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Harassment or not...?

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Hello, I'm just wondering if comments made on my talk page at "Do not add any unresonable comment to my talk page again" can be considered as a PA since they were making fun of my enwiki block and mistakes I have made in the past. I'm not offended but I'm not sure if it's allowed or not. Cheers, Hockeycatcat (talk) 15:36, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like he's probably mad at you. DingoTalk 15:47, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I do see issues with writing that message on. Probably personal attack. SHB2000 (talk) 22:33, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was about 2:00am for me when I was editing because I was bored. It is clearly a PA and I don't know why I created this thread. This is as close to "sleep-editing" as you can get! Hockeycatcat (talk) 09:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see I'm not the only one editing up at night ;-) Was up til 00:30 on Commons yesterday. SHB2000 (talk) 11:37, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Third... I edit 13 hours a day... at night too... 💠Ely - Talk💠 11:38, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
13? Dang, but that's a lot. The max I've done one day was 6 although that wasn't on this wiki (with 20% of that 6 hours reverting GRP ;)). SHB2000 (talk) 11:42, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm at it again, its 00:47 for me right now, and I am fully aware of what I am doing! Hockeycatcat (talk) 14:47, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For once, I unusually wasn't editing past 00:00 yesterday :-) SHB2000 (talk) 03:39, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wow I looked at your talk page and it looks like you are getting a lot of harassment. I hope you are okay. I see you on the RfDs a bit. You seem pleasant to me. Blissyu2 (talk) 12:45, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Although the amount of vandalism that global sysops get is much worse though. If any kind of vandalism is hard to revert, it's hiding vandalism on flow talk pages like this on my fr.voy talk page SHB2000 (talk) 13:01, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Elytrian and SHB2000: What? 13! Then, we need to create a new type of barnstar called "The Nocturnal Barnstar". If that's done so, then there will be many editors here, who really deserve it. :) :-) Haoreima (talk) 05:14, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am just gonna close this discussion since the case is resolved. The discussion about barnstar and "Nunquam Dormio" can be done in WP:ST. Thanks-BRP ever 05:24, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Revdel

Hello, sorry to be a pain, but could somebody please revdel [1] this? Thanks, Hockeycatcat (talk) 09:44, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BTW I think you should probably use e-mail or Direct Messages through Discord for revdel'ing. Etoza (?) 16:34, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. This was just generally disruptive material, so I think the request was fine to be posted here. However, for items that are sensitive or would require oversight, correct, you should not ever post a request on-wiki.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:21, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Temp protection

Can Deaths in 2021 be temporarily protected? IPs have been falsely adding living people to the list. Etoza (?) 16:32, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to protect at this time. The level of vandalism isn't out of control at the moment. Thanks. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:24, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RPP

Talk:Joseph Stalin

Temporary semi-protection: Content Dispute/Edit Warring. Hockeycatcat (talk) 15:31, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Set to autoconfirmed, for two weeks...--Eptalon (talk) 16:27, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PP for my talk page

What the title said... way too much vandalism, and no constructive IP's have contacted me. 💠Ely - Talk💠 14:16, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. I'm sorry to see that you too are getting nasty talk page messages. I am not thankfully. 58.179.159.63 (talk) 03:58, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
mine too. I'm not a very active user here and no constructive anon messages for me as well. Either just vandalism by numerous LTAs, or Samlaptop. SHB2000 (talk) 13:37, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We could possibly do a short one if it was bad on a given day, but generally talk pages aren't protected permanently. -Djsasso (talk) 14:23, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There are some cases where talk pages are indef protected, although it's very rare, and I've never seen it on simplewiki. (good examples are Antandrus' and my enwiki talk pages) SHB2000 (talk) 13:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Block needed

User continuing to try and follow me around everywhere/harrass me- 205.213.208.101 and Mjforresst. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zjholder/Archive for more info. User also previously here under account Zoom29912. Magitroopa (talk) 23:43, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection on my talk page would also be greatly appreciated to end this. Magitroopa (talk) 23:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Account has been blocked. I can come back around and get the IP as well if anything else picks up from there, but it looks like they've stopped for the time being. We usually don't protect talk page, however if it gets really worse we can do a short term protection as needed.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:06, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User of concern

I don't want to outright say this, but the user 13switch is blocked on enwiki as being a sock of the Android LTA. Technically, they're also blocked here as well for impersonating Darubrub (now renamed), they've actually been doing a lot of anti-vandal work here. Just notifying all admins here. SHB2000 (talk) 12:49, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for Template:QD-notice

Can someone please protect or semi-protect Template:QD-notice? It's used often by Twinkle and causes problems when vandalized. J991 18:37, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Already protected, thanks for requesting. --Ferien (talk) 18:38, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can't I create a page recently deleted by Rfd

Hello, i am @October2022 (talk) 19:21, 2 October 2021 (UTC). I created Dc Themmie recently on the wikipedia. It was recently deleted by admins when other users created it because it was not notable. But me I have reliable sources which I found. But when I created it today an admin deleted it, why if an article is deleted before, can't it be recreated with the same content or similar with different reference. I don't really like what admins do to stub article, wikipedia is a free encyclopedia for everyone and have already decleared Dc Themmie as conflict of interest on my userpage. But now it was protected for only admin to create. It is not fair. CheersOctober2022 (talk) 19:21, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So what reliable sources did you find? Etoza (?) 19:39, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The article you created didn't have anything that wasn't in the previous versions of the page, so it was similar to them. The new article said only that the person is Nigerian and that he is a singer, comedian, and blogger; none of those things makes a person notable. If you don't say why a person is notable, it doesn't matter what sources you have. Reliable sources are needed, but they have to be used to support statements that show notability. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:04, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I feel that October2022 is Gimmelover evading their global lock. SHB2000 (talk) 23:25, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SHB2000: Then you might want to request checkuser services. It doesn't do any good to say here that you have a feeling about something. Auntof6 (talk) 23:38, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
per WP:DUCK, this is an obvious case. SHB2000 (talk) 23:38, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SHB2000: Still not helpful to say you have a feeling without asking to have something done about it. Auntof6 (talk) 23:43, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked by Bsadowski1 SHB2000 (talk) 23:47, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

104.243.168.40

Seems creating X is Y in Z pages. Seems like GYH evading block? Or am I assuming bad faith? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:48, 3 October 2021 (UTC) + 104.243.168.230 Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:56, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Personal attacks from 2600:6C5A:6E7F:E6D:D1E1:EE80:AD47:DDD9

2600:6C5A:6E7F:E6D:D1E1:EE80:AD47:DDD9 (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is repeatedly spamming talk pages with personal attacks. --Ixfd64 (talk) 18:22, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The IP has been blocked. -Djsasso (talk) 15:57, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request semi-protection of Murder

