a big help here. Please think this through. I think it could be very beneficial. Thank you for your time. SwirlBoy39 22:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I think there is no harm in approving him for AWB. Any thoughts? Chenzw  Talk  11:48, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I would also like AWB for spelling and categorys, and some images (ditto SwirlBoy39) --  Da Punk '95  talk  20:59, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I think any admin can do it... SwirlBoy39 21:35, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done -both Swirlboy39 and Da Puuk #95 added; also sorted the users alphabetically. Making it easier ot find a user. --Eptalon (talk) 22:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

o_O Can of worms! Nanochip08 ^Microchip08 on_WHEELS 08:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Do you want your user account on wheels to be approved for AWB? Chenzw  Talk  08:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Requesting User:DaPunkBot to be added to AWB as a bot for Cats and IW's. --  Da Punk '95  talk  05:22, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Chenzw  Talk : Sorry for the late reply (off to add to watchlist), but no thanks. mC⁸

Wikipedia:Requests for protection

I'm not sure if we are active enough to start a page like this, but seeing how great it works on the English Wikipedia, I think that we should create our own version of this page on the Simple English Wikipedia in the instances where there isn't an administrator or bureaucrat who can protect a page themselves. It would be sort of used when none of the active administrators/bureaucrats are on. I see no reason why we couldn't have a page like this on the Simple English Wikipedia as it would help to centralize all discussions pertaining to the protection of pages that need it. What do the other editors think about this idea? I posted this here because protection is an administration tool. Cheers, Razorflame 13:43, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Well we have one for blocking and deletion. However, protection is not used nearly so much as the others. I think this page is fine. Majorly (talk) 14:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Majorly. I don't see any problem using this page at this time.--Lights Deleted? 15:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Funny, I was just thinking about this... SwirlBoy39 22:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

User:MAHU!JPN

Just noticed User:MAHU!JPN. Obviously it's User:MAHOO! JAPAN! back again. See in the archives. It was a bit confusing last time, but it seemed like someone insisting on writing Japanese articles and telling people off for not talking to them in Japanese, and also abusing sockpuppets later on. No disruptive edits yet, what do we want to do? Archer7 - talk 10:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Do nothing. The user has been very inactive now. Chenzw  Talk  10:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

The user appears to be one who idolises some group (based on evidence from Simple Talk and the Asian Music WikiProject page) but has left as no one was interested. Chenzw  Talk  08:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Note for admins

In "My Settings" in the Gadgets tab, there is a setting at the bottom for "Clean delete reasons". Please switch it on. Special:Log/delete makes pretty unpleasant reading, and often there may be unwanted things left in the summary which are impossible to remove without developer assistance. Thanks. Majorly (talk) 18:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Hrm. Mediawiki namespace?

Everything in Mediawiki seems to have reset itself - my settings has reset to preferences, contribs instead of changes... Purge? Nanochip08 ^Microchip08 on_WHEELS 08:22, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Try purging. If it doesn't work, reply here. Chenzw  Talk  08:26, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Benniguy

Benniguy is attacking me on Commons under the username of Dramatique. See my talk page history for reasons as to why I think it's him and his own talk page.

If anyone creates an account with "Dramatique" or similar in the username, it should probably be indef blocked for unacceptable username. Be careful on your own other-wiki accounts (although he seems to favour me, should I be flattered?)! --Gwib ^-(talk)- 20:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I think you were always special to him ;) --Eptalon (talk) 20:23, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Gwib, please do not jump to conclusions like this. No-one is attacking you. And please stop assuming that it is entirely my work. By the way, according to wikipedia's very own rules, I am technically allowed to be here, surprisingly enough. Apparently, a person who is indefinitely blocked is permitted to make a new account, as long as they do not use it to continue the reason they were blocked before (which I have not done). A banned account however (which I am not on simple wikipedia), does not have the right to make a new account at all, as is the case on English wikipedia for me. Therefore, a block of my account here, without further disruptive edits from me, will be a violation of policy. Ytf2 (talk) 21:11, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

The above user has has a RfCU made for Benniguy sockpuppet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Da Punk '95 (talk • contribs)

From Wikipedia:Blocking policy regarding indefinite blocks: "If not one administrator will lift the block, the blocked user is effectively considered to have been banned by the community." You are banned, you ignore everything that contradicts what you think is right. -  EchoBravo  contribs  21:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Could I get some moral support from someone here that I am doing the right thing. Disregarding the block evasion, the guy is attacking Gwib and bringing up some stalker issues. Am I wrong? -  EchoBravo  contribs  21:49, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

TO be certain, we would need a trans-wiki CU (might be hard to get, given the situation); Stalking is certainly a bad thing and should not be endorsed. Somehow, this brings up memories of 13 and 14 year old girls that were banned here. As to the other side of the coin; if the user dramatique on commons (who attacked gwib) is not the same than we banned here, our banning looks pretty harsh. --Eptalon (talk) 22:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

He's on a ban anyway, it would just affect how quickly we'd reconsider. I believe a cross-wiki CU is a little extreme over something so minor. Archer7 - talk 22:17, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, they have already caused this to turn into a cross-wiki CU issue back in late March early April when they decided to vandalize multiple wiki's by replacing content with Gwibs picture. All the time they were spouting off that he had changed and the medication was working, they were still continuing the vandalism/stalking/harassment. -- Creol(talk) 04:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) There was no community consensus to ban Benniguy, and there was, in fact, more people against, than for, the ban of Benniguy. There is no reason for EchoBravo to declare a community ban, when there was no agreement in the simple community. I agree with Benniguy that he has the right to come back under a temporary account and that the Simple community should be flexible with the rules.

