Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Current issues and requests archive 68

Arunabha Bhattacharjee.

Possible QD A4 and/or G5, at least needs renaming and QD R3. Please check this article. MathXplore (talk) 13:29, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done Deleted by Fehufanga --Ferien (talk) 23:45, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Minati Token (MNTC)

Possible QD A4 but an IP user repeats QD tag removal, please check this article. MathXplore (talk) 14:58, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Hello Respected Editors, before Deleting any articles please check properly that what that article want to convey. I have just created and published a random crypto currency page. I am Just learning how to create pages on Wikipedia. 2409:4055:0:B8D6:0:0:1F40:D0AD (talk) 15:20, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

If you deleted that page i will lose all my confidence to create a new pages..if there is any need of correction please correct. Im really thankfull to you. 2409:4055:0:B8D6:0:0:1F40:D0AD (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done by Ferien. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:08, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

User:Ravensfire

Hello Respected editor, there is an user name Ravensfire doing wrong edits for increasing his number of edits please review his edits, he is placing random tags on pages for deletation. He is distroying Wikipedia pages. First he remove sources then he is removing data and after 2-3 days he is Using deletation Tag on that pages. I think he is doing this for money. This is not acceptable. Please review his account. This is totally wrong and against to the Wikipedia guidelines. Fahadsamual78 (talk) 05:05, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

I do not see any problem in their edits – they're just helping us remove spam and non-notable people from our Wikipedia and their help is definitely appreciated. Fahadsamual78, in future, you should put the template {{AN-notice}} on talk pages of editors who are involved in a topic on the administrators' noticeboard. --Ferien (talk) 21:44, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

This is interesting. I'm guessing that many of the articles Fahadsamual78 is complaining about are related to the "IP range advertising" discussion above. Many had similar issues - highly promotional, use of paid articles as sources and sources that never mentioned the article subject or the information they should have supported. After the range was blocked, I've seen articles created by brand new accounts that end in 2 or 3 numbers, with their only edit being a full article created, with sources, correct formatting and decent layout. All being very promotional in tone. I'm wondering if these accounts are all connected, as this feels like a paid editing group. Ravensfire (talk) 18:32, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

An example created today is Deepak Thanwala. Brand new editor, one edit, uses sources, article layout - it's just highly promotional in tone with some questionable sources. Borderline notability, but needs some significant cleaning. With the similar MO as the blocked IP range, maybe a CU could look into this? Ravensfire (talk) 20:11, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

TeleNanny

Possible QD A4 but an IP user repeats QD tag removal, please check this article about a TV channel. MathXplore (talk) 11:43, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Deleted. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:49, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

They have remade the page in the template namespace. Template:Telenyanya.ru Bobherry Talk My Changes 20:19, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Main Page Idea

What if we made an "On This Day" section of the Main Page, like on enwiki? I think it could be an interesting idea. QuicoleJR (talk) 23:20, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

It'd be nice, but I'm not sure if it would work. If we were to have the same facts as enwiki's today, only 2 of the bold articles in the facts out of 5 exist here. It appears it would be a little better than DYK in terms of maintenance as once we've done all the dates for a year, we would only have to occasionally update them, but actually getting a good amount of articles for all those dates in the first place would be challenging. --Ferien (talk) 23:44, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Maybe when the site reaches 100K articles we can revisit this idea. QuicoleJR (talk) 12:36, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Well, we do currently have 232,467 articles right now but it's more whether those articles are on topics that would work for On This Day, and whether those articles are a good quality to be on the main page. --Ferien (talk) 12:38, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Rohit Mehta (actor)

Why an editor placed quick deletation tag on this page with a reason of recreation of deleted content 2021? what is this i have created this page first time. without checking any thing he placed a tag of QD. i request you to review that page again Rohit Mehta (actor) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . he is notable enough for featuring in Simple english Wikipedia. Nalin-choudhary123 (talk) 11:28, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Akshat Tyagi

An user with an ip address removing tags from pages please check this user please Nalin-choudhary123 (talk) 12:03, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Tvactorcreator

Tvactorcreator has created Chitrak Shah earlier today. It originally was a very promotional article, full of marketing fluff and decidedly not simple english. It was tagged for speedy deletion by myself and an IP editor, both times removed by TVactorcreator. I did some cleanup on the article and added a notability tag. TVactorcreator removed that and we've gone back and forth over the tag, with some discussions on both of our talk page here and here. Would someone mind taking a look at this? From TVactorcreator's comments, they aren't willing to discuss this matter and will continue the disruptive editing. Thanks. Ravensfire (talk) 20:36, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

I see, IP address & you both are the same person. I may have added less sources, but the subject is country’s biggest developer of state in real estate. So he’s definitely notable. I agreed to your removal as I generated it through AI from news articles in the media, you can google Chitrak Shah and check under news section. Thats all, considering @Ravensfire edits he’s been only doing the tags and edits no contributions creatively. Tvactorcreator (talk) 20:41, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

@Tvactorcreator Except that the subject, as far as I can see, fails the general notability criteria. I have opened an RfD. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:11, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Question about plagiarism

I have been looking for information on plagiarism on Simple English Wikipedia. Is there a policy or guideline that I could view? Barbara (talk) 21:20, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