Hi! Wikidata/ENWP admin here. A wide range of IPs have been trying to insert information about "The Assassination of Joseph Stalin" in unrelated places across multiple projects. For some reason, your Murder article is a target, and I am therefore requesting semi-protection. They are also inserting links to diffs on this article (e.g. d:Special:Diff/1507236657), so please also consider whether revision deletion would be appropriate. Bovlb (talk) 15:52, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Bovlb, I don't think protection is necessary at this time but the page is definitely something to keep an eye on. --Ferien (talk) 15:55, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An IP keeps redirecting place names and then moves them to a page with the English and native name

There's an IP that has been regularly moving place names to the place name in English and their native name under numerous IPs, which include Moscow and Chernobyl, but also some others too. Given them a lev 4 MoS warning as I think this is their third IP address that has been doing this. Asking an admin to take care of this as this is too complex for VIP. Not only is this disruptive, but they also don't give attribution. SHB2000 (talk) 05:43, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @SHB2000:. I just noted this one and I think it might be helpful for you to mention the IPs and/or some of the examples of the articles that are being moved so that admins have some idea what you are talking about. Blissyu2 (talk) 15:45, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can't remember on the top of my head. SHB2000 (talk) 11:46, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hiàn

I am stepping back from Wikipedia and resigning as an admin here. Please remove my perms. Thank you. Hiàn (talk) 01:07, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if I'm meant to be commenting here, but thanks for all your service as a sysop. Wishing you all the best for your future. SHB2000 (talk) 01:18, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Very sad to see this @Hiàn. Hope you stay safe IRL and we always welcome you back as a sysop. Thanks for all you had put into. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:23, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for all you've done here. :) --Ferien (talk) 13:53, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Hiân, thank you for all the things you did for this wiki as an admin. I have removed your admin flag. Even if you are no longer an admin, you are still a trusted member of this community. Have fun, and I still hope to see you edit SEWP now and then. --Eptalon (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you everyone for your kind words, and your trust and support over the past few years. I'm very grateful. Hiàn (talk) 15:32, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
i am a little late in this, Thank you for your hard works and services that you've done here, They're unforgettable; your hard works will remain on the history of Wikipedia, hope you come back again.   Thank you 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 07:19, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ips

Temporary semi-protection: Continually recreated Hockeycatcat (talk) 11:41, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done Has been created only three times, one this year and twice in 2015. That's not often enough for protection. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:12, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Uploader

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need Uploader Right to upload an Image to Yoasobi 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:26, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sakura emad Images go onto Wikimedia Commons, not here. The only time where images get uploaded here is where Commons can't host it (such could be FoP issues, as Commons needs the image to be free in its host country + the US or fair use logos) SHB2000 (talk) 11:45, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  i think you misunderstood i am here because i can't upload that image to Commons. @SHB2000 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:47, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
non-free content under Fair use. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:48, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can you describe what kind of image it is. SHB2000 (talk) 11:49, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
On simple we don't have Non-free fair use images. We only have uploader group for audio files and some very selected images (like special logos). All images needs to be commons compliant. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:50, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage in this case what should do with Yoasobi 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:55, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad The image you use must be able to be uploaded to commons, if not the image cannot be used. What can be done is to put a link of the image in the page using Template:External media. I hope this helps. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:58, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage We do upload images locally due to FoP reasons, but from my experience, simplewiki hasn't cared too much about it. SHB2000 (talk) 12:01, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SHB2000 Actually we do care per Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions#Uploader. Here we don't do local images upload for those who fails FoP. This is also where we are special in some sense. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:05, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I do truly wonder why though. Surely it helps readers. And when I meant simplewiki hasn't cared too much about it, I meant that simplewiki hasn't cared too much FoP issues. SHB2000 (talk) 12:31, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree but I think we are too small to handle Non free fair use and the policing. From my experience at zh, dealing with FFD isn't easy and it can cause a lot of dramas. It do will help readers I admit. Sorry for misunderstanding your POV. @SHB2000 Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:34, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah no worries. I for some reason, happen to write in a very unclear manner after 22:00 for some reason (when I wrote that message, it was 23:01 AEDT) SHB2000 (talk) 12:48, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage this is not helpful as i am planning to put the image on The Article's Infobox   🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:16, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad I guess can't be helped then, but are you sure commons doesn't allow? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:21, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage Yes since it's non-free content 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:26, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad Then really can't be helped, :( Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:28, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  this is unfortunate, but i love how you cared about that thank you alot   🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:30, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No issues, :) Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:31, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage  Stay Healthy  🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:32, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
you too @SHB2000   🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:33, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
you too @Sakura emad Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:34, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad and Camouflaged Mirage: Merci pour vous deux :-) (en translation: Thanks to both of you) SHB2000 (talk) 12:45, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

┌─────────────────────────────────┘
   Not done We upload only certain kinds of things here, and the one you want doesn't appear to be something we'd host here. @SHB2000 and Camouflaged Mirage: It would be very helpful if you kept conversation to a minimum on this page. Requests here are not votes or discussions. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:17, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So Auntof6, so when Camouflaged Mirage and myself were helping a user, it's considered "disruptive"? (based on the tone of your comments) SHB2000 (talk) 23:03, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I said keep it to a minimum, not stop it altogether. This page is for making requests of administrators, and getting the admins' response. A certain amount of non-admin comments is okay, but this got a little long with little benefit. When it gets this long, it makes it harder for the admins to see whether another admin has already replied. When the comments go off-topic, like these did (talking about Commons policies, as opposed to the original topic of getting the uploader permission), it's best to take them to user talk pages. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:39, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 Noted. Will take note of this next time, Regards, Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:21, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
sorry, i was the one who shall take all the blame,   Thank you 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 07:15, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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User talk:512 megabytes

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. This talk page was vandalised 5 times in just 4 days. 512 MB (talk) 15:37, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done Five times in four days does not meet the threshold for protection. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:19, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rights removal

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Hello, Could an admin please remove all rights I have - I'm apparently not competent enough to use Rollback and have been threatened with rollback-removal so I would simply like to request everything I have removed. Thanks. –Davey2010Talk 18:32, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done. The issue with rollback was just one mistake, and I would be happy to give the rights back to you if you asked in the future. --Ferien (talk) 18:40, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks Ferien for removing these and thank you for your kind comments, Djsasso has got what he wished for - One less person to fight vandalism and after writing this it'll be one less person contributing to the project too. I wish you all the best Ferien, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 18:46, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Davey2010: You did a lot of good here. Sorry to see you go, and thanks for all your work here.-BRP ever 22:45, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Block request

Block User:2600:6C40:5400:1D2B:6482:81E8:26D5:8E78 for persistent vandalism/harassment. User was banned on Wiki, moved to harassing me on my Commons account 1, and after being blocked there has now started to harass me here 2. - Citrivescence (talk) 02:35, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of Obadare Peter Adewale