Whether User:Ytf2 is Benniguy is really not an issue. I do believe it is him, and that his main account as well as User:Ytf2 (if it is indeed him) or User:Inkpen2 should be unblocked. The protection of User_talk:Inkpen2 is, in my opinion, a misuse of the protection tools. I believe that page should be unprotected so that Benniguy has a way to communicate. It is wrong and inconsiderate of you all to try and stop Benniguy and I from communicating by using tactics such as User_talk: page protection, blocking, and harassment like this.

As for Dramatique, I urge Gwib or someone else to provide evidence that the user on Commons really is Benniguy. The link that you gave was not the page history (it was a diff), and it didn't show evidence that this is Benniguy. Personally, I think it is User:IuseRosary or someone who posted a comment on my blog impersonating Gwib, who I also believe is IuseRosary. Benniguy should be given a second chance. This is completely unfair and shows poor conduct and knowledge on the part of EchoBravo and Gwib. Also, EB, you don't canvass the admin's noticeboard for moral support. See also: User:74.208.14.215

Archer7 has had a chat with me and he seems unwilling to unban me until I wait a while. My ban, although not decided unanimously, was decided on by majority rule. Benniguy's was decided by neither, but by people like Archer7 and Creol, and also editors like Razorflame, who has a lot of edits in mainspace and category space (mostly copyediting, categorizing, minor edits, et cetera), but also an almost equal amount of "friend"-like, MySpace-ish edits and runs for adminship every month. --Jonas Rand

Your block would have ended last March had you been able to accept it. You constant evasion of it is what kept (and keeps) getting it reset, extended and eventually set to the point that it is believed you have not now nor will in the foreseeable future have changed in a way warranting letting you back. -- Creol(talk) 04:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Would it be worth a listing here? --  Da Punk '95  talk  20:54, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Just a heads up that IuseRosary is unbanned in 3 days time. --  Da Punk '95  talk  11:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Urgent:Review of my ban

I would like a complete review of my ban here, fair and analytical. If someone wants, they can create a subpage of their userpage for analyzing my ban. I wrote a letter to all administrators via e-mail with the account User:MadeToContactYou and no admin responded except Archer7, with a block. Contructive criticism is welcome, tips are welcome, comments such as "banned user" are not. Don't be stupid and unconstructive, try to be flexible and reasonable. Jonas Rand editing via browsequeen.com 04:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost

Can someone please unprotect the above, so a WP:ST idea can be implemted. Thanks --  Da Punk '95  talk  07:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

 Done Chenzw  Talk  08:38, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

There is no community support for a Wikipedia signpost given that we have one quick request for ideas and instantly a "Hey! I'll do it". As such, this would fall more under the same practice as any other wikiproject. I am in agreement with Majorly's comments on simple talk about the usefulness of such an endeavor and would add that I just can not see how such a project would be a waste of effort that could be used to better Simple English. We are an encyclopedia, not a newspaper reporting actions about ourselves which any editor who actually cared about the information didn't already have the pertinent pages in their watchlist already. Such a project should not be created in the wikipedia namespace without full support. -- Creol(talk) 08:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

As I have already stated on Simple Talk I would rather see his as a Wikiproject (i.e. in Userspace), for the moment. We are still only betweeen 30 and 40 (high-yield, regular) editors here. Once we grow bigger we can move it elsewhere. --Eptalon (talk) 12:11, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

It is at User:Da Punk '95/Signpost now. There is a item for discussion on its talk page --  Da Punk '95  talk  20:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Leon

Please delete? I moved to user talk, and now requires deleted redir. mC⁸ 17:33, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

You might want to ask a crat for a rename; generally, the user/user talk pages correspond to the username. --Eptalon (talk) 17:48, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Novodarsky

Keep an eye on a list of users starting with Novo. Probably all created by the same person and might try to use different versions to spread out warnings etc. A CU may be needed to confirm same user but it's fairly obvious without one. -  EchoBravo  contribs  15:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I have done a CheckUser on them. This came up with one static address (for all the about 10 users). I have now banned this address (there is no collateral damage, as far as I can see) for a week (vandalism). --Eptalon (talk) 07:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I knew something was up when I requested a checkuser between the first two of the Novo users. They were inserting the same stuff as each other, and both were indefinitely blocked. Chenzw has taken it upon himself to add Novo to the list of regexes that aren't allowed for creation of new user accounts. I believe that we should also add the lower case version to the regexes as well. Cheers, Razorflame 15:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

That is already done. When "?i" is present, the system will check for lowercase and uppercase violations. Chenzw  Talk  03:27, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

12.106.168.180

12.106.168.180 is an open proxy. Inclusive disjunction (talk) 15:19, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the info; has been blocked by User:Lights--Eptalon (talk) 15:22, 18 May 2008 (UTC)