@Barbara (WVS) While not addressing or mentioning plagiarism verbatim, there is a policy on copyright and copying content from Wikipedia (whether it's the Simple English Wikipedia or another Wikimedia project). Per WP:FOLLOW, the English Wikipedia's guidelines on plagiarism can also be used as a guideline here. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:16, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response. Barbara (talk) 22:39, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

RD1 requests

Hi, I'm working through some of the potential copyright violations at CopyPatrol and I have some requests for revision deletion under the RD1 criterion:

• Andersonville Seminary (history) – revision 8869388 at 00:59, 9 June 2023‎ (UTC), copied from [1] and [2]
• 4D (history) – revision 8793936 at 00:24, 27 April 2023‎ (UTC), copied from the Bee Movie script
• Germany (history) – revisions 8739109 to 8739136 (inclusive) from 15:45 to 15:54, 22 March 2023‎ (UTC), copied from the "Never Gonna Give You Up" lyrics

Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 02:04, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

All  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 02:13, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Onkar Hase

Before renaming the page included an extra disambiguator, so I moved but at a close timing the redirect was deleted as QD G11, so I thought the same thing can be said for this page, but an IP user is repeating QD tag removal. MathXplore (talk) 09:49, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

There's an interesting comment from the IP in the history. "We are adding awards and achievements." I don't think that's an accident. Layout is similar to the IP ranges mentioned in "IP range advertising" above. Some odd sources- the Switzerland Post? Looking deeper, many of the "sources" are the same article, a clearly paid marketing piece. Most of these are pure junk sources masquerading as a real news site. This should be deleted. Ravensfire (talk) 11:50, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Nearly every source was the same paid marketing article. I've pruned them out, removed the unsourced fluff and tagged as G11 (again). Ravensfire (talk) 13:53, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I've quickly deleted the article as advertising. --Ferien (talk) 20:36, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I’m in so much pain hard to get around I see Ms Poorman she has all my records 75.180.51.181 (talk) 13:13, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Protection Request

Grass (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
- Very often vandalized due to the popular gaming term "eat grass" among other terms. Currently has been vandalized all month. Bobherry Talk My Changes 00:59, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Seems to have been vandalised almost daily since the last protection expired so I've gone for 3 months this time. --Ferien (talk) 10:26, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Арія_Шах

This user is making bad pages (QD A1), currently no improvements but repeating QD tag removal. I requests admins to take care of them. MathXplore (talk) 10:14, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Blocked and reported to stewards. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 10:34, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

User:Beastboy2.01

This editor has been attacking other editors for warning them as well as editing disruptively and making bad pages for awhile now. Bobherry Talk My Changes 10:21, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

sorry next time I won't do so Beastboy2.01 (talk) 15:09, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

but they copied my text and made them theirs post and get popular Beastboy2.01 (talk) 15:10, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Beastboy2.01, thank you for recognising your errors, but please be aware that any further incivility or creating bad pages will result in a block. --Ferien (talk) 21:35, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

but they copied my text and made them theirs post and get popular Beastboy2.01 (talk) 15:11, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Comment on Category:Cancer survivors RfD

Quite a few people have expressed concern over the following comment from Rathfelder on Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Category:Cancer survivors:

Delete. All these people will die in the end. Rathfelder (talk) 14:49, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Since then, both Illusion Flame and Bobherry have responded calling the comment harsh and after I closed the RfD, Davey2010 removed the !vote from Rathfelder and its replies. I have since reverted that removal, as the discussion is closed. From my POV, I did see the comment and the opposition it attracted while closing, but I did extend WP:AGF quite a bit, thinking that they did not word it the way they wanted it to be worded, and therefore didn't end up commenting on it in my closure. As this comment has attracted quite a bit of opposition already, I'm bringing it here to see if anyone thinks action against Rathfelder is necessary, but they haven't responded to any comment yet, perhaps because there have been no notifications given to them at this point. --Ferien (talk) 20:35, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I really don’t think anything but a warning is needed here. Seems to be like a case of a misunderstanding that came off different than how the author intended. It was definitely rude and uncalled for, but I don’t think we need to take action on this, besides a warning. I’d like to hear others opinions though. Illusion Flame (talk) 20:39, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

My reading of their comment at the time was "they will all die from their cancer(s) eventually" which I found incredibly disrespectful and tasteless however having re-read it the author may have actually been saying it as in "we're all going to die eventually" which is true we will. Certainly could've been worded better but given it leaves their comment open to interpretation I still believe it should be removed (or Rathfielder should amend it). Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:47, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

The discussion is closed now, so edits to it will be reverted.(I think) Illusion Flame (talk) 20:50, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Although discussions are closed that doesn't mean comments cannot be amended or removed. But anyway if we've all misunderstood Rath then best case scenario would be to reword the !vote and remove the replies –Davey2010^Talk 20:54, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I’d like an admin to clarify here and for @Rathfelder to comment as well. Illusion Flame (talk) 20:55, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Illusion Flame, what needs to be clarified? --Ferien (talk) 20:59, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Whether the closed discussion can be edited to amend the comment. Illusion Flame (talk) 21:04, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

If there's a consensus that that's necessary then WP:IAR surely. Editing a closed discussion to clarify your own opinion shouldn't be that big of a deal? --Ferien (talk) 21:05, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Agreed, just thought it best to clarify before @Rathfelder replies. Illusion Flame (talk) 21:06, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Most likely a misunderstanding, I've never had any issue with Rathfelder and they've always seemed to be nice. FatalFit | ✉ | ✓  20:59, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

