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Userspace protection request

Can an admin please fully protect this page in my userspace? I don't want anyone to edit it and I have no reason to edit it again, thanks. --IWI (talk) 11:34, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) Are you sure you won't need to update your SHA code etc, if you don't want anyone to edit could try to create it in an userspace css/js. Just my take as I see users needing to update SHA etc? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:37, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No, I am committed to it and will not need to change it again. --IWI (talk) 11:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator observation) Oh then it's fine. :) Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:39, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Peterdownunder (talk) 07:04, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of rights request

Please note: a request for removal of rights has been filed at Wikipedia:Requests for deadminship/Eptalon. Your feedback is welcome. Mathglot (talk) 00:28, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RFD page

I closed the Barron Trump discussion, which appears as closed on the page, but I can't move it into the completed section as the link appears to have disappeared. Can someone point out what I have done so I can fix it? Peterdownunder (talk) 07:01, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is what I've done what you were going for? --Gordonrox24 | Talk 07:07, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly so !Peterdownunder (talk) 09:47, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas Alahverdian

The article Nicholas Alahverdian should be protected in order to prevent ongoing cross-wiki disruption which is spilling over from enwiki. See User:Pmelo1 (blocked on enwiki, lock pending), User:94.46.167.5 (a proxy/VPN service), and User:Demzelq (a single-purpose account, almost certainly also a sockpuppet). ST47 (talk) 06:31, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

you are adding material about a dead man’s wife and kids and where the live, that is wp:undue. How is that relevant to the article. This is a BLP1E anyway, of a previously deleted article, and should be deleted.Demzelq (talk) 06:36, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Compare the en.wiki article written by the sockpuppets [1] to the article fixed by en.wiki editors [2]. Abuse also occurred on Commons [3]. The sockpuppets are here to promote the subject and remove negative material about the subject. starship.paint (exalt) 12:10, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New information has emerged [4] [5] - we may receive more sockpuppets incoming as a result. starship.paint (exalt) 03:47, 30 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested Move

Per Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion/Requests/2021/Peyman_Keshavarzi_Nazarloo, can an admin move User:ShadowBallX/Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo to Peyman Keshavarzi Nazarloo as the better more complete version. Thanks. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:51, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -Djsasso (talk) 13:00, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Djsasso Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 13:16, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Creation protection for Roomball

And Relay Ball-related pages. I'd rather not have this happen again. Derpdart56 (talk) 16:03, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We don't generally protect pages here unless its something we can't keep up with. At this point I don't think its necessary. -Djsasso (talk) 16:58, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection Chess master titles

Would an administrator please review the repeated vandalism on this article by an LTA, and consider protecting the article. Also to note that this LTA is doing the rounds, and enWikivoyage has a specific abuse filter that has been built to address this goose. Billinghurst (talk) 05:45, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done One IP earned a free block...--Eptalon (talk) 07:25, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
They have an infinite supply of IPs, only protection would prevent the issue. With that said, the abuse has since stopped and is no longer needed. --IWI (talk) 11:30, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi protection request...

Of Template:!((. Nobody really has a reason to edit it (changes are not likely), and it was vandalised earlier. --IWI (talk) 11:32, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -Djsasso (talk) 13:25, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove my sysop rights

Welp, after 12-15 years of Wikipedia and a good chunk of that here on Simple, I am retiring. Please remove my sysop tools to prevent any future nefarious actions on this account. Thanks for the time and collaborative relationships, all. Only (talk) 18:23, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Only sorry to see you go. I hope you'll consider coming back some day DannyS712 (talk) 18:25, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Only: Goodbye only. I hope to see you return one day. Thanks for all the work you have done :) --IWI (talk) 18:26, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Removed. Hope to see you back but I totally understand the need to retire. Thanks for all you did. -Djsasso (talk) 18:28, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for all the work you did, Only. Please take care. Hiàn (talk) 18:30, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Djsasso: As a minor point of order, it is my understanding that user talk pages shouldn't be deleted without a good reason. User talk:Only was deleted when he deleted his other user pages under U1. --IWI (talk) 18:32, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yep didn't see he deleted it. I have undeleted. -Djsasso (talk) 18:36, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Djsasso: Thanks. He did the same on enwiki, but I'm not sure of the rules over there. --IWI (talk) 18:39, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I will take a look over there and see. -Djsasso (talk) 18:40, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to see you go. Thank you for all the work you did here. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 18:37, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Only: Terribly sorry to see you leave Wikipedia. You were a soldier here. You’ll be standing in the Wikipedia Hall of Fame, and the world’s gonna know your name, cause you burn with the brightest flame. Kind regards, KirkburnFandom (talk) 18:34, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Only, we'll miss you. Thank you for the work you have done on our project. I wish you good luck in all your future endeavors. Vermont (talk) 18:41, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Always sad to see. Thanks for everything, and Only the best best of luck going forward.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 20:25, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

semi-protection

Please protect Category talk:Joseph Stalin - significant vandalism. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 15:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done and also deleted. Thanks. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 20:40, 3 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:DoSazunielle

Hello. I have some concerns about this user's edits. Despite repeated warnings about adding undue material to articles, including BLPs; as well as edit warring, the user has continued this behaviour in what appears to be a clear attempt to push their POV on our wiki.

  • Examples of POV pushing in an undue fashion: here and here they made half of the article talk about the company's ties to racism; here they add a significant amount of text about how his ancestors were slave owners, even though that doesn't seem particularly relevant to the article. They did a similar thing here and also here, where they made the lead paragraph talk about the person's ancestral ties to slave owners. Also, here they make the second paragraph of a country article talk about how cruel the founders of the country was to indigenous people. This was reverted, at which point they engaged in a two-revert edit war (see below).
  • Examples of edit warring when reverted: here and here on the same article; and here, where they reverted a revert of their content by an IP editor.

It's also worth noting that the user is blocked for sockpuppetry on the English Wikipedia. Overall, I feel enough warnings have been given to the user and they show no sign of changing their behaviour, and I suggest admin action as a result. I gave them one more warning earlier, but they don't appear to be willing to work towards this wiki's goals within our policy (see here and here). --IWI (talk) 15:37, 31 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There hasn't been any comments made or actions taken yet. I fear this may have been missed since I posted this nearly a week ago. --IWI (talk) 10:35, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RFR

Please check the request for rollback of User:Belwine since no comment has been made after 30 January 2021.DJRC (talk) 10:29, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please be aware that sometimes requests are left on purpose to watch. There is no timeline on when they will be actioned. No need to post here to tell us. You also do not need to comment on them as a non-admin as its not a vote. -Djsasso (talk) 13:15, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@TTP1233: whilst it is a feature that I would like to use to assist in my anti-vandalism activities, I am in no rush to have it right now. I can build an encyclopedia without it, so I'm focusing on doing that, instead of worrying about the rollback request. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 15:27, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies for that since I'm not aware of it.DJRC (talk) 11:16, 6 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Need a bit of help - Edit War

Hello,

Want to let admins know about an escalating situation - user User:Hipal has welcomed me to the article Dan Pena by levying false allegations against me of undisclosed paid advocacy. They've also mass reverted my edits on the article without sufficient justification more than 3 times today (edit warring).