Can someone protect the page Obadare Peter Adewale from creation since it has been recreated multiple times as a page about a non-notable person? Thanks. SkeletalDome$ (talk) 19:27, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SkeletalDome$, there were two creations earlier today, but I don't think it's necessary to protect the page right now. If it continues being created, please let us know again. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 20:20, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page Delete

I want to say that this page Brij Kishore Sharma "Tara" is deleted by mistake because on first time when this page was firstly created there was lack of citations on that page but now there are many references you can see this all[1][2][3][4][5]. So please undelete that page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:51db:c1e9:595:2b55:14e8:f5ab (talk • contribs) 10:10, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ↑ "Brij Kishore Sharma "Tara"". World History Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Meet an amzing poet". Digg. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  3. ↑ "Meet the poet who writes biography in poetry form". Avalanches. Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  4. ↑ "Padma Awards 2021: Full list of recipients". Business Line. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. ↑ "Padma Awards announced: Full list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri recipients". India Today. Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
The place for this kind of request is WP:Deletion review. Please make your request there. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 18:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection for talk page

I am requesting semi-protection for my talk page for two weeks, or whatever is the equivalent so IP users cannot edit my talk page. I am being stalked and targeted by an IP user who is engaging in cross-wiki harassment against me. I don't use Simple Wiki, I am only here because they came to vandalize my talk page after being blocked elsewhere. -Citrivescence (talk) 00:51, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone protect my talk page for like a month?

Vandals like to target it, unfortunately. Derpdart56 (talk) 18:08, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto for mine as well SHB2000 (talk) 23:50, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Derpdart56 and SHB2000: We don't fully protect user talk pages but I'm willing to semi-protect for a month. However, at least some of the vandals on both your pages were (or least are now) autoconfirmed, so semi-protection wouldn't have stopped them. Do you want semi-protection?

Also, SHB2000 please make separate requests instead of adding on to another user's request. It makes it easier for us to process. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:33, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semiprotection would be nice. Derpdart56 (talk) 15:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Derpdart56   Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Second talk page protection request

Pinging admin since no one answered my previous request @Auntof6: @Djsasso: @Gordonrox24: my talk page is still being vandalized by User: 204.184.47.157 and now by User:Jobbyhahns. Requesting page protection for at least a month because this is targeted harassment. Citrivescence (talk) 15:55, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Citrivescence: done for two weeks. There has only been edits for the past ten days so I don't think that means I should protect it for a whole month. --Ferien (talk) 16:00, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Citrivescence (talk) 16:02, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Effect of Apple’s iCloud Private Relay

Hello!

 

Communities typically block edits from IP addresses that obscure individual users. Usually, it has been about “open proxies” or virtual private networks (VPNs). Now, there's a new Apple service called iCloud Private Relay that obscures the IP addresses of desktop and mobile users of the Safari browser.

As Apple users adopt this new service, we estimate that 3-5% of all logged-in and logged-out editors will have these obscured IP addresses. If we don't change anything, they may be blocked within a few months. This wiki may be severely affected. A lot of people editing here use the Safari browser. Next, other browser providers may do the same. The problem will grow.

The communities, users with advanced MediaWiki permissions, the Wikimedia Foundation and others need to work together. We all need to decide how the security of the wikis can be maintained. At the same time, the pathways to editing should remain open for all good-faith participants.

Read more on Apple iCloud Private Relay. Answer the questions and comment on its talk page.

Thank you!

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 21:34, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect discussion

I recently modified the WP:H redirect to go to Help:Contents, but with that came the idea to have a page for discussing redirects; e.g. whether a given redirect is needed or whether to change what page a certain redirect goes to.

Similarly, I'd like to request a page where we can give ideas for the Simple English Wikipedia.

Thank you, 209.232.149.23 (talk) 18:32, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is done on our WP:RFD page as far as deletion goes, changing them would happen on the talk page of the article affected or at WP:Simple Talk. We try to keep talk centralized here as we are a small community. -Djsasso (talk) 18:33, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

Transferring request from meta. No personal opinions. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 08:11, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

POV pushing by socks from en.wiki

I edit on en.wiki and found one of the users with a history of disruption and long term socking is creating articles that were deleted there and uses simple.wiki for their POV pushing. The IP range 157.49.*.* was reported on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sweetindian in en.wiki is editing along with multiple accounts blocked under this SPI here. This same behavior is mirrored at other multiple other language wikis when their POV pushing is not given a chance at en.wiki.

  • 157.49.*.* created Uthiyur which was edited by the same IP range and multiple socks of this SPI in en.wiki.[2][3][4].

The articles above are created with a POV version of this user filled with WP:OR and fictional references which this sock master has a history of. Requesting admin action against these socks and articles especially Annamalai Kuppusamy which was deleted multiple times in en.wiki due to its lack of notability. I hope the same applies to Simple wikipedia. Thanks Suneye1 (talk) 15:16, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fountain request

Please add user MdsShakil as a jury member on the Fountain page for the Simple English Wikipedia's Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021 edit-a-thon: Fountain MdsShakil's request.

MdsShakil is trying to fix Fountain errors that are preventing me from updating the contestants' scores when they improve previously not-contest-ready articles. Many of these users have selected excellent topics to add here at Simple, and some have had to work very hard to understand what we mean by simple English. I want them to have a fair chance at winning the prize. Darkfrog24 (talk) 15:23, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Darkfrog24 and MdsShakil:   Done --Ferien (talk) 15:27, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hundabt

Hello. While trying to find additional sockpuppets of RAJNEESHKSAXENA, an account that is globally locked, I stumbled upon the Rajneesh Kumar Saxena page on simple wiki. The page on simple wiki was made by Hundabt (talk · contribs).

RAJNEESHKSAXENA is known to do cross-wiki sockpuppetry; evidence of past sockpuppetry can be found in English at w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RAJNEESHKSAXENA. All of the user's past sockpuppets seem to have an interest in creating an article on "Rajneesh Kumar Saxena".

The article has previously been deleted at Requests for deletion and re-created by several users. These include K7U22554 and Kavita.kumarsharda. Currently, Kavita.kumarsharda is globally locked as a sock of RAJNEESHKSAXENA.

Overall, this group of editors appears to be a part of the same sockfarm that has been repeatedly engaging in cross-wiki abuse. Mikehawk10 (talk) 15:45, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure whether blocking would be necessary as they last edited 2 months ago. --Ferien (talk) 16:01, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Would it not be useful to tag them as a sockpuppet? The master is globally locked. Mikehawk10 (talk) 17:15, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many RfDs, admin side...