What I meant, and I was clearly too abrupt, is that classifying people as survivors - of anything- doesnt seem like a good idea. Survival is not a permanent state. I didnt intend to upset anyone and I apologise to those I did. Rathfelder (talk) 21:44, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

That’s a good enough explanation for me. 😊 Anyone else disagree? Illusion Flame (talk) 21:47, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

I say a warning is needed as it clearly breaks policy. The comment was completely unneeded. Bobherry Talk My Changes 21:59, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

Can someone explain what policy I broke? Is it wrong to say that all humans are mortal? Rathfelder (talk) 21:38, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

@Bobherry Rathfelder has apologized and I see any further escalation (warning, block, etc) as unnecessary. The comment may have been pointy or harsh, and it could have been phrased in a better way. I don't think pointing out human mortality is breaking any policy. This issue is resolved from what I see. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:55, 27 June 2023 (UTC)

So is it acceptable to accuse an editor a breaking a policy that doesnt exist? Rathfelder (talk) 18:58, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

James Crown

Quick deletion is contested at here, I request admins to check this article. MathXplore (talk) 09:48, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Arguably an incorrect use of A4 but it's been deleted by Macdonald-ross. --Ferien (talk) 19:18, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Phenomenon i'm noticing

I'm noticing that quite a few IPs start off by making good edits to Deaths in 2023 but then start manually adding and removing the word '2023' constantly, flooding the article history tab with a lot of the same edits. Not sure what to do so I'm posting it here.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:28, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

Firstly, I'm going to delete the article per G6 to clear the flooded history, and then I am going to see whether other admins could make an abuse filter for this. --Ferien (talk) 11:14, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 11:22, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

So after around 35 minutes, I've gone through and selected all the revisions that should have been kept (the ones that weren't the constant self-reverts). It took a little longer than I thought.. anyway, I've also protected the article for 3 months. Now, a filter should probably be created and if that does end up happening before the protection expires, I should put here that admins do not need to ask me before unprotecting the article. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 11:55, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

@Ferien See Special:AbuseFilter/132. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:20, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

@Fehufanga: looks good to me. Thank you for creating that. I've unprotected the article now. --Ferien (talk) 13:22, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Alexander Lukson

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, possible QD A4 case. MathXplore (talk) 15:06, 30 June 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 11:08, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Muhammad Luqman

Possible QD A4 case, I request admins to take a look at this. MathXplore (talk) 07:54, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

It's quite a claim to be prime minister even of a micronation at the age of 11 but as the micronation is a hoax, this is also basically a complete hoax and so I've quickly deleted it as such. --Ferien (talk) 11:12, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

T2 Travel

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, possible QD A4 case. MathXplore (talk) 11:07, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Definitely a case of A4. Deleted, thank you. --Ferien (talk) 11:07, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Looks like a repeating customer to me. The /64 range has been blocked, again. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:43, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Script import request..

In delinting some pages, I've found that having a regexp based search and replace would be useful.

The script I use over on English Wikipedia is the one I'm most familar with:- en:wikisource:User:Inductiveload/maintain.

This script cannot be called cross-wiki, as it has some dependencies which need to be installed locally. Would it be possible for an interface admin to evaluate the script concerned, and make any appropriate imports needed so that I can make use of it locally? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:01, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

We have no local interface admins here, although if another admin has the JavaScript knowledge needed to figure out which dependencies need installing locally, then feel free to ping bureaucrats to get interface admin. --Ferien (talk) 15:39, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Holly & Terry's Saturday Showdown

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, possible QD A4 case. MathXplore (talk) 07:15, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Deleted and protected by Macdonald-ross. --Ferien (talk) 15:35, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

WP:NOTHERE user.

AE3907 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

This user started editing here on 15 May. Since then, every one of their edits has been made to their userspace. They've been using their userspace as a personal sandbox of sorts. Some of their edits include inventing alternate historical events: User:AE3907/World War 3 or 4 or 5. As can be seen here at their talk page, I've asked them twice to stop, but this hasn't slowed them down, and now they've uploaded this alternate historical map of a future world war: File:World map 3,4 and 5.png. I think that, per WP:NOTHERE, their editing behavior is not consistent with Simple English WP's guidelines. Nythar^T.C 13:42, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

To be fair, some of those entries are interesting and have potential, plus they are in userspace. I would encourage an administrator to look at the individual subpages and see which ones, if any, should be deleted. This is nowhere near as bad as someone creating bad articles, as it is in userspace. Blissyu2 (talk) 14:05, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

• This thread was archived by a bot. In the meantime, AE3907 has continued to make edits only to their userspace. Their edits and pages indicate they're writing alternate history or future events they predict may take place. Either way, their editing behavior indicates they are NOTHERE. Simple English Wikipedia isn't the right place for people to publish their personal thoughts. I am requesting that an administrator please take a look at this. Thanks. Nythar^T.C 11:22, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

   Done Blocked for a week. Will block for longer if they continue. --Ferien (talk) 15:35, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

The "Durra gas field" is undergoing targeted changes!

I noticed that the "Durra gas field" article has undergone changes and the word "Iran" has been removed from it. Considering the political tension in the region related to this gas field, these changes are most likely targeted and purposeful.