I'd like an admin to have a look at the exchange and resolve the conflict please.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Dan_Peña#Unjustified_Reverts_and_False_Accusations_of_Paid_Advocacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Hipal&diff=1005346046&oldid=1005340784

Thanks!

Ifdc (talk) 06:02, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Ifdc: This is Simple English Wikipedia. Those links are on English Wikipedia, which is a separate site with its own admins. You need to ask for help over there. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:37, 7 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of my userpage

Sir/Madam, I will be on wikibreak from 13.02.2021 till 03.03.2021 because I will be having my examination. So I'm bit risk of my userpage. So can you please semi-protect my userpage within the mentioned time?--DJRC (talk) 08:56, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Eptalon:, I think I'm not wrong. I said semi-protect my userpage. Not full protect.DJRC (talk) 09:05, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed, note tohugh: Vandalism on other people's userpages is extremely rare here, so even this shouldn't be necessary. --Eptalon (talk) 09:27, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD request

This is a copyvio that needs RD1. Thanks. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:06, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -Djsasso (talk) 12:25, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Djsasso. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:26, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection on User talk:DoSazunielle

See page history.. --Belwine • 💬 • 📜 19:54, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done. -Djsasso (talk) 20:53, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection on Oldest people

Persistent vandalism from IPs. —Belwine • 💬 • 📜 15:42, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected for a week. --Auntof6 (talk) 20:04, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks —Belwine • 💬 • 📜 21:10, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protection for my talk page

My talk page has been vandalized by IPs twice now in 3~4 days. The latest was a redirect of my talk page. Can you semi-protect it please so IPs cannot edit my page? Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 08:00, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done by Eptalon (talk · contribs) Semi-protection for three months. Thanks Eptalon! PotsdamLamb (talk) 17:14, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection on User talk:Belwine/Archive2020

Please can you fully protect the 2020 archive of my user talk page? I don't think I'll be editing it again at all. Belwine (talk) 17:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Auntof6 (talk) 17:45, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks —Belwine (talk) 19:52, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IP User - Consistent Vandalism

This user has a history on commons where they were blocked for vandalism until at least April. Since they have been on here, all of their edits have been either reverted for vandalism and/or the pages they created nominated (and successful) for QD. They have received levels 1-4 and today I just issued a lvl 2 and a project disruption to them. I actually just fixed where they broke another template.

68.47.91.142 (talk · contribs)

I am nominating them for indef block on simple for these behaviors. I am pinging @Belwine and ImprovedWikiImprovment: as they have also issued the warnings. If I need to move this somewhere else, I will. I also want to note, not once has the IP user acknowledged anything on the talk page.

Thanks, PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:56, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think they should really be blocked for 31 hours for vandalism first, before we move onto a longer block. —Belwine (talk) 19:52, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Peterdownunder has blocked the IP for 72 hours. We don't indef IPs because blocks are intended to be against a person, and different people can use an IP. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:54, 12 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 17:13, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protect Necropolis

Excessive vandalism. Thanks much. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 18:11, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation)   Done by Bsadowski1. Belwine (talk) 19:26, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Creation protection of Ali sarhan shamran

Due to constant recreation. Belwine (talk) 22:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Preferably also add all capitalization variants of "Ali Sarhan Shamran" to the title blacklist, because it has been recreated with various differences in capitalization. JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 22:35, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Deleted, as recreation of deleted page (about a week ago), see the RfD. Also create-protected (autoconfirmed, for 3 months). --Eptalon (talk) 23:29, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's not much use if one of the users that created these articles is autoconfirmed. --IWI (talk) 23:33, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Read en:The Minority Report a 1956 novella by Philip K. Dick (if you haven't already; there's also a movie by Steven Spielberg): We don't condemn people because they might commit a crime. We give them a trial when they have committed a crime. If said user re-creates the article, he/she can be warned and treated like a regular troublemaker. --Eptalon (talk) 23:46, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Now the page has been recreated by an autoconfirmed account (Ameerkamal999), so please delete it as G4. JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 15:31, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Considering they are evading several blocks and global locks, they should be blocked as a sockpuppet. No "trial" required. --IWI (talk) 21:03, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
┌─────────────────────────────────┘
 Currently the user is globally locked, so it's notz really our problem...--Eptalon (talk) 21:22, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Eptalon: And now the page has been recreated under the title of Ali Sarhan shamran. JJP...MASTER![talk to] JJP... master? 17:01, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fairly standard thing to happen, if you see recreations just take them with the QD tag and an admin will delete them and go from there if necessary. -Djsasso (talk) 12:10, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD

Hello. Please can you hide this revision from the history as it is a copyright violation. Thanks. --Belwine (talk) 10:23, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done Peterdownunder (talk) 10:40, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection on Min Aung Hlaing

Due to vandalism. --Belwine (talk) 12:25, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded, Persistent vandalism, WP:BLP violations. Recently high traffic page due to Myanmar coup. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 17:52, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator observation)   Done by Operator873 on 2/17/2021 PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:02, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protection Peter Leko

There is a lot of vandalism on this article all of a sudden coming from various IPs. Can we get semi-protection on Peter Leko? Thanks PotsdamLamb (talk) 22:41, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Its an LTA, and if they weren't on that page it would be another - not sure its needed at this point, since there are active admins online, but no objections if another admin wants to protect --DannyS712 (talk) 22:42, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@DannyS712: - There are a lot of different IPs hitting it. Makes me think maybe an open proxy? PotsdamLamb (talk) 22:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Probably... --DannyS712 (talk) 22:52, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wow did they seriously give you a banana and tell you to do something with it? Dang the IP can't be in'deffed. PotsdamLamb (talk) 22:53, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wow that did not take long! You are good @DannyS712:!! PotsdamLamb (talk) 22:57, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Done by Operator873 --DannyS712 (talk) 22:57, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SP for my Archive

Can you please Semi-protect User talk:PotsdamLamb/Archive 1 for me due to vandalism and threats? Thanks PotsdamLamb (talk) 17:56, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Macdonald-ross (talk) 13:42, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry @Macdonald-ross: that I did not see this. No one pinged me so thank you for protecting it. PotsdamLamb (talk) 04:09, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Task for Huggle needed by admins

Admins - Please see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T275231 PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:49, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'd just like to add a little bit of context. Wikipedia:Huggle/Config#Reporting needs to be updated to include a signature (~~~~) at the end of the lines beginning in aiv-ip and aiv-user. This is to resolve the issue of Huggle users reporting vandals to WP:VIP and not signing their posts, which appears to be a standard practice here much like it is on enwiki. I have documented this at phab:T275231, and will be tracking it from there. If any admins need any additional information, I'm more than happy to help, and can be reached on my talk page here, on enwiki, or in irc in #huggle or #wikipedia-en. Thanks! Phuzion (talk) 18:55, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done! Chenzw  Talk  03:04, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Chenzw: I tested it and it works. Phab was closed. For some reason I have a couple other issues too but I will address them with the devs first. PotsdamLamb (talk) 04:11, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How many transclusions needed for page protection?