Hello, I closed a few (10-15 I think) RfDs which would have timed out today, or which were clear cases. Since there are still a few left, I would invite other admins to also look over the listing and close a few. I have also put html comments on the RfD closure page to make it easier to keep days apart (for counting the 2-3 days worth of Rfds to keep. --Eptalon (talk) 22:33, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Eptalon. Different issue with this page: if we could suppress the "Discussion" headings from the TOC, it could make working with this page easier. I tried using the {{TOClimit}} template to do this, but didn't get it to work. (Maybe it's the wrong template?) Does anyone else know how to do this? --Auntof6 (talk) 08:15, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6: I have suppressed the "Discussion" headings from the TOC. Can be changed to how it was once the number of RFDs decrease. BRP ever 09:01, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@BRPever Thanks, it looks good. I don't see a problem with leaving it this way even if we get back to having fewer requests. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:27, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We only generally keep the last 5 rfds that are closed, sometimes more depending on the admin who closed them, but we don't go by number of days ago they were closed so the comments aren't really necessary. -Djsasso (talk) 11:19, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Possible edit war at Avian?

It seems like 3 IP's are just ganging up on Stang are reverting Stang's edits over and over again. Kolva (talk) 01:49, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I protected the page. The IP's edit summary makes this look like vandalism.-BRP ever 01:59, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Stang's Userpage It now looks like two extra IP's are attacking Stang. Kolva (talk) 02:20, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

POV pusher

Hello everyone. It seems that the POV pusher is active again. To those watching recent change, it might be a good idea to take a look when you see frequent edits in multiple articles where they add POV content or links. Some recent account/IPs are:

Thanks, -BRP ever 22:30, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BRPever Isn't https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:ED4C:47F2:2C96:9233 the same? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:27, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked.-BRP ever 12:29, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I also blocked the /64 range for 3 months, this should help reduce the vandalism. --Ferien (talk) 15:55, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting protection of George Reeves

There has been vandalism from multiple IPs and block evasion on the article on George Reeves. I've reverted the page to what it was before all the disruption, can an admin protect the page to stop the vandalism? 209.232.149.23 (talk) 18:56, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok nevermind it's been protected. 209.232.149.23 (talk) 22:36, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User continually recreating promo page for himself

Hi. Wikipedia user User:Mlungisisbongiseni085 has continually remade an entirely promotional page about himself, even when warned not to do it, blatantly ignoring this. This user is clearly not here to build an encyclopedia and I think a block is due. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 12:31, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The page User:Mlungisisbongiseni085 has been create-protected by Macdonald-ross. Should be clear now. 209.232.149.23 (talk) 22:32, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request to delete redirect

Hello,

I have just renamed the "climate change" article to "climate variability and change". But I am having trouble renaming the "global warming" page to "climate change" as there is a redirect called "climate change".

I don't come here often (I am usually on English Wikipedia) so I am not sure how to delete the redirect myself. Or is that only for you admins? If so please could you delete it and rename the "global warming" page to "climate change". As you can see this has been discussed on the talk pages.

Regards

Chidgk1 (talk) 14:32, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LouisAlain

LouisAlain who has been banned from the English and French Wikipedia for machine translations and personal attacks is now active here.

His translations also lack the appropriate transwiki attribution. --94.46.24.59 (talk) 03:04, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LouisAlain has now just been banned from the German Wikipedia for "translates without proper crediting".
His recent creations on Simple Wikipedia are still lacking proper transwiki attribution. --94.46.24.56 (talk) 10:45, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The ones I checked were word-for-word translations, and the language had not been simplified. That is another ground for his being banned. Macdonald-ross (talk) 12:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah we should probably WP:ONESTRIKE him and speedy the articles as copied articles with no evidence of simplification. -Djsasso (talk) 14:27, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This user is still active here and is creating articles that do not have simplified language. Could we maybe restart the discussion about banning him? Thanks. --Redtree21 (talk) 09:37, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

About the Administrator's noticeboard header

Since it looks as though this page can also be used to discuss AN itself, I'd like to suggest a few changes to the header, since I cannot edit it directly:

  • Add the [[WP:RFC]] shortcut to the list of shortcuts.
  • Clarify that you can talk about the Administrators' noticeboard inside the Administrator's noticeboard (ideally with a message like the following):
This page can also be used to talk about the noticeboard as a whole.

Thank you. 209.232.149.23 (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The first one probably shouldn't actually even redirect here as this wouldn't be the place for RFCs. So I have fixed that redirect. As for the second it happens so rarely that it doesn't need to be pointed out. Anyone that is likely to know enough about this wiki to want to change this page will know where to talk about it. -Djsasso (talk) 19:45, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bad user

Hello, there is an IP address (74.88.134.16) that is doing vandalism and making changes that are not neutral. Their bad changes have been reverted and they have been warned but they are still doing it. They have also triggered edit filters, including one for trying to make a bad change to my user page. Is there anything that someone can do to stop this person? --Redtree21 (talk) 07:23, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Redtree21 They haven't edited since the most recent warning, and no final warning has been given yet. If they vandalize again, give a final warning. If they vandalize after that, please report at WP:VIP. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:23, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RFD: Deletion Requests

Hello admins; Please someone clean up the Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion there are so many Discussions that's ready and meet requirements for deleting or keeping.   Thank you 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:19, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sakura emad Ok, I will try close some now. But please remember that requests for deletion is already closely monitored, especially now with the amount of RfDs there are. Thanks! --Ferien (talk) 21:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  Thank you as the time passes we get more RFDS that we can possibly handle and discuss about it. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:26, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad We appreciate input on RFDs, but if you're feeling overwhelmed by it then you don't have to keep up with every one. Don't burn yourself out! -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:40, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 well, am really enjoying it, it's just that if we close them sooner it may help others to catch up on other RFDS faster than usual. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:46, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad All the admins know that we currently have many more RFDs than usual, but that doesn't mean that we have any more time to give to Wikipedia to close them. We're all volunteers with lives outside of Wikipedia. We close RFDs when we can, and if they stay open past the indicated close date, that's not really a problem. We're probably going to keep getting new RFDs for a while, so please stop prodding the admins to close RFDs. That includes here on the noticeboard and on individual admins' talk pages. If anyone feels they're having trouble keeping up with commenting on the RFDs, then they should feel free to comment on only as many as they have time for. We appreciate the input we get, and we don't expect anyone to comment on all of them. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad I'd also add that I had just logged on here specifically to see if any more RFDs were ready to be closed. Because I took time to reply to you, I will have less time to work on the RFDs because I only have a little time to spend here right now. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:23, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
yes Auntof6 i know we're volunteering and i appreciate your time here; as for talking to any admins; i was mean to talk with the ones that has free time to spend on wikipedia; that's it   Thank you. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 08:55, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. I said before that ideally it'd be good if we could space these out a bit more so that we can have a regular amount of say 10-20 per week, instead of the 100 or so we had at once a little while ago, which I am sure overwhelmed a lot of us. Blissyu2 (talk) 08:55, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is brought up for many times, but do remember our RFD acts like PROD, a so called process on en and some other wikis which if there is no one oppose, the article will be deleted. However, if you later find it deleted without any opposes or supports, you can ask for undeletion. So there isn't issue with a lot of RFDs, especially if they are closed in time. What will be worrying is that there are backlogs that are massive, but so far even with 200 we don't have much. So I think the system is still coping, we can still nominate as per status quo. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:00, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. I find that if there are 10 to 20 per week, I have enough time to consider them properly and we can have proper discussions that build consensus. If we have 100 to 200, then most of them have little or no discussion, and then we might be going the wrong way. I saw two bad closures last week that I brought up to Deletion Review and I fear that if mistakes are made that it could cause problems. Perhaps we could have a policy to try to keep it to a manageable level, or at least a consistent level. Most weeks it is 10 to 20, but suddenly a few weeks back it was 180 I think. That many makes it hard on everyone involved. Perhaps if there are 180 that need looking at then we could space them out to say 20 per week for 9 weeks instead of 180 in 1 week. Blissyu2 (talk) 09:04, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I mean that bringing these to DRV is a correct move if you think the close isn't correct, but I won't say they are bad closes but yes, questionable ones. If the fear is mistakes in closing, I think what is needed is not to agressive trim the recently closed ones to give more time for scrutiny. My 2 cents. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:06, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'd rather see pages nominated as they come up, instead of a user either 1) having to keep track somewhere of pages they think are deletion-worthy and nominating them piecemeal or 2) not working to ferret out such pages at all. If we don't nominate pages when they're found, they can build up. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:24, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia

Please protect the article at the semi-protection level because an IP keeps removing content from it. Thanks! --Hulged (talk) 05:11, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please do the same with Wikimedia Foundation. An IP address is removing content from it saying that it is badly sourced, but the content is all good and correct, and we cannot convince them that it is fine. Thank youǃ --Redtree21 (talk) 08:06, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please elaborate:
In Wikipedia, the removed content is clearly all unsourced. In Wikimedia Foundation, only one source is removed because it is not up-to-date and is conflicting with another source in the body, the rest is not sourced. 59.153.235.202 (talk) 11:08, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not an admin (obviously, I'm just four numbers separated by periods) but the correct action would be to block the IPs involved. 64.79.144.10 (talk) 18:35, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

68.111.104.243

Please block 68.111.104.243 and undo their edits. He has vandalized a lot of pages and has created pages that shoud be removed. XǝNoX (talk) 15:04, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 16:26, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mohdzaki_07

Hi. I noticed that User:Mohdzaki 07 has been creating a lot of problematic articles that seem to be purely promotional. [User talk:Mohdzaki 07]. They don't seem to have made any constructive edits at all. Blissyu2 (talk) 13:11, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. Thanks-BRP ever 13:17, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:LOSTINNVIBES

This user seems to be creating a lot of articles (initially in draft form before moving to mainspace) that reads like commercials. I did find 2 genuine articles, though, which seemed to be blatantly copied from EN-Wiki, almost like he is gaming the system. [User talk:LOSTINNVIBES] Blissyu2 (talk) 21:59, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly looks like paid editing to me. Other admins thoughts on it? Vermont (talk) 23:22, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like paid editing to me too. Macdonald-ross (talk) 16:53, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sam (musician)

Please delete this hoax (created by a crosswiki impersonating me). Thanks in advance. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh (talk) 14:03, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As there is a wait tag on it now, I believe the process is to go through RfD. Blissyu2 (talk) 06:16, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Questions about categorized redirects created by block evading vandal

Baby Peter, Child A and Christopher Barrios are all redirects created by the long-time vandal known on English Wikipedia as Angelmunoz50. There are probably more, but these redirects will do as examples. They are created as block evasion, but I noticed that QD reason G5 does not apply on Simple. The problem is that the redirects apparently were created to add falsities to Wikipedia. As is typical for this vandal, the redirects have incorrect information about year and cause of death.

I am unsure of the right way to deal with this and the rules here on Simple. I believe that the redirects should be deleted and salted, but correcting the information and then semiprotecting the redirects is an alternative. I also don't know if redirects are allowed at all in redirects here. I would appreciate your input. Sjö (talk) 07:44, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please semiprotect the redirects above permanently. As of now the categories are incorrect, and will likely be restored by the vandal if they are removed. Sjö (talk) 07:12, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please also semiprotect Kelsey Shelton Smith-Briggs and Christopher Barrios, Jr. for the same reason. Sjö (talk) 08:31, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Disruptive cross-wiki user

To whom it might concern: the user Grilando has been blocked from three sister projects due to several violations which include biographies of living persons, stub creation, unsourced changes, creation of irrlevant articles, lack of criteria when creating articles, massive uploading of copyrighted images as own work. I suggest to follow this user closely as he is very likely to do the same actions on this project as shown by his first article Controversy over the establishment of video surveillance cameras in Zizur Mayor.--MexTDT (talk) 06:47, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

{{comment}} Doesn't seem to have done anything much here so far though, but thanks for the warning. Blissyu2 (talk) 10:42, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Disruptive page moves by Djjdjsnddn and Jsjsjwjd

I just noticed on the recent changes log that two users were disruptively making page moves such as moving Friends to Fucking Friends. They are User talk:Djjdjsnddn and Special:Contributions/Jsjsjwjd . I reverted what I could but don't have the rollback button and can only do so much. Please can someone have a look at their changes. Blissyu2 (talk) 03:43, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted. --IWI (talk) 04:58, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Possible vandalism-only IP address

Hi. This one even wrote a message to an administrator that appeared to be something of a death threat, and has a lot of edits that are pure vandalism. User talk:100.2.148.23 Blissyu2 (talk) 10:40, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked the ip for a week, and the threat has been deleted. Thanks :)-BRP ever 11:18, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

216.49.122.234

IP 216.49.122.234 is creating talk pages and putting slurs such as the n-word and the t-word. (Example: [14][15]). I think the best thing to do is a temporary block (maybe a week or a month) and to hide the revisions with slurs. Thanks, Mwiqdoh (talk) 03:25, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I think he listened to the warning that I gave on his talk page, he hasn't done any more vandalism. Let's give him one more chance. Mwiqdoh (talk) 03:38, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Admins still should hide the revisions though. Mwiqdoh (talk) 03:39, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien: Update: He continued vandalism and is now blocked, but the revisions are still not hidden, I think the n-word, t-word, and r-word slur could be offensive to some people and should be hidden. Thanks, Mwiqdoh (talk) 22:06, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Their edits are certainly offensive but I'm not sure whether it is eligible for revision deletion. --Ferien (talk) 22:29, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferien: I think it follows number 2 of WP:REVDEL. Mwiqdoh (talk)

Vandalism by Just a Hadrousaurus

Adding Subspeciesboxes to planets and other nonsense: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Just_a_Hadrosaurus --Denny (talk) 19:48, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism by User:Ilovepussies8008135