IPs 46.84.97.49 and 51.235.115.246 have made these changes, but this type of change (or sabotage or fight) can be seen in the history of this page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durra_gas_field

HP1250 (talk) 12:54, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

@HP1250 Hello, the article you linked is on the English Wikipedia. You may be looking for the administrators' noticeboard there. This is the Simple English Wikipedia, a different project. Thanks. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:50, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

"Page requests"

Could someone undertake to change this occasionally? It always has one or two left which no-one wants to take on. Macdonald-ross (talk) 11:52, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

I can make the two pages later, then I will edit the "Page requests" page. For convenience, I'm just going to link it here Wikipedia:RecentChanges/Most Wanted --Ferien (talk) 12:04, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done Written both pages. Now the requests page can be changed soon, although this doesn't require an admin and I'd rather someone more familiar did it, as I haven't made an update to that page before. --Ferien (talk) 16:20, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

IA request

I'd like to use the IA tools for a few hours to get the different levels of {{uw-spam}} warnings to appear on Twinkle's menu. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:39, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok, granting now. --Ferien (talk) 12:40, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

@Ferien  Done, see here, you can remove the rights. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:55, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

 Removed, thank you. --Ferien (talk) 12:56, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Ashish Khandal

I'm requesting to unprotect this article because a user who repeatedly recreated this article has been blocked indefinitely from editing, so there's really no need to keep this article protected. 95.132.186.233 (talk) 16:28, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

 Not done Multiple now-blocked users created the article, evading previous blocks. They may very well try and evade their block in the future in order to create the article. So no, it won't be unprotected. --Ferien (talk) 17:39, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Flood Flag

Can I have one please? I'm going to do some work on Category:Disestablishments by time Rathfelder (talk) 21:06, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Rathfelder, what tasks are you planning to do exactly with that category? --Ferien (talk) 21:06, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

add Navseasoncats to the subcategories. Rathfelder (talk) 21:21, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Ok. I will add it to you now. --Ferien (talk) 21:22, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Aasife Biriyani

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, possible QD A4 case (pretending notability by duplicate sections). MathXplore (talk) 07:34, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Page deleted. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:47, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Quick deletion of User:Catherine Lunaa

This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing, so a user page of this account needs to be quickly deleted as well. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 11:54, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

This does not fit any QD criteria. The G5 criteria doesn't apply if the user in question wasn't socking. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:39, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Mathew Beard

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, possible QD A1/A5 case. MathXplore (talk) 05:01, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Deleted by Macdonald-ross. --Ferien (talk) 13:51, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Ronniell2625$

I'm requesting to block this account for indefinite time, because this user is clearly not here to build an encyclopedia. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 08:40, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) This user is a possible LTA, so the block should be indefinite from the beginning. Please check the deleted page creations. It's not the first time they were made. MathXplore (talk) 08:58, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

I know, but this account has been blocked for 6 months and not indefinite. Ronniell2625$ created too many inappropriate pages, so I think block settings for this account should be indefinite and not for 6 months. I have already checked deleted page creations. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 09:07, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Was blocked by Macdonald-ross for 6 months but I have changed the block to indefinite as it is a sockpuppet. --Ferien (talk) 16:33, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for changing block settings to indefinite as that user is clearly not here to build an encyclopedia, by creating inappropriate pages. Also, thanks for letting me know that

Ronniell2625$ is a sockpuppet. That helps to protect Wikipedia from persistent vandals. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 18:00, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Unregistered user handling WP:VIP reports

I thought our admins are going to do this. Was this allowed from early days, or did anyone gave specific permissions? MathXplore (talk) 08:56, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

I removed those users on WP:VIP because they already have been blocked from changing. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 08:59, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Sometimes reports are left on there on purpose for discussion. Please leave it to admins to remove reports. --Ferien (talk) 10:58, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Because reported users were already blocked from changing Wikipedia, I decided to remove them from WP:VIP. I have already left it to administrators to remove reports. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 11:10, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Vishvakarma

I'm requesting to delete this article because it is a blanked page. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 10:37, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

It isn't. Please use {{qd}} to request quick deletion of pages, and please also reread the WP:QD criteria. --Ferien (talk) 11:00, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

The article I previously requested to be deleted because previously it was completely blanked, so I left a notice here. I have already read more info on Wikipedia:QD. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 11:05, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Saberov Ruslan

I'm requesting to protect this article because it has been repeatedly recreated for a period of 3 months. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 13:26, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Not necessary yet. It's only been created twice. --Ferien (talk) 13:51, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Article by blocked user

Hi, I apologize if I am not in the right place, I am not at home in this Wikipedia. I just wanted to point out to you an article that has been created by a user who has been blocked indefinitely on the English language Wikipedia as well as (with their original account) on the Russian language Wikipedia and on Mediawiki. Their article draft has been declined on the English language Wikipedia, so I get the feeling the user is now trying to place it wherever else they can (currently on the German WP). I am not even sure what they wrote here is Simple English, but then, I am no expert on that.

Not sure what your policies are here, but I thought I'd at least point it out to you for you to deal with as you think is right. Thanks, --2003:C0:8F12:B100:2961:D8DD:2AFE:5E3A (talk) 12:51, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Nominated for QD G5, thank you for the report. MathXplore (talk) 12:53, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

A user who created that article is blocked on another wikis, but not on Simple English Wikipedia. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 13:08, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Lock evasion is still evasion. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:12, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Note, that user speaks russian. I contacted him and explained that it's not allowed to abuse multiple accounts and copy articles from another Wikipedia editions.