So I was editing Template:User page and found out that although it was used on hundreds of userpages, it was not protected at all. This was alarming to me so I checked the transclusion count, which is currently at 579.

Is 500+ a good number of transclusions to justify template protection (semi)? Or is there an existing higher number? dibbydib 04:24, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Generally on this wiki we don't protect unless there has been an issue or the template is used a very large amount typically multiple thousands. But if you are concerned with this one I can semi protect it. There is no hard and fast rule, mostly up to discretion of an admin. -Djsasso (talk) 12:46, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Huggle task for an admin

Hello Admins: Please see below per Phuzion:

ok so when I load huggle, it shows a red mark when saying loading local yaml file. PotsdamLamb: That's because simplewiki doesn't have a yaml config. WARNING: simplewiki - YAML configuration not found, falling back to deprecated config page Ideally, the simplewiki admins should convert the old WP:Huggle/Config page to WP:Huggle/Config.yaml.js like enwiki has.

Can you please ping or re me when done?

Thanks PotsdamLamb (talk) 17:22, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Admins, if you would like I can take the current SEWP one and get it up to date keeping the configuration the same. It can also be updated to add some of the new information and the queues to ignore. Please let me know. I have no problem doing it and putting it in my sandbox for review/comments/approval. Leg work is the best. PotsdamLamb (talk) 06:28, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protect

Can you please SP my User:PotsdamLamb/QD_log. IP vandal Thanky PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:21, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Auntof6 (talk) 19:36, 23 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Auntof6! Much appreciated! PotsdamLamb (talk) 03:34, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Update Requested Page

Hello, since we have only one red in the recent changes bar, I think we can use a new set of pages. Thanks all for contributing to turn those redlinks blue. Thanks. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:05, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just a thought: Can this be downgraded in protection level like the TOTW form so that other regular editors who aren't admins can edit it too? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 18:59, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There is a process to how they are updated and its highly visible which is why its protected. I can update it to get some more red links on it, but generally I give it time to have all the links turn blue and to see if the pages that are on there can get expanded beyond small stubs. But I was actually going to update it yesterday anyway so I will do it now. -Djsasso (talk) 19:06, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD

Hi. Please could an admin remove all revisions from the public history from here to here as they seem to contain a copyvio? Thanks. —Belwine (talk) 13:56, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -Djsasso (talk) 19:08, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD request

Copyvio here. —Belwine (talk) 15:21, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done. -Djsasso (talk) 15:24, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Teenager

@つがる: The amount of vandalism doesn't justify semi-protection. We use semi-protection when the amount of vandalism is hard to keep up with. That isn't the case here, but I've added the page to my watchlist.
By the way, when you start a new section on a talk page, you don't need to indent or use a bullet. Those are for replies, not for the original message. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:19, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I was told there wasn't anything wrong with it. But I will refrain from using a bullet/indents at the start of a message. --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:24, 26 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request

I suggest extending the creation protection of Ali Sarhan shamran and similar articles to sysop for a period of time, as the new socks simply edit their userpage and wait to be confirmed. Thanks. --IWI (talk) 16:37, 27 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection on Spotify

Due to vandalism from multiple IPs. There will likely be more vandalism on this page from IPs due to recent events. —Belwine (talk) 22:33, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looking back about 2 weeks there are 2-3 IPs editing, and being reverted. I have semi-protexted the article for a month. Vandalism-level isn't high, and we could also have blocked the 2-3 IPs. Given that some of them arre mobile, I do not know what the policy is on getting the same mobile IP most of the time (probably depends on provider). Anyway: semi-protected for a month. --Eptalon (talk) 23:10, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Missing language templates

Template:Lang-sga (Old Irish) and Template:Lang-xno (Anglo-Norman) appear not to exist. Could they be copied over from English Wikipedia? GPinkerton (talk) 10:15, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@GPinkerton: yes. Give attribution on the template talk page using {{translated page|en|TEMPLATENAME|version=VERSIONNUMBER}} with TEMPLATENAME being the template you copied off from enwiki and VERSIONNUMBER the version of the template you copied off. —Belwine (talk) 10:31, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Belwine: Thanks. What exactly do I copy? GPinkerton (talk) 10:35, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just copy all of the source from enwiki, I think it should be fine. That's
<includeonly>{{#invoke:lang|lang_xx_italic
|code=sga
}}</includeonly><noinclude>
{{Documentation|Template:Lang-x/doc}}
</noinclude>
I'm not sure if attribution is needed as there are other templates here that are like taht, but just with a different language code. —Belwine (talk) 10:40, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I've imported them for you. There's not really a need for attribution on these. --Auntof6 (talk) 11:00, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6: Thanks very much! There's now a page for Old Irish too. GPinkerton (talk) 12:38, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

page protection

Can you please semi-protect both User talk:Belwine/Archive and User talk:Belwine/Archive2021? There is no need for any user to be editing my archive page really, but non-semi-protected users definitely don't have to edit it. Thanks. —Belwine (talk) 18:44, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Auntof6 (talk) 20:20, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RD for copyvio

Here and here. Thanks. —Belwine (talk) 11:58, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Another one —Belwine (talk) 12:35, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Done -Djsasso (talk) 12:03, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Djsasso one more - two diffs here. Thanks. CM-Public (talk) 20:47, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Already on it. -Djsasso (talk) 20:49, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Djsasso I seen the history of the page, the text seems very identical, I guess more or almost all revisions might need RD. However, RD an entire page seems a little overkill, opinions? CM-Public (talk) 20:57, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
As long as the copyvio is reverted to a version without copyright violations looking at en.wiki policy it doesn't appear that it actually has to be deleted so I don't think it really matters. -Djsasso (talk) 21:14, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Djsasso Seems reasonable, thanks for the inputs, appreciate it.CM-Public (talk) 21:23, 10 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User and user talk protection

Could you semi-protect User:Belwine indefinitely and User talk:Belwine temporarily for me please?
Whilst I don't like the idea of semi-protecting my user talk page, I have only got messages that are vandalism from IPs, so I can't see any harm being done by semi-protecting my user talk page for now. —Belwine (talk) 13:48, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have Indefinitely semi protected your User page. I do not think the talk page is at the level needed at this time, but if another admin feels otherwise they can add the talk page as well. -- Enfcer (talk) 21:56, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:OtherUser

Can you let me make this page? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mewe-Mewe. UwU (talk • contribs) 00:04, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Mewe-Mewe. UwU: You should only make a user page for yourself. Also, please sign your talk page posts by putting four tildes (~~~~) at the end. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:53, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates

There are a lot of pages in this category, mostly templates. Does anyone know why this is? If there is not a reason for the tags, is there a bot that could remove them, or should it be done manually? Naddruf (talk) 06:58, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah and I can fix them up, and its usually because the templates come over with imports and are not noticed. The other way they end up in that category is that templates are put on when they are protected then protection expires. -Djsasso (talk) 12:10, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Naddruf (talk) 14:40, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge request

Please merge Frozen with Frozen (2013 movie). Saroj Uprety (talk) 03:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done and making Frozen into dab page. -Djsasso (talk) 11:16, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Cavalier King Charles spaniel with Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. @Djsasso Saroj Uprety (talk) 13:00, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Done -Djsasso (talk) 18:53, 22 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Peyman Keshavarzi

Hello, please let an administrator review the article. This player has joined the tractor manufacturing team. In all news agencies, this news has also been added in Persian, but here a user is looking for an editorial war. I also added, please be careful.--5.126.209.71 (talk) 16:37, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was already handled in the first place you posted. I would point out that you were also edit warring so I suggest in the future not to do that and seek help before you get into an edit war. -Djsasso (talk) 16:48, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I talked to him and explained to him, but he was looking for an editorial war. Thank you again.--5.126.209.71 (talk) 16:49, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection Request - Javier Hernández

Due to recent IP vandalism on Javier Hernández, I an requesting that the page be protected. ShadowBallX (talk) 16:08, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not enough to warrant protection. IP is that did the majority of it is blocked. -Djsasso (talk) 16:56, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

ChenzwBot is malfunctioning.

"I was editing a page on the wiki ChenzwBot thought it was vandalism and I believe it was not vandalism. And ChenzwBot got rid of my part I made of the page and it was true." --- - Kamen rider saber

As someone who is decently read on this topic, I can say your additions to the article aren't really accurate. If you can find a reliable source that backs up these claims, you can re-add it. Best, --IWI (talk) 23:33, 23 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Zeshan Khan (filmi actor)

Please delete this page: Zeshan Khan (filmi actor). The QD templates are being removed. Naddruf (talk) 18:57, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) It has been deleted. ShadowBallX (talk) 19:04, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nonsensical articles

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/73.106.241.234 This user is making nonsensical articles. Etoza (talk) 23:44, 26 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Etoza: Blocked by Djsasso. You may want to use vandalism in progress next time. This page is for vandalism reports (creating inappropriate pages, vandalism after final warning, vandalism only accounts, etc.) —Belwine (talk) 09:24, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Stalin edits

This type of edit should always be reverted, right? Naddruf (talk) 05:25, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Naddruf: What do you mean by "this kind"? What is there about that edit that you're questioning? --Auntof6 (talk) 08:14, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
From what I can tell, that appears to be an edit from a WMF-banned editor. (he edits about Stalin a lot at the moment) Yes, his edits should always be reverted as he cannot edit any Wikimedia project.—Belwine (talk) 08:23, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. As a secondary reason, all of that information is false and made up by him. --IWI (talk) 11:47, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Be cautious though: We don't revert edits because of who made them; if we revert, we do so because of the content of the edit. With this particular edit, I would first add a template like {{fact}}. What is written there might be a "summary in own words" of a legitimate source (eg. a history book, or even a scientific article). If the template stays for longer, we can still remove the info. And no, I don't know whether what's written is what happened, or if it is made up. I am not a historian. --Eptalon (talk) 12:29, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The WMF global ban policy gives anyone permission to revert his edits; he may not edit any wikimedia project. And anything he writes is usually part of his own version of reality, and is made-up. DENY should be followed. --IWI (talk) 12:38, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • This page is now in good order. The plot by Krushchov and Zhukov is nowadays historically verified. Macdonald-ross (talk) 12:43, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Just as a second point, allowing his edits to stand would be actively harmful to the reliability of this project. Please revert any you see. Best, --IWI (talk) 12:45, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    In what way would it be harmful, as pointed out, we are looking at a legitimate edit. You don't keep a person from saving a child from drowning. Recently France awarded citizenship to an illegal immigrant for saving the life of a child (here)--Eptalon (talk) 12:52, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    We are not looking at a legitimate edit... As Mac said, the page is now in good order since the false information was reverted. And you are comparing someone looking for a new life in France to someone who sends me (and many others) death threats on a daily basis, who also happens to be trying to add false information in our wiki. He is banned by the foundation for a very good reason, so please continue to revert and ignore him. I won't be discussing this further per DENY. --IWI (talk) 13:00, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this page

Please delete this page. QD requests keep getting removed. Thanks. --Belwine (talk) 15:17, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And the user should probably be blocked too for persistent promotion. --IWI (talk) 15:18, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Done -Djsasso (talk) 16:39, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Back at it again at this user continuing to remove QD tags Djsasso. Darubrub (talk) 13:16, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Done deleted and blocked. --IWI (talk) 13:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protect Aylesbury Grammar School

Aylesbury Grammar School should be protected because of lots of vandals vandalising. Android 2113853211 (talk) 19:30, 8 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please protect this page.

Sasa Milivojev, IP editor keeps reverting my rollbacks--Derpdart56 (talk) 17:31, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) @Derpdart56:: In these cases, its better to just report the editor to WP:VIP and leave it at that. No need to continually battle with the person over the edits. They can be harmlessly reverted once the editor is blocked. My thoughts. You've done a lot of back and forth reverts on this, which I would have recommended you did not do once it is clear the person just puts the edit back. Desertborn (talk) 17:43, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I will also note for the admin corps, that the issue in question is the RFD notice. And for Derpdart56, this is a good example of one to let go until admins can handle (after posting in the right spot). Removing the template doesn't get the editor anywhere since the article is already ongoing in a discussion at RFD. Removing the template doesn't stop that process. Desertborn (talk) 17:45, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked the user for 31 hours. --IWI (talk) 17:52, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This IP is continuing the reverts: Special:Contributions/197.164.177.114, so it's pretty clear it's the same person. Lights and freedom (talk) 18:02, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unprotect User talk:Ferien/Archive2020

Please unprotect User talk:Ferien/Archive2020. I did have it protected as I didn't think I was going to edit again, but I am going to be changing my archive system a little, so I will need to edit the page. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 16:18, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --IWI (talk) 16:19, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can these pages all be fully protected as well? They are all redirects. Thank you in advance!

template:efn-ua

Can some create MediaWiki:Cite_link_label_group-upper-alpha - it can be copied from w:MediaWiki:Cite link label group-upper-alpha - else {{efn-ua}} doesn't work properly and instead of displaying [A], [B], [C] as expected it is displaying [upper-alpha 1]. See w:Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Template:efn-ua for the explanation. Nthep (talk) 15:01, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -Djsasso (talk) 15:48, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Module:Navbar

This page should probably be protected. I think it is a module that is quite widely used, according to the top of the page... --Ferien (talk) 19:35, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Yaakov Wa.