Where do I start? The name for starters, but take a look at their only edit! [16]. While I admit it is a little comedic, they should be banned and the revision should be hidden. Mwiqdoh (talk) 22:12, 8 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war on Joseph Stalin and messages on talk pages

Hello. Multiple IP's and users (including me) have been dealing with a edit war. IP's have also been removing things from my talk page. @Nigos: and @Hulged: . <- just in case Kolva (talk) 04:19, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

IPs appear to be on an open proxy used by George Reeves Person, I suggest Joseph Stalin and User talk:Kolva should be semi protected for a week Nigos (talk) 04:22, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A semi-prot on Joseph Stalin would just cause GRP to pick a new page to do that on. With talk pages, however, user preferences are relevant. Kolva, if you’d like, we can semi-protect your talk page. Best, Vermont (talk) 04:27, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I would prefer semi protection on my talk page. Kolva (talk) 04:39, 10 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request for block of FilmPro1

This comment on my talk page is an abusive threat. The user is disruptive. Quite likely a sock for Mirandatalks and perhaps using the IPs 89.8.143.99 and 89.8.143.220. Thank you. --Gotanda (talk) 00:31, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. Apologies for the delay in response. Best, Vermont (talk) 00:34, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. It was not urgent. I wonder if they are also the same person posting all of the argumentative rants from Ips in the RfDs? --Gotanda (talk) 02:53, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request block on the IP 2409:4063:4005:2624:0:0:1D03:70B1 per (diff)

2409:4063:4005:2624:0:0:1D03:70B1 (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)This IP has made vandal edits per (diff). I reported it on WP:VIP but he reverted it smartly. I would request you to block this IP fast (time is max 1 month, if possible), before he could do more vandal edits.--Jyoti Roy (talk) 10:47, 15 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) This should be on WP:VIP and WP:RfP instead Nigos (talk | changes) 13:36, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppetry?

Accounts:
Relayballleague (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)
RelayballG12 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)

These two accounts have a very keen interest in relayball/roomball, despite it not being notable. Similar usernames as well. The later account remade an article made by the first account. Any thoughts on this? See: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/RelayballG12; User talk:Relayballleague. Nigos (talk | changes) 13:40, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging RelayballG12, Auntof6 Djsasso could you do a checkuser on them? Thanks, Nigos (talk | changes) 13:47, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, they've admitted to socking here: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Nigos#Roomball&oldid=7914641 Nigos (talk | changes) 13:57, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Nigos: Not sure if you still want anything done here, but for future reference, the place to make a checkuser request is Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser. That link is at the top of this page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:28, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, must've missed it. The next time I'll go over there instead Nigos (talk | changes) 11:01, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, Zane has been making accounts for years now. I've tried to explain to them over email that it's not okay, and they did stop for a bit, but evidently that didnt work. Thoughts on potentially redirecting Relayball somewhere relevant? Or making a page similar to en:Variations of basketball and redirecting relayball to it? It might help. Best, Vermont (talk) 21:56, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
He must be very dedicated to his sport and might think it's the next big thing. Including it may help with the situation. Only thing is, relayball/roomball has very few players, what would be the threshold for including a version in the article? Nigos (talk | changes) 11:04, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Year-end reminder about closing RFDs

Greetings, fellow admins. This is my yearly reminder about RFDs that:

  1. Are closed in the year after the year in which they are opened (for example, RFDs that are opened in 2020 and closed in 2021), and
  2. Are closed with a result of delete

Those of you who know about this can stop reading. Others (including non-admins who read this page) can read on for details.

With these RFDs, we can't use the standard computer-generated close reason. That is because the generated reason always indicates the current year, no matter when the RFD was actually created. We would need to hardcode the reason, which just consists of the RFD discussion page name enclosed in square brackets.

Things that would help minimize this problem include:

  • Waiting until next year to open RFDs, if reasonable to do so
  • Closing some RFDs early, if reasonable to do so

Also keep in mind that the year is determined by UTC time, whether or not that is the local time of the closing admin.

As always, feel free to ask any questions you may have -- that includes you, non-admins! --Auntof6 (talk) 07:44, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

We can just type it manually, there is no need to unnecessarily close RFDs early or delay starting an RFD in my opinion. --IWI (talk) 09:29, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@ImprovedWikiImprovment: That's certainly an option, although it requires remembering to do the closure differently. To each their own... I was mostly trying to raise awareness. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:09, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah it’s definitely necessary to keep in mind to not use the automated reason, but I’m not sure closing RFDs earlier than would have otherwise been closed simply due to this issue is a good idea, as you suggested. --IWI (talk) 12:20, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@ImprovedWikiImprovment: Since admins always have the discretion to close early, it's just an option--not a suggestion, an option--and I did say "if reasonable to do so". If you think it's never reasonable, you don't have to do it. Others' mileage may vary. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:47, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And as explained to you every year the automated close reason is fine, because you just create a redirect from it if you accidentally don't manually do it. You should not be closing Rfds early just because its the end of the year. You should also not be waiting till next year to open Rfds. Please stop posting this every year. You are incorrect and giving bad information. -Djsasso (talk) 15:51, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I know I haven't closed many RfDs recently, and when I do I generally do them manually, but...what script automates RfD closures? I remember using something previously but it never worked for me. Vermont (talk) 22:53, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The dropdown box when you choose a delete reason uses the current year in the link it creates. I believe that is what is being referred to. There may be scripts that take advantage of that drop down as well but I don't use them so not sure. -Djsasso (talk) 11:53, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And you can just change that date manually after you select the auto rfd option.... not sure I understand the problem here. Be careful I guess, but that should always be the case regardless of time of year.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 22:39, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for Talk:Indonesia

Could an admin protect Talk:Indonesia, GRP's doing his thing on there. Thanks, Nigos (talk | changes) 16:18, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that would be productive. He'll just move to the next page. Best to revert and ignore in this case, I believe. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 22:37, 21 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Problematic user

Please block 212.129.74.221 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), thanks. --Alabama   (Talk) 00:51, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation)@-Alabama-: This should go on Vandalism in Progress Nigos (talk | changes) 02:41, 22 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User page protection

Can someone please unprotect my user page so I can edit it? Thanks --George (Talk · Contribs · CentralAuth · Log) 18:57, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Ferien (talk) 18:59, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! --George (Talk · Contribs · CentralAuth · Log) 19:08, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry

Misuse of spare account. Creating custom pages in all Wikipedia languages. User accounts:

--Persia (talk) 13:23, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) @Persia: This should go on Requests for CheckUser Nigos (talk | changes) 13:30, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator observation) On second thought, it should go on to meta:Stewards requests/Global under the global (b)locks section Nigos (talk | changes) 13:32, 25 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cornelia Cole Fairbanks

Hello, I request that you remove the source template. I have already put the references and also other details. This is the article Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, thanks.--Anibal Maysonet (talk) 19:05, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Anibal Maysonet: I have removed the "no sources" template, but just so you know, you could have removed it yourself when you added sources, there's no need to get an admin to do it for you. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 19:07, 26 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Global ban proposal for Musée Annam