Message to administrators: A user who has been blocked indefinitely from editing, BOjojo7777, recently send 2 unblock requests. Please accept or decline those unblock requests. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 14:57, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

You do not need to notify us of unblock requests. They appear in CAT:RFU that is monitored regularly. --Ferien (talk) 16:31, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

This is the Simple English Wikipedia. If that user is not able to express what he wants to express in English, this is not the right place for them. You are excluding everyone else by communicating in Russian on that user's talk page.

Same thing in the German Wikipedia, by the way. I don't believe that this user speaks a word of German. Their contributions on talk pages are mostly nonsensical computer generated replies. --2003:C0:8F12:B100:F8D6:B7D8:AFA1:6D6 (talk) 19:48, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

I don't think we have any restrictions on what language can be used on user talk pages. Messages on user talk pages aren't required to be understood by everyone. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:58, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Really? This would not have surprised me in any other Wikipedia project, but it does here. This is the Simple English Wikipedia. If we can't expect inclusivity as a goal here, where can we? --2003:C0:8F12:B100:9D39:D5E1:8C39:7DBF (talk) 22:53, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

Notice that I specified user talk pages. On any other talk pages, the conversations would be public for anyone to participate in, so English should be used, preferably simple English. That's where the inclusivity would come in. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:59, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

I am confused how it would be more inclusive to tell people they are not permitted to communicate privately in a language they are comfortable speaking. The only inclusivity I see there is for people not involved in the conversation and is it really any of their business? If they want to eavesdrop on others communicating, they can find their own ways to translate the conversation between two other people (or groups of people). If I wanted to listen in on people talking in a language I don't understand, that is my problem, not theirs. It is one thing if this were on Simple Talk but quite another on a user talk page. Pure Evil (talk) 09:26, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

I do not see why user talk pages should be private communication. If people wish to communicate privately, they can use e-mails or Wikimail or message systems or whatever, in any language they like. User talk pages are openly published on the internet for anyone in the whole world to read. It is absurd to call reading them "eavesdropping". As for my reason, I gave that down below in the P.S.. Finding out about a massive conflict of interest is, in my opinion, an excellent reason to make this the business of everyone who is working toward a better Wikipedia.

I may be a bit touchy about the issue of inclusivity, but I have several people with different kinds of disabilities in my family who are constantly struggling with all kinds of road blocks in their path, so to speak. It is frustrating to see that even here, "inclusivity" apparently only means the front end of things.

And yes, for that very reason I apologize for contributing in English here and not in Simple English, which I should be doing. English is not my first language, so I am trying the best I can. --2003:C0:8F4F:5200:CD79:72E1:FAC4:BBD (talk) 11:40, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Private and public may not be the best words to describe this. What I meant by public was that on talk pages other than user talk pages, participation from other users would usually be expected and encouraged. Of course, that would depend on the specific talk pages and what was being discussed -- some things are between the admins/crats and one specific user.

Communication on user talk pages is not private, since anyone can read it. However, that doesn't mean that it must be in English (simple or otherwise). Our target audience here includes people whose first language is not English, and there are various reasons people will use other languages in their talk.

• If user A has trouble communicating in English and user B is comfortable communicating in their native language, then user B might use it to help explain things to user A.
• Users might be communicating about things that aren't related to Wikipedia, such as some non-wiki thing they have in common. A certain amount of that is allowed because it encourages a sense of community.

Of course, if something like possible change to the wiki is being discussed, that discussion should eventually be on a non-user discussion/talk page and be in English. -- Auntof6 (talk) 15:56, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

P.S. My reason for being annoyed at this is that we are currently discussing the same questions on the German WP, how to deal with this user and their article, and it can be useful to check what is going on in other Wikipedias. Most of us speak enough English to read and understand what is going on here, but having portions of the discussion in Russian and having to run them through Google Translate is not helpful. --2003:C0:8F12:B100:F8D6:B7D8:AFA1:6D6 (talk) 19:57, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

A user I previously contacted, BOjojo7777, began to send messages to me on russian langauge. Because I already know Russian language, I was able to contact to that user, BOjojo7777. On German Wikipedia, I can't contact that user because I don't know German (only a few words). 95.134.111.155 (talk) 04:54, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Don't bother. In the first place, that user has been globally blocked. In the second place, I do not believe that the user speaks even a word of German. --2003:C0:8F4F:5200:CD79:72E1:FAC4:BBD (talk) 11:40, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

I completely disagree with you — see contributions of BOjojo7777 on German Wikipedia. 95.134.111.155 (talk) 10:02, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

List of Chums episodes

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, possible QD A4 case. MathXplore (talk) 12:14, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Chums (sitcom)

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, another possible QD A4 case. MathXplore (talk) 12:34, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: Deleted by Macdonald-ross. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:21, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Decapitalization request for Roman emperor categories

• Category:Roman Emperors
• Category:1st-century Roman Emperors
• Category:2nd-century Roman Emperors
• Category:3rd-century Roman Emperors
• Category:4th-century Roman Emperors
• Category:Byzantine Emperors