Would like to discuss User:Yaakov Wa.. This user been banned from the English Wikipedia by the community, and as such is subject to our one strike rule. The user has been here for less than a day and has already engaged in an edit war at Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress/header even after stating they wouldn't revert again. They went so far as to actually create an account to revert for the third time over a rather needless change. This early pattern indicates to me that the user has no interest in being a collaborative member of our team. Their ban at EN is for a very similar behaviour pattern, taking ownership of a subject and reverting changes from others. I believe this is grounds enough for us to block the user on this Wikipedia as well. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 22:59, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Blocked indefinitely. --IWI (talk) 23:08, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Are you in the right place? section

Why are the last three lines so tiny? PotsdamLamb (talk) 15:50, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Probably because they always have been. Doubt there is any profound reason, just the way it was done. I went back to 2018 and it hasn't been changed since at least then. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:27, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IP copying pages from en.wiki

See North Shields and then North Shields on en.wiki. The IP has been copying lead sections from en.wiki article and then making pages with them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by -noah- (talk • contribs) 13:27, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Was it reverted? SoyokoAnis - talk 17:46, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
When the language is simple, it is perfectly acceptable to copy things from the English Wikipedia. However, attribution is preferred. I've added an attribution template. --Ferien (talk) 17:51, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And I have edited the page, which now explains some points about the town. A good idea is to address the readers' unspoken questions. Macdonald-ross (talk) 08:46, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Biggbosstoday

Is a G11, already tagged, user removed tag. Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:35, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rename request

Can somebody please move Category:Bamboo species to Category:Bamboo? 73.158.20.40 (talk) 01:10, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Why? The category lists species. It doesn't have any general information about bamboo. --Auntof6 (talk) 07:55, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think it should be changed so it includes everything about bamboo. 2601:640:4000:3170:C89:5133:5230:82CF (talk) 08:13, 1 May 2021 (UTC) (same person, different IP)[reply]
Do we have other articles about bamboo, besides the species articles? If we do, then there can be a separate category for that, which can be a parent category of this one. --Auntof6 (talk) 09:16, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't that different than any other type of organism? Well, I think the only other article is bamboo. 2601:640:4000:3170:91FB:8806:3F15:895B (talk) 15:11, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded rights

I am requesting uploaded rights for a short period to upload a file for a page I am updating. Thanks :) RPBG 💬 🖊 19:12, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@RPBG: You should be able to upload on commons. Files are rarely uploaded here. See Special:ListFiles, all of these (apart from the logo of our wiki) are spoken articles. --Ferien (talk) 19:15, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@RPBG: You do not need any special rights. Use the upload file wizard located on your left tool bar and answer all the questions. PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:15, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you. @PotsdamLamb: You spelt my name wrong. It’s RPBG. RPBG 💬 🖊 19:19, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was fixed PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:20, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Uploaded. RPBG 💬 🖊 19:53, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IP Attacking Race

2603:8001:400:2:C5B9:81A3:EC44:4590 keeps attacking articles about "Black people" and linking their articles to things like demons and such. See talk here User_talk:2603:8001:400:2:C5B9:81A3:EC44:4590. I think an immediate block is needed. PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That was quick, DannyS712 has already dealt with it. --Ferien (talk) 19:30, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Already blocked. In the future, WP:VIP is probably a better place to post --DannyS712 (talk) 19:31, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@DannyS712: I was thinking that but typically it does not get much attention but once or twice a day and because of the nature of the posts, I felt it better to post here due to attacking a race and not your typical vandalism plus a lot of time I see not done no changes since so and so. PotsdamLamb (talk) 14:49, 5 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IP User: 170.78.161.22

The IP user:170.78.161.22 has received numerous warnings in the past three days (see https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:170.78.161.22&action=history) where they have deleted all the warnings without fixing the issues and continues to make the same mistakes. Since they have seen the warnings about not adding sources and blanking pages (evident by deleting the warnings), I recommend a one-week ban on the IP. Thanks PotsdamLamb (talk) 15:47, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'd recommend reporting to WP:VIP if they continue the disruptive editing. Darubrub (Let me know) 15:48, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
VIP is if in progress. This particular is a total of three days. PotsdamLamb (talk) 16:03, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Because IPs can be different people we can only really deal with what is actively happening on them. If they are actively editing in an unacceptable way we will block them. I should point out, while we do want sources for information in articles, a source doesn't have to be put into an article for everything added immediately, only for things that are likely to be questioned. -Djsasso (talk) 15:49, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of what they are adding is coming up as a copyvio and the blanking of articles. PotsdamLamb (talk) 16:03, 23 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked for 6 months by Djsasso PotsdamLamb (talk) 09:13, 9 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cross Wiki Spam

We have an article Sasha Milivoyev from what appears to be a sock farm with multiple articles deleted. Someone tagged it RfD, I feel it should be a QD. What are the admin thoughts? Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 16:52, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I typically don't template IPs, only user accounts. PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:00, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Auntof6: The article creator is globally locked for spam and I am sure others will follow as I am reporting them to VIP for removing the RFD tag. They are not making any other changes except to remove the tag. Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 17:59, 6 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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@PotsdamLamb: Semi-protected for a week, to cover the period of the RfD. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:43, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Auntof6 PotsdamLamb (talk) 08:51, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

King Arthur

Someone semi-protect this page. It has been vandalized by IPs and SPAs. Darubrub (Let me know) 12:33, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Djsasso took care of it. --Auntof6 (talk) 12:41, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback Permissions

Admins - Please see My request for rollback. Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 07:10, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Android 2113853211

This user has been creating a few issues this week - especially in tagging articles for QD without valid reason, and issuing warning notices to the the creators of the articles. I am seeing a pattern of disruptive editing here. Does someone else want to check out Android 2113853211 and see if I am just being cranky - I mean fancy pointing out a typo when I gave them a warning about inappropriate QD notices :) . Peterdownunder (talk) 10:30, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) I found the warning on your talk page very pedantic as soon as I saw it and funnily enough, the warning was also technically wrong as it is referring to articles. I also noticed a bad QD request the other day, and informed them on their talk page, that whilst I was out and about, I saw them tag a page with only one word an attack page. I looked in the history and it was absolutely not an attack page. I think that Android 2113853211 can be a good editor when they put their mind to it but I don't think pointing out editors' typos instead of fixing their own mistakes is the best idea. Regarding the deletion issues, they just need to read the WP:Deletion policy again very carefully. --Ferien (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Another non-admin observation, but something doesn't sit right with me here. We've got a brand new user account with no edits on any other wikis who within 5 days of showing up is making changes to our pages about checkusers, oversighters and sockpuppetry. Even creating Wikipedia:SOCKING. We then see a pattern of questionable behavior with QD requests, continuing with incorrectly templating the regulars more than once. I don't know what all of this means, but it feels odd.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:12, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator observation) I am also having issues with Android 2113853211 on Wikimedia Commons, I left them a question on their talkpage, and they have not replied here or on commons, In this case, I will have to nominate their images for possible copyvio deletion because it is not likely to be their own work. see commons:File:4.1.2 S2 home screen.png --Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 00:28, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator observation) I’ll just go with what Ferien said. He should just probably read WP:QD and WP:STUB again clearly. Darubrub (Let me know) 21:27, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User is now globally locked as a sock of w:User:Android 1123581321. So I guess this is all moot now. Darubrub (Let me know) 16:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody reverted almost all of my edits

This person reverted almost all of my edits: Special:Contributions/2601:1C2:200:B610:B434:9660:B1E0:1BC3.