There is an on-going discussion about a proposal that Musée Annam be globally banned from editing all Wikimedia projects. You are invited to participate at Requests for comment/Global ban for Musée Annam on Meta-Wiki. Thank you! NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh (talk) 14:22, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've responded to it. Nigos (talk | changes) 15:50, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cocaine_2021

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cocaine_2021

This person's edit summaries are questionable. Maybe they should be warned. Chiere Rose (talk) 16:43, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reporting, I've blocked them as a vandalism-only account and I think they're also a sockpuppet. --Ferien (talk) 17:12, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2604:A880:CAD:D0:0:0:C8B:8001

This person is putting bad things on their talk page. Chiere Rose (talk) 23:08, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've blocked the IP and their talk page access. Chiere Rose, in the future, please add requests about people making bad changes to WP:VIP. Thank you! --Ferien (talk) 23:09, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New vandalism-only account Vegan 1990

Vegan 1990 (talk · contribs) has made four "contributions" so far, all of them were reverted, all of them have edit summaries directly insulting Black people. --Rsk6400 (talk) 08:56, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Rsk6400, I have blocked the account as a vandalism-only account. Please report vandalism-only accounts to VIP in future. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 10:30, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protect This Page

Protect User talk:182.163.106.137/FAVORITES Cause User:Kanashimi is Getting Disruptive in this page, he’s been putting Other stuff that are not Page-Related to the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.163.106.137 (talk) 11:11, 31 December 2021 (UTC)‎[reply]

@182.163.106.137: User:Kanashimi has not edited the page. User:Cewbot had been editing the page as you had the {{auto-archive}} template on the talk page and you had redirected the archive User talk:182.163.106.137/Archive 1 to your “Favorites” page. As you have now removed the template, Cewbot should not edit the page. If you wish to enable archiving, add the template again and remove the redirect from User talk:182.163.106.137/FAVORITES. Thanks, DigitalChutney (talk) 11:24, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:UserKravKsydYdu

Could you please check the contributions User:UserKravKsydYdu? The user is contacting users on the Simple Wikipedia asking for edits to be made on the English Wikipedia. (e.g. User talk:BattyBot, which doesn't run on the Simple Wikipedia). Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 03:45, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that the same person is now posting the same questions to multiple users as User:Niehddydudyd. GoingBatty (talk) 06:04, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@GoingBatty:, I made a CU-case on these users. Let see if they are sock or not.--Jyoti Roy (talk) 08:57, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@TTP1233: See also en:Wikipedia:Teahouse#Interwiki canvassing. GoingBatty (talk) 01:05, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I honestly feel bad. They just want a article on en.wiki fixed but they're blocked. Mwiqdoh (talk) 01:49, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Mwiqdoh: Hopefully the reply I provided on my talk page will help them understand why their request isn't being done. GoingBatty (talk) 04:16, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

duplicate article

Hello,I was checking the articles that had no references, and I came across this one (Wayanad), I saw that it was not linked but it told me that there was already one in Wikidata (Wayanad district). In this case what can I do?.--Anibal | Talk 00:36, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and welcome, there are several options:
  • Use the template {{merge}} - It has one parameter, which is the other article; place that on both articles. - It will simply say that Article a should be merged with article B
  • If A is clearly better than B, use {{mergefrom}} (with the worse article) on the better one, and {{mergeto}} (on the worse one
  • Finally, you can do the merge youself, by copying and formatting the text, and replacing the worse article with a redirect to the better one.
I haven't had a detailed look but you should probably mention your finding at the talk page of both articles. Don't be afraid, people will help you. --Eptalon (talk) 00:55, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Protect this page

Is there a way to protect Eileen Davidson and Cat Deeley pages? If you look at their history, edits from unregistered users are prevalent and appears to be ongoing over time (mainly Deeley). Is there a way to add protection for these two pages? --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 18:11, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

TDKR Chicago 101, I don't think both of the pages reach of the level of vandalism where protection would be necessary. However I will continue keeping a close eye on these pages and the Deaths in YYYY pages. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 19:34, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Block User:172.197.56.72

Block this user. He's been vandalizing Template:Former Nickelodeon original series. Look for your self. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.29.104.176 (talk • contribs) 09:11, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lauren604

Someone may want to look into Lauren604 (talk · contribs) for a variety of reasons (abusive language and likely sock of banned user to start with) --Creol(talk) 09:30, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Creol It's a long-term cross-wiki vandal which has now been globally locked.-BRP ever 09:36, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Figured as much looking at the accounts actions, naming, userlog and block log. Just tossed it up here as its not on me to deal with it and a pointer never hurts --Creol(talk)
n/m. got globally locked as I was typing --Creol(talk)
Hey Creol, I was globally locked because I was just asking a simple question on the IRC channel #wikimedia-stewards. I was asking for a global IP block to be changed to anonymous only because I was trying to appeal my block on the English Wikipedia. I did nothing wrong. And BRPever, I am not a vandal. I never had a second chance to do anything. I did nothing wrong and I will keep fighting for my account to be unlocked. I did nothing wrong! Please unlock my account I’m begging you. —Lauren605 (talk) 05:24, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You were globally blocked for abusing multiple account as you are sill doing right now.. I expect this account to be lock real soon. Don't expect to be unblocked anytime soon when you keep showing you are violating the rules reguarding sock puppetry. --Creol(talk) 05:34, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Don't feed 'em. Operator873 connect 05:53, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Request for the protection of 2 pages

I'd like to request semi-protection of the following 2 pages:

due to repeated vandalism and possible sockpuppetry. --67.183.136.85 (talk) 22:48, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Both protected for 3 months. Looking into the sockpuppetry side. Vermont (talk) 23:10, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Page move over redirect

Could someone return Wha Wha Wha Wha Seanie Me Cookie Colon Movie Film For Theaters back to Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters , delete the affected redirects (Wha Wha What Wha Seanie Me Cookie Colon Movie Film For Theaters and the one caused by this move) and then revert the bot change on Death Fighter (prior to the move, a bot may notice the double redirect and tryto fix it again)? --Creol(talk) 07:45, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Creol: Working on it. Stand by. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:52, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Creol: I think I got everything. Please check and let me know if anything still needs to be done. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:54, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Almost there. One redirect is still up (still blue linked above) --Creol(talk) 07:58, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Creol: The one you QD'd? Got it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:00, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Figured tagging it would help highlight it. Thanks --Creol(talk) 08:06, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit needed

User talk:Belwine/Archive2020 should redirect to User talk:Ferien/Archives/2020 - double redirect on protected page --Creol(talk) 10:35, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) @Creol:, has anyone changed the name or is it a system default. Just for self-clarification.--Jyoti Roy (talk) 10:38, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
System tagged under Special:doubleredirects. Most the entries there are .js or .css pages but occasionally something else pops up. --Creol(talk) 10:49, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  Done by Djsasso. --Ferien (talk) 15:37, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User: Se va a la mierda

Hi, i want ti report this user User:Se va a la mierda because it have an inapropiate name, in english the name means "it goes to shit", the user was blocked on en.wikipedia , es.wikipedia, and ru.wikupedia Emolga826 (talk) 15:36, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I blocked the username, and left a message on their talk page. They are free to create another account..--Eptalon (talk) 21:48, 9 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Stale Rfds?