Per enwiki, I think the "Emperor" should be decapitalized in these categories. I request admins to rename and move entries with flood flag. MathXplore (talk) 05:06, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: There aren't really enough entries there to require the flood flag. Is there some reason you don't want to do this yourself? -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:20, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Really? I thought this was too much. I usually do category moves by myself when the total is less than 10. MathXplore (talk) 06:22, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: I think the rule of thumb is "about 100". :) -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:24, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Protection for Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Ardern is vandalized by IPs a lot. This is bad. Please protect the page. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:42, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

I've partially blocked 39.53.0.0/16 from editing the page, and those were two of the three IPs that edited it. Other than that, I don't think there's a need for protection at this stage, as it is only used as a last resort, but I am watching the page. --Ferien (talk) 19:04, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. QuicoleJR (talk) 00:19, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Alexander Bickerton

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal at here, possible QD A4/G4 case. MathXplore (talk) 12:34, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Martial arts

There is a problem here. An IP is making bad changes. We need an admin to help. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:46, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

@QuicoleJR: Semi-protected for a month. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:55, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:56, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

User Fdsapo

Fdsapo (talk · contribs) has created a fair number of articles and most of them have been quickly deleted as A4 or G11. Other have been deleted at RFD. There are several warnings on there talk page about the quality of articles and I left a final one the other day. Today they've created SottoPelle and Ruby Sengar both tagged already for G11. From all of their articles, there is WP:UPE happening and this editor just doesn't get the purpose of Wikipedia. They have made no edits other than creating articles. Please review and consider blocking. Thank you. Ravensfire (talk) 15:47, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

I reported them to VIP and the report has sat there for two hours. Hopefully this user can be blocked soon. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:52, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

And their remaining articles deleted as advertising / paid editing. 148.78.95.1 (talk) 16:03, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

User has been blocked for a year by Macdonald-ross. Their remaining two articles are at RFD. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:04, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Deaths in 2023

Might be worth some page protection (and/or a block for 82.132.218.192 (talk · contribs · WHOIS))? — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 18:56, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

@TheresNoTime: Blocked the IP for now. With protection, I thought a filter was created that resolved this issue – see #Phenomenon i'm noticing further up the page – but they are still doing it. With these edits, it doesn't look as though it can be covered by an abuse filter, but I will leave that for an admin more familiar with abuse filters to decide. --Ferien (talk) 19:00, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks — I'll try to poke someone to make a couple of suggested changes to Special:AbuseFilter/132 — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 19:28, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Oh, just noticed that's not a private filter — suggested changes below:

!("autoconfirmed" in user_groups)
& page_title contains "Deaths in"
& (
    added_lines rlike "\d{4}|\* ?\[\[.*?\]\]"
    | removed_lines rlike "\d{4}|\* ?\[\[.*?\]\]"
) 
& (edit_delta <= 20 & edit_delta >= -20)
& (user_name in page_recent_contributors)

Matches fairly well afaict — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 19:31, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done Operator873 ^connect 20:43, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

We also need to split June into its own article. I can't do it right now, but I'll try if no one else gets to it in the next few days. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:46, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

User:Ivan P. Clarin

Could I have some advice on this user-page, which seems to be a self-advertisement. I am thinking it should be deleted in this form. Macdonald-ross (talk) 07:16, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

I have cut the ad-content back. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:03, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Protection Request

Morbius (movie) (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
Repeatedly Vandalized. Bobherry Talk My Changes 20:07, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

There was a lot yesterday during a period of about 45 minutes, but nothing since then. The two IPs that were vandalizing are both blocked, one for a week and one for 6 months, so I don't think protection is needed right now. Report again if vandalism gets to be too hard to keep up with. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:05, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Dmitry Koshelev

QD A4 has been contested, I request admin review for this page. MathXplore (talk) 06:31, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: I understand that you don't want to have an edit war over removing the QD template, but when you see a user remove one like this, please leave them a warning so they know they should use the wait template instead. The warning says not to remove QD templates and explains using the wait template. Thanks.

I've deleted the page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:08, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Block required

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omnisexuality&curid=804918&diff=8956191&oldid=8956185 fr33kman 21:27, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

@Fr33kman: No action at this time. All users edits were within a few minutes and they seem to have stopped for now. Also not enough warnings given. If vandalism resumes, please report at WP:VIP. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 22:56, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough. I stuck around and noted that it had stopped. Cheers and good to see you! :) fr33kman 15:10, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Decapitalization request for cathedral categories

• Category:Roman Catholic Cathedrals
• Category:Roman Catholic Cathedrals in Spain
• Category:Anglican Cathedrals in England

Per enwiki, I think the "Cathedral" has to be decapitalized. I request admins to rename and move entries with flood flag. The total of entries are 110+ and I think flood flag action is really needed. MathXplore (talk) 04:50, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: I think this is within reasonable limits for doing without the flood flag. As I mentioned before, the rule of thumb is "about 100". I think this is close enough. Yes, people complain about seeing multiple similar changes, but we try to minimize what is done under the flood flag. If you really think this is too many, you could do just one category at a time. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:14, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Protection Request

Minions & More (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
Repeatedly vandalismed by many IPs with the same errors changing everything to Furby instead of Minions. I have had to revert this page almost everyday requesting a long term semi protection. Possible target of en:WP:LTA/BF101 Bobherry Talk My Changes 13:12, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

@Bobherry: Indefinitely semi-protected by Macdonald-ross, but I changed it to a year. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:23, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Please salt/create-protect MD. Tarikul Islam