These are (mostly) my edits: Special:Contributions/2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D/64.

-2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D (talk) 15:49, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D: Some of those edits were changing cat from Beetle to Polyphaga. That user probably made a reasonable revert. Darubrub (Let me know) 15:51, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, the reverts seem to be reasonable, and at least some of your edits seem to be incorrect. --Ferien (talk) 15:53, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Darubrub and Ferien: It needs to be consistent. Polyphaga is a suborder of beetles. Either 1) Delete the category "Polyphaga"; 2) Move all polyphaga beetles out of category "Beetles" into category "Polyphaga" (like I did); or 3) Put all polyphaga beetles into both these categories. By the way, the edits before those, that got reverted, were putting plants in more specific categories. 2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D (talk) 15:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I see, maybe you can ask them why they did that and see if the reasoning is good enough. Darubrub (Let me know) 16:05, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just picking one of them: here. What does adding a link to a specific version of Dalai Lama have to do either with Boxing, or physical fitness? - you gave no lnink, so it is clear that when somene saw this, they judged it was graffitti and reverted it. --Eptalon (talk) 15:53, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm definitely not tempted to do a mass rollback now I know this IP editor has been reverting long-term abuse. It gives me more of an impression that their changes are acceptable. --Ferien (talk) 15:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien and Eptalon: Actually I removed that link. It was put in by a vandal. Click the link and you'll see it looks like one of the common LTA vandalisms on this website. 2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D (talk) 15:57, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I know it's confusing because we are both IP's which start with the same numbers. Add "/64" to the end of my contributions and you'll see which edits are mine. 2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D (talk) 15:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D: Yes, I am aware of the editor and what he does to this wiki.
I recommend leaving a message on User talk:2601:1C2:200:B610:B434:9660:B1E0:1BC3, they may explain why they reverted your category edits. --Ferien (talk) 15:59, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If they don't respond, then somebody else will have to choose if they want to restore my edits. All my edits were accurate. 2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D (talk) 16:06, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll just comment one this: Beetles are the largest group of insects by far. It is wholly appropriate to have subgroups of beetles, the largest of which is the Polyphaga. Obviously the most concise category is the lower one if it is appropriate. Thus Polyphaga should be the category in all cases where the beetle is in the Polyphaga. This also fits with "Follow En wiki" except that they take this process even further in their system of categories. Macdonald-ross (talk) 17:05, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Macdonald-ross: Then should the edits be restored? 2601:640:4000:3170:C457:3823:3D76:644D (talk) 17:43, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    The general principle is that all pages go into the most precise categories that we have. Therefore beetles in the Polyphaga go into the Polyphaga unless there is an even more precise category (which there is not on this wiki). We do not take the taxonomic categories so far as do En wiki because we have relatively so few pages. Basically, you can leave the page as it is now so far as categories are concerned. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:14, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Macdonald-ross: The edits were to put beetles in the "Polyphaga" category, but somebody reverted them. For example, I did this edit: [6], and then somebody reverted it. 2601:640:4000:3170:E878:FC13:312:ABD6 (talk) 18:17, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Zoom29912

Requesting block. Sockpuppet from over on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zjholder. Magitroopa (talk) 16:40, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) Blocked by Bsadowski1. --Ferien (talk) 18:16, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Citation Creator - Journal

When I am doing a citation using the maker for Journal, the access-date is not coming up correctly causing an error. It should be (example) |access-date=30 May 2085 but it comes up as |accessdate=30 May 2085 and throws an error. Is this something you can fix or should I send it to the tech team? PotsdamLamb (talk) 17:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Possible blacklisting?

Hello! I would like to know if possible, a website called freaktofit.com be blacklisted since I see multiple IPs adding it as links to articles without using a method of citing the website as a sources. An article about it has been deleted too. Darubrub (Let me know) 17:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I now think this source is certainly unreliable after looking at this diff. Darubrub (Let me know) 18:32, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with @Darubrub: - It is being inserted by numerous IPs and has been reverted by numerous editors, including SysOps. PotsdamLamb (talk) 15:37, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2021/Edwin Symonowicz (2nd nomination)

Can someone check on what is going on with the page? I see multiple IPs going there for a single purpose to vote for keep while registered users vote for delete. Darubrub (Let me know) 12:30, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Moot now since article is deleted. Darubrub (Let me know) 23:17, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection on Mathew Knowles

Hi administratirors,

Due to ongoing abuse from a certain WMF-banned user with no local administrators around user I have protected this page for a week in my capacity as steward,. I wanted to let you know I did this for the sake of transparency. Feel free to remove the protection at your own discrection. --Wiki13 (talk) 21:00, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The action is endorsed from me; thanks for the help :) --IWI (talk) 21:34, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Though I do question the usefulness of other users engaging in revert wars over blank edits. --IWI (talk) 21:37, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I have oversighted some of this revert war, as it sometimes contained what looks like a possibly valid email address; and no, I don't understand edit wars either.--Eptalon (talk) 21:42, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I was one of them. Problem being that the user is a serial long-time abuser (LTA) that I don't look at the content of the edits before reverting, because it was so obvious (and also a lot of the LTA's vandalism is non-obvious). Other times the LTA dumps harassing content instead, this was an odd one. Leaderboard (talk) 21:47, 15 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If it is just in the edit summary then we might as well wait for an admin to come along and remove the harassment. The more we war with him over this, the more will need to be cleaned up. --Ferien (talk) 14:47, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Eltham

Protect this page please.--Derpdart56 (talk) 13:24, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Derpdart56: Why? I see a number of edits by an IP that were reverted, but the ones I checked looked like poor editing, not vandalism. --Auntof6 (talk) 14:43, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Baldi's Basics

It seems like there are edit conflicts from multiple IPs. Is that possible for a semi-protection? Darubrub (Let me know) 13:13, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Darubrub: Edit conflicts are not a reason to protect a page. --Auntof6 (talk) 14:38, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Darubrub: You probably mean "edit war". An edit conflict is when two people try to make changes at the same time, and they can't both be processed. Lights and freedom (talk) 21:59, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page Name Change

Can the article National Republican Convention be changed to something else that includes the country or area, as the US also has a National Republican Convention. PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:30, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The US has the Republican National Convention, which while similar, does have a distinctly different name. I'm not sure we need to change anything. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 20:20, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It can still be confusing to non-basic English readers. PotsdamLamb (talk) 20:23, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For sure. I think if anything, if somebody were to make the Republican National Convention article, Template:About should be added to both to illustrate the distinction.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 21:46, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That would work too. I am the furthest from republican, so I will not create the page in the remaining 50 years of life I have left (puts me close to a century-old lol) PotsdamLamb (talk) 21:48, 18 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection on User talk:168.10.169.130

Can the semi-protection be taken off this at some point, or reduced to a set time? Indefinite semi-protection on this page makes it impossible for IP users to edit their own talk page. --Ferien (talk) 19:59, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know IP address talk page would even have any protection. I thought only named users could have them protected? (based on Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Semi-protection) PotsdamLamb (talk) 20:04, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I can see they abused their talk page. Maybe a talk page revoke would be more appropriate? --Ferien (talk) 20:05, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@PotsdamLamb: Only registered users can request to have their pages protected. This wasn't a user request. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:25, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Correct - I understand that I was just confused as to why an IP talk page was protected :) PotsdamLamb (talk) 21:32, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that indefinite protection isn't appropriate. I've removed the protection. If there is further vandalism, we can handle at that time, preferably in a different way. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:25, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removing QD templates

I am cross-posting this per @Vermont: as this should be an AN, not a VIP.