Hello, there are a few RfDs which should have been closed lke a week ago. Since I nominated some of them, I cannot really close them. Would really appreaciate if they were closed. Also: RfD conter is off by one.--Eptalon (talk) 02:41, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Eptalon: I addressed the mismatch between pages listed and pages in Category:Deletion requests. There were pages where the RFD templates had been removed, and one or two that just needed a null edit to refresh the page. I'll look at the ones ready for closing. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:12, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

About User:203.121.198.169

I want to report about 203.121.198.169 (talk · contribs). The IP user have been creating a number of new articles(if I did not count it wrongly, the user made a total of 30 articles in a short period of time, and three redirects to Kim Kardashian) that are disruptive. As I do not have Twinkle, I am not able to nominate the articles for quick deletion, so I am requesting for an administrator to ban and delete the articles that the IP user have made. Jolly1253 (talk) 04:49, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jolly1253: The IP was blocked (we can't ban IP addresses) and all pages it created were deleted. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:45, 13 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Massive creation of talk pages by 91.235.65.22

This IP user is making many talk pages with just a header template. Perhaps QD G6 could be applied. MathXplore (talk) 07:45, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While this certainly shouldn't happen and you should let them know not to keep doing it. Deleting them now wouldn't make sense as we generally convert vandal talk page creations to just the header to avoid deleting them. So deleting them just because they have the header wouldn't really make sense. -Djsasso (talk) 13:06, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Protection request

Hello; could an administrator please semi-protect the following pages?

They have been vandalised by sockpuppets of the same person many times over many months. Thank you. Tol (talk) 22:08, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Djsasso! Tol (talk) 23:39, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IP address possibly socking, could be an LTA from English Wikipedia

Hi. I just saw the article Dj Parisa in the New changes area, and it rang some alarm bells for me. A long time ago, the English Wikipedia had a sockmaster called Parissa Official, who made a few sock accounts to try and get herself publicised on the site, but who kept getting blocked. The link to the Sockpuppet investigation is [here]. I am not sure how to request a CU against someone who may not even have accounts here, but is there some way of trying to link the IP that the article was created from, with the possibility that it could be this sockmaster? DaneGeld (talk) 20:28, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@DaneGeld: Hello! Thanks for the report and the G4 tag on that article. It is continuing xwiki spam; however, as you know, I can't comment on the connection or lack of connection to previous accounts. Operator873 connect 20:44, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion requests

Could someone take a look at Category:Current requests for deletion? The first entry in there was dates Nov 2021. Currently 33 open RfDs and 33 pages there with another 19 in Category:Deletion requests, I doubt there arent others that need attention. Not exactly certain (or reellly caring) why there are 2 cats for this, but that a different prob way down off my to do list. --Creol(talk) 13:43, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have listed the one opened in Nov 2021 and moved the one that was already closed. Now the number of open RFDs = Number of listed RFDs. Thanks-- BRP ever 14:06, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Two categories because one is for the pages themselves, and the other is for the actual Rfd pages. One categorizes mainspace and the other project space. And one is a subcategory of the other. -Djsasso (talk) 15:46, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

User:108.24.190.254

User:108.24.190.254 is changing deletion discussions that have been closed already. I have undone his changes. He has also recreated that article. I have QDed it already. Zip Zip & Taffy The page has been recreated 3 times now. It would help for it to be creation protected. Bobherry (talk) 21:23, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Done -- BRP ever 03:12, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kshitij Vedi

May an admin please delete this page, Kshitij Vedi, it was deleted some time back but was recreated, MathXplore and myself gave QD requests but it seems like they're being overlooked. Thank you.--AyoXR (What's Good? - My Contributions) 07:03, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@XR98: It has been (re-)deleted. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:28, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Matt James 22

Please block this spammer. Thanks in advance. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh (talk) 19:26, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: Hello, I think it is appropriate to warn users at least twice before blocking them, so I've warned them for spamming. Please report people to administrators once you have given them a few warnings and a final warning, and please go to vandalism in progress instead of the admins' noticeboard for spamming and vandalism. Thank you. --Ferien (talk) 19:29, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Semi Protection

Adolf Hitler Uunona Persistent Vandalism. Bobherry (talk) 23:50, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done by Eptalon. Vermont (talk) 19:05, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Range block

User:2603:7080:C43E:B500:9976:E967:B3F0:AFEC User:2603:7080:C43E:B500:CC32:8816:A3B4:26E3 need a range block. 

Bobherry (talk) 00:09, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The /64 range has been globally blocked. --Ferien (talk) 19:41, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Disruptive changing

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. AssumeGoodWraith (talk) 01:42, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm missing something, but it looks like you're the only person to have changed that page this month. So, it would not need any protection.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 03:32, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Looking back at the history, almost everything is vandalism. AssumeGoodWraith (talk) 05:53, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
And it's a guideline page. AssumeGoodWraith (talk) 05:54, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@AssumeGoodWraith: It could be protected because it's a guideline. But otherwise, we don't use protection much here and we rarely use indefinite semi-protection. We only protect a page if vandalism is getting difficult to keep up with. --Ferien (talk) 06:57, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. I don't think that protection is needed in this case. Fortunately there's been relatively few people disruptively changing disruptive changing :P Vermont (talk) 19:08, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Vermont and Ferien: And we got another. I think it's the same person on different IPs. AssumeGoodWraith (talk) 06:18, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@AssumeGoodWraith: It is still not close to the level where indefinite semi-protection would be necessary, although maybe we could consider it because it is a policy. As I said above, semi-protection is only considered when admins can't keep up with blocking bad vandals that edit the page. --Ferien (talk) 17:21, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RFPP

Create Protection Saint-Pierre, Réunion - Repeatedly recreated. Bobherry (talk) 20:55, 30 January 2022 (UTC) (I wish we had a proper page to request protection.)[reply]

No problem with the page name really, so I don't see why we should create-protect this when we could just create a valid article. And the reason we don't have RFPP here is because really, there is no need for it. We do not get that many page protection requests, plus it keeps things simpler, I suppose. --Ferien (talk) 20:57, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's only been created four times since 2019 and some time apart from each other. I do not see a need to page protect at this time. Page protection is meant for when it is often re-created. -- Enfcer (talk) 21:00, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and created the page based on the en:wiki article. --Creol(talk) 09:15, 3 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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