MD. Tarikul Islam 135.180.146.84 (talk) 15:59, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Page has been recreated for the fifth time. The IP editor who has done the last two creations is almost certainly the original creator (Tarikul302 (talk · contribs)) logged out. At this point, the page probably needs to be protected, and possibly Tarikul302 and the IP blocked for disruption. I've got a feeling this will continue under different article names. Humorously, the article subject purports to be a digital marketing expert. Ravensfire (talk) 17:46, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Something more concerning, Tarikul302 is now taking this across other wikis - Simple Wiktionary [3] and at Wikinews [4]. Ravensfire (talk) 17:59, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

(Note) The user is globally locked. MathXplore (talk) 11:03, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

• Meaningless, in part: "Born and chatmohar pabna in Bangladesh, Tarikul had a passion for entrepreneurship from a young age."--QD, for that reason? 46.15.118.192 (talk) 19:16, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

No, it needs deleting and salting because it is meaningless advertising and keeps getting recreated. fr33kman 19:33, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Page deleted, salted for a year. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:17, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

IP block request

2A00:23C7:E493:E701:19A3:E5B3:C238:3A38 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has for some time now been using various IPs to add teddy bear image links to CBBC and CBeebies articles, I've already warned them at User talk:2A00:23C7:E493:E701:81C1:4C81:5DDC:57F5 and User talk:2A00:23C7:E493:E701:C99D:7EA6:F034:69E4 but the weird vandalism continues,

They've never contributed in the months they've been here - just bounced from one ip/device to another making the same pointless edits, As much as I want the longest IP block possible I don't know whether they've used different IPs or whether they've all been the same, Many thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 18:38, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

If you have some evidence you can ask for a checkuser to be done. It might make sense to make a block workable especially if many similar edits are coming from multiple IP, esp with IPV6 fr33kman 18:43, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

@Davey2010 and Fr33kman: The IPs shared a /64 range, so could be blocked. I don't think this requires a check, as with IPv6, /64 ranges are almost always ok to be blocked, per w:WP:/64. --Ferien (talk) 19:49, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

@Fr33kman If the IPs were substantially different then I would've done but without spilling the beans It was obvious this was the same person,

@Ferien Thanks so much - I originally wanted to ask for a rangeblock but I couldn't think of the word at the time - You read my mind :), Thanks so much!, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:24, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

User:MQAArticel

Single purpose account. Just creates an article about a single person. fr33kman 19:13, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Please take further reports to WP:VIP @Fr33kman. Illusion Flame (talk) 23:43, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

I left it here because it was more about a single-purpose account rather than "serious and urgent" vandalism. I do know where to put things. :) fr33kman 00:57, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

I’m aware you know where to put things, but SPAs can be reported to VIP too. Illusion Flame (talk) 02:05, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Not going to block for now as there have been no edits for a couple of days, but will keep an eye. Thank you, --Ferien (talk) 19:50, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

JWB user not listed on Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON

According to WP:JWB, JWB users must be listed on the checkpage located at Project:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON. I found a JWB user not listed on the checkpage (Special:Contributions/2601:46:480:EDC0:7412:B464:81E2:7C32). Should our admins send warnings about this case? MathXplore (talk) 11:21, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore This does not seem like the user actually used JWB and is instead using it as a cover to insert hoaxes. Blocked the /64 for a month as this has been going on for a while. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 11:23, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Rocky Marciano

Please semi-protect. It’s GRP. Illusion Flame (talk) 00:04, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Yeah it's getting out of hand. The page history just shows nothing more than an example of a severe edit war, which is probably the biggest I've seen on Wikipedia. Kaseng55 (talk) 00:09, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Ive been getting spam at an email account which was create solely to talk to Freddy for a while now. It was created back in 2007 and the most recent mail came in Dec 2022. Freddy got banned back in 2011, but the vandalism keeps going to this day under other names. there is little doubt it is all the same person over the past 16 years and there is no chance he will ever stop on his own. Pure Evil (talk) 06:18, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

• Given the activity, protecting the page may need to be considered. In the last 50 edits (Jul 7 - Jul 27) only 3 edits are not not noted as either reverts or undos. Of those 3. all were reverted. As such none of the last 50 edits were useful. Yes, they are being caught but how much time is being invested where there is no positive outcome? Most of the activity seems to be the fight between his KO rate being 87.76% or 87.755% and guis height being either 5 10 1/2 and 5 11. given tht this has been a LTA target for over a decade, it may be best t0 lock it down (at least to confirmed users only) and move on. Pure Evil (talk) 01:07, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I've deleted the page because its just been GRP since the beginning. I'm not going to comment on the exact reasons why on-wiki per WP:BEANS, but talk pages like this should generally remain unprotected. --Ferien (talk) 01:20, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I have reverted some of their unhelpful changes as well. 64andtim (chat) 04:58, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I think we might need to salt it. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:55, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

I've just done that for a day. --Ferien (talk) 16:55, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Protection Request

Jacinda Ardern (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
Repeatedly vandalized and reverted. Bobherry Talk My Changes 12:37, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 16:48, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

Dr. Swaroop Puranik

Dr. Swaroop Puranik Please any admin reviews this page this subject is enough notable for feature in Wikipedia he has multiple news sources in notable news around 50+ i dont think this page is to be deleted pleaese review. Naman-Dhaliwal-ed (talk) 13:32, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