PotsdamLamb, this is something for WP:AN, not VIP. Best, Vermont (talk) 14:24, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vermont: - Got it. I will remember this in the future. PotsdamLamb (talk) 16:27, 22 May 2021 (UTC) PotsdamLamb (talk) 16:30, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Repeat Offender

I reported this yesterday, but the IP never got blocked. They recreated a 3x deleted page (again) and posted the same information on the talk page [Diff 1]. The article is E-mu Proteus. Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:57, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Article: Big Bang

Several ips have vandalized this discussion page. The - One 15:21, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) talk page semi-protected for one day. Darubrub (Let me know) 19:52, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Theonewhoishere: Please make sure to include the links to the pages, it makes it easier to navigate to the pages. If you can, also include the diffs of the changes. Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
ok i will from now on The One 19:54, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection request

I need my user pages SP again. Can we make it perm as well? PotsdamLamb (talk) 20:12, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection request: 24 May 2021

My talk page got vandalized 3 times today. I would like to know if I could get a semi-protection for a week? Darubrub (Let me know) 20:18, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

tech guide needed!

Could someone technically better versed than myself guide him? Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:26, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"I lose my log in and the edit appeared to be done by anonymous. In my user page, I have exposed the IP address. What best could I do? Please help me. I have no experience regarding this! Haoreima (talk) 08:06, 20 May 2021 (UTC)"[reply]

@Macdonald-ross: @Haoreima: In order to gain access to the account the user needs to have an email address in their settings which will allow recovery. If they do not, they would need to create a new account and ask for the accounts to be merged to the new account. There is no way to recover a password as the are hashed on the back end and encrypted. PotsdamLamb (talk) 09:32, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Adding - Haoreima are you trying to create a committed identity or did you have one? PotsdamLamb (talk) 09:41, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@PotsdamLamb: Actually, I mean while editing, suddenly I was automatically log out. And, in one particular edit, https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/7536474 this one, it appears to be done by anonymous (it's actually my edit). BTW, I have re log in (I still remember my password). So, no need to create any new account. I just want to know whether this IP editing of mine will affect my user account's reputation (is it a multiple account abusing) manner? This is what I want to know. What can I do? @Ferien: If you know, please help me too. Haoreima (talk) 11:25, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No it does not harm your account but the edits will show up as the IP and not you so you won’t be attributed to that. Technically you should try to logged on at all times. PotsdamLamb (talk) 11:49, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@PotsdamLamb: Do I need to present my exposed IP address in my user page all the time? Can I remove that? If it's to exist in my user page, in what manner (way) is it to be put? Anything templates? Haoreima (talk) 12:13, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No you do not need to have it exposed. PotsdamLamb (talk) 17:17, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Haoreima: If you would like to hide your IP address, please contact oversight. --Ferien (talk) 15:18, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
┌─────────────────────────────────┘
 Haoreima, you can send me an email, and point out the concerned edit. I can then hide your ip from public view. Don't worry, forgetting to log in happens quite frequently, it is nothing to worry about.--Eptalon (talk) 15:24, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Eptalon: Currently, I am not handy in email sending. The edit is here, please see https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/7536474 Haoreima (talk) 15:29, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Haoreima: Sending an email is actually very easy. Simply go to simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/ and then put the user who you want to email on the end. So for example, to email me, you'd go to https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Ferien. Then the title is just what you want the email to be sent as (you can just leave that as Simple English Wikipedia e-mail usually). Then write what you want to send in the box below. When you send the email, your email address will be sent to the person who you're sending the email. After that, you can let someone know that they've got mail by adding
==You've got mail!==
{{ygm}} ~~~~
to their talk page. You'll receive a reply in your email inbox. --Ferien (talk) 15:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien: (1)Will the talk remain private? (2)Can check user or oversighters see our talk? (3)What if vandalism occur in the email chat? Haoreima (talk) 15:47, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Haoreima:
  1. Yes, definitely. CheckUsers can see if and when someone sent an email, but not the contents of the email.
  2. No. They can only see if and when someone sent an email.
  3. Abuse can be sent via email. If this is the case you can mute that user. And in case of someone who is socking to send you abusive emails, disabling email from brand new users can help.
--Ferien (talk) 15:52, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
┌─────────────────────────────────┘
 Hello Haoreima, I have removed the ip address from the page history. Ordinary users, and administrators will no longer be able to see it. It will remain visible to oversighters.--Eptalon (talk) 16:03, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And yes, checkusers will be able to find it too, that's what the checkuser role was created for. Note however, there is a m:Checkuser policy on Meta, and all checkusers have agreed to it. Among other things, it forbids "fishing expeditions"; there always has to be a reason covered by the policy to perfom a check. Note that checkusers and oversighters have a legal obligation to keep such information private. --Eptalon (talk) 16:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Could someone technically better versed than myself guide him? Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:26, 20 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"I lose my log in and the edit appeared to be done by anonymous. In my user page, I have exposed the IP address. What best could I do? Please help me. I have no experience regarding this! Haoreima (talk) 08:06, 20 May 2021 (UTC)"[reply]
  Done-Hello, I have sanitized the page log, your IP address is no longer visible.--Eptalon (talk) 16:39, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Eptalon: Thank you, I saw this reply only now. Haoreima (talk) 17:18, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What the ........

So I tagged an article for speedy and for some reason this was posted on the users talk page User_talk:2A00:23C8:3903:C01:1D9F:AC7F:8A80:BB39. Something is not right with the template and I am not sure where it got changed or how to access it. Can someone look into this, please? PotsdamLamb (talk) 00:09, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) The user talk page has been deleted by Chenzw. --Ferien (talk) 17:40, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:119.246.19.202

IP is blocked, however, they are spamming the same copyvio message on their talk page, and is flooding New Changes. I am requesting either:

  1. Block them from editing their talk page
  2. Add page protection to the talk page

Thanks, and have a good day. ShadowBallX (talk) 19:50, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would rather the page be deleted to get rid of this WMF-banned editor's edits from recent changes. --Ferien (talk) 19:52, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
and block them from tp and email PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:53, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Eptalon for blocking. ‎83.7.166.216 is also very likely Wikinger. --Ferien (talk) 19:56, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page Protection for Article

I am asking for SP for Kobe Bryant do the amount of vandalism coming from various IPs over the past couple of days. PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:59, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Urgent Block needed on LTA please

I also posted on VIP

Administrator impersonator towards Operator873

@Darubrub: Both accounts are blocked by Bsadowski1 as well. C4Bomb2024 Talk 08:24, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-Protection - Permanent

Can we SP permanently Names for ordinal numbers as IPs are constantly vandalizing it. Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 15:30, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I mean... the page has less than 50 edits since 2016. Not exactly out of control there.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 18:53, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gordonrox24: The problem is they keep linking and changing things around. It has become a nuisance lately. Even just an SP for a week or two is fine with me. PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:59, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dashboard

Hi admins,

I wanted to know if you had something similar to Wikipedia Dashboard that puts all of the information in one place for you to access. If not, I can custom create one for simple based on our needs here (i.e. remove things we do not use like ARBCOM, etc.). Please let me know. PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:13, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We've got Wikipedia:RecentChanges that should be displaying for you on Special:recentchanges, and it has basically every discussion page. We only have 6 to begin with. AN/ST/RfP/RfD/PVA.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 18:53, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Gordonrox24: I am very well aware of recent changes. Thank you for bringing that up. The dashboard is not what you are talking about. If you look at the dashboard link I provided, it lists everything on one page instead of having to go to each and everyone to see what is pending. There are also user permissions, RfAs, etc. Thank you for your comments. PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:02, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Right.... that's exactly what is on the recent changes page. What discussion or pending task do we have that isn't already posted there? Even the EN dashboard doesn't actually list every discussion, only the most recent. What do you propose to put on our dashboard that isn't already shown at Recent Changes? We simply don't have the same volume of discussions that EN has, creating another page when they are already all posted at one location just doesn't seem to make much sense to me. Like I said, we've probably only got 6 semi-active discussion pages on the entire Wikipedia. As a point of order, as this really isn't something that an admin has to make an action on, WP:ST would have been the more correct location. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 19:08, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SP for Yo Gabba Gabba!

Can we get SP on this page please? Numerous IP editors keep changing things around to suit their preferences on colors, characters vs. main characters, etc. Thanks! PotsdamLamb (talk) 19:51, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not going into details here. Looking at a diff between ChenzwBot reverting, and the most recent edit (27 edits later), these look generally constructive(here). So where's the problem? -Many small edits, a number of IPv6 editors? - I currently see no reason to protect the page. --Eptalon (talk) 20:26, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
If you look the two IPs keep changing ==Main Characters == to == Characters == and back again between them. They also keep changing who is friends with who. Granted these are minor edits but when one adds the other subtracts and replaces with their opinion. So you see like +6, -3, 0, etc. PotsdamLamb (talk) 20:39, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Something funky and it screams Duck, Duck

As everyone knows, we have an RfD due to close soon, however, based on both behavioral evidence and patterns, the article should be deleted for a number of reasons:

A. Article in question: Nima Owji (Developer); RfD at Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2021/Nima Owji (Developer) 

i. User Namnak [created] this article who, for one, has a COI on the article.
 a. Namnak is a suspected sock puppet of en:User:Niocs whom clearly states they have a COI on this article on their user page.

ii. Mohadic created an account and has only made one edit right after it was created and that was to the RfD for a keep. They have made no other changes. This is a lock evasion, also of Niocs who used the account name of Rezadelavari see locked log here.

 iii. Kasra.9nor same as ii above. Also a lock evasion of Rezadelavari. There is a great explanation on the request at Global “Cross-wiki spammer. This is User:Niocs, who spams autobiographies of himself cross-wiki. He was previously locked as Special:CentralAuth/Rezadelavari and Special:CentralAuth/Mohammadrezaliaghat. See, for example, Simple:Nima Owji (Developer) (from this sock) vs Commons:File:NimaOwji.jpg and wikidata:Q96197177 (from previous self-promoting socks). NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:09, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The entire RfD is going down the drain IMO but since these are global socks (waiting on stewards to block them) I feel we should close out the RfD as delete, delete the article, block all three users based on being here for self-promoting and global block evasion. Again, that’s my thoughts. Thanks! PDL PotsdamLamb (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 08:04, 29 May 2021‎ (UTC)[reply]

There's no reason to quickly close the deletion request in my opinion. RfDs are based on consensus and these accounts have not really given good reasons to keep the article. There is consensus to delete the article but we should wait until the 7 days are up in case any reasonable reasons are given to keep the article. --Ferien (talk) 09:55, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I forgot we don’t have G5 here. PotsdamLamb (talk) 14:23, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There was one RfD in which multiple proxies voted keep for illegitimate reasons. I guess it would be the same here. Darubrub (Let me know) 14:28, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Article has been deleted anyway. Single edit voters already reported to stewards. Stale. Darubrub (Let me know) 17:45, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Attention oversighters

You've got mail at the oversighters' mailbox. --Auntof6 (talk) 20:51, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I took care of it. Just need to make sure you revdel the in between edits as well, not just the add and remove. Thanks for letting us know. -Djsasso (talk) 22:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:59, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback requests

There are currently two requests in WP:RFP/R that are currently not processed. Darubrub (Let me know) 14:38, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just something to keep in mind is that no action on request doesn't necessarily means not processed. It often means no admin is willing to give the tool. -Djsasso (talk) 14:42, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Darubrub (Let me know) 14:42, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Inappropriate names

A vandal is spam-creating accounts with inappropriate-for-Wikipedia names. Please take a look at them. Etoza (?) 12:16, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Are you referring to this? Darubrub (Let me know) 12:18, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, exactly. There's 20 of them. Etoza (?) 12:19, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And now they are being used to create vandal pages. Darubrub (Let me know) 12:23, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Inappropriate usernames can be reported to WP:VIP. I believe this one is evading a global lock too. --Ferien (talk) 12:28, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Global lock(s) requested --Ferien (talk) 12:37, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can you merge your request to mines? Darubrub (Let me know) 12:39, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I've just undone mine. Apologies for the duplicate. --Ferien (talk) 12:41, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
is this the user's 29th account now? SHB2000 (talk) 12:40, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. Yes it is. Darubrub (Let me know) 12:41, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Out of my entire time here on any WMF project, the next closest one that I know isn't even close to making this many consecutive accounts within a short timeframe. SHB2000 (talk) 12:42, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation)All accounts globally suspended. Darubrub (Let me know) 13:28, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah they are all blocked now and the name is blocked from future creation. -Djsasso (talk) 13:32, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah we have a user on Wikivoyage who constantly creates a brand new account for every edit for the last three years. Usually 2-6 new accounts a day. As far as I can tell, I'm not so sure on how you can create accounts so quickly, 52 in a period of around 10mins. SHB2000 (talk) 13:44, 3 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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