WP:SALT

Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
Repeatedly recreated requiring autoconfirmed only create protection Bobherry Talk My Changes 20:11, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a week by Eptalon. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:21, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Murder

An LTA has been disrupting this page. I am requesting temporary page protection to stop the continued disruption. QuicoleJR (talk) 20:30, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a month. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:24, 30 July 2023 (UTC)

Hittites

On Hittites, unregistered users keep adding that the Hittites were Armenian, without any source. I can't revert them again because that would violate WP:3RR, so can an administrator decide how to handle this? Kk.urban (talk) 04:57, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

I reverted their last change so technically, your 3rr count is reset. That should help until an admin can get to it. Pure Evil (talk) 05:57, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

The rule is three reverts in a day (English Wikipedia says within a 24-hour period), not three consecutive reverts. Kk.urban (talk) 05:59, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

True, but it also says "can be blocked" not will be blocked. And it only applies to edit wars and not dealing with vandalism. #rr is not often evoked unless trouble is brewing. keeping up with a vandal will almost never bring it up and if it is more than one editor batting the vandal, there is even less of a reason to invoke it. Pure Evil (talk) 06:16, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

It was reverted again. Kk.urban (talk) 15:47, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

No comment on this specific case, but wanted to call out Kk.urban for respecting 3RR as a fairly new editor and reaching out for help rather than reaching out for the revert button. Thank you! Ravensfire (talk) 16:33, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

I have looked at the case: To make both happy: the claim has been tagged with a {{fact}} template. I am not a hisorian. So: if there's no change in that part, a month from now, feel free to remove the claim. And yes, thanks everyone for alerting us, and not going on an edit/revert war... Eptalon (talk) 20:29, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

George Reeves and Talk:George Reeves

Please protect George Reeves and Talk:George Reeves as these pages are being targeted by an LTA. --Leonidlednev (talk) 05:08, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Will borrow the thread and ask for Talk:Moscow Kremlin too. A09 (talk) 20:00, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Page protection for Talk:Howie Dorough

I'm requesting semi-protection for Talk:Howie Dorough because many unregistered users keep adding off-topic comments there. Kk.urban (talk) 00:48, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Protecting page transcluded onto main page

Shouldn't the subpages of Wikipedia:Very good articles be protected since they're transcluded on the main page? The cascading protection doesn't work as the page that's actually transcluded on the main page is a redirect.

For example, anyone can edit Wikipedia:Very good articles/Evolution, the featured article at the moment, and those changes will show up on the main page. Maybe those pages should be protected upon creation? Thanks, FatalFit | ✉ | ✓  04:32, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Actually there isn't even cascading protection on the main page, surprising. Anyone can still make edits to those pages and that will show up on the main page though. That's concerning. FatalFit | ✉ | ✓  04:37, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

It's semi-protected, and Template:Did you know is semi-protected. Kk.urban (talk) 04:51, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

But Wikipedia:Very good articles/Evolution is semi-protected. We use the subpage version for the Main Page, not the actual article. --Bsadowski1 04:56, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@FatalFit What Brian said above. There's no protection icon because it's not really necessary, but the blurbs are semiprotected. Cascade-protecting the main page would block autoconfirmed users from editing the DYK template. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 05:58, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Shai Benbasat

Two times, an unregistered user created Shai Benbasat. Then someone started an RfD, then the creator asked for deletion of the page. Now they have created the page again. That seems disruptive. If they wanted it deleted, they shouldn't have created it again. @Eptalon:. So what happens here? Kk.urban (talk) 22:58, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

@Eptalon: This is the 4th time in the last few days the same person has created the same page with the same contents that were deleted by request when people complained about it or opened a RFD. Please WP:SALT the page. I am getting tired of it. The editor is also being disruptive by doing so.

Shai Benbasat (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
Bobherry Talk My Changes 23:00, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Angel V. Tsvetkov

This is a BLP that fits to QD G4/G5, please take care of this page. MathXplore (talk) 05:06, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Same IP address, similar enough content to previous deleted versions. Blocked and deleted. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 05:21, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Shahrukh Khan

I think semi-protection might be needed for this page, please check its recent history. MathXplore (talk) 08:55, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Protected for three days. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:36, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Hitpig

This is a QD A3 case but an IP user is repeating QD tag removal. MathXplore (talk) 14:30, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Need to block an account which is a violation of username policy

I recently noticed that this account is a violation of username policy, account probably needs a block. 178.94.181.131 (talk) 16:04, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Username-related reports go to WP:VIP. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:06, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Please clarify the type of username violation (promotional, offensive, etc.) MathXplore (talk) 16:12, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

I believe they are going for overly long and confusing. QuicoleJR (talk) 16:15, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

That account which violates username policy, likely includes common vandalism, so to prevent persistent disruptive changing, the page created by that account, 50/50 Heroes, needs to be protected for a period of 1 week, or, if it has been repeatedly recreated, it needs to be create protected (salting) for a period of 1 month or, after persistent recreation, indefinitely. 178.94.181.131 (talk) 16:40, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Jean Harlow protection request

Jean Harlow might need to be semi-protected. It's been vandalized a lot by an LTA in the last 24 hours. J991 14:35, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Support the protection request. It always has been the LTA since 2023. Kaseng55 (talk) 17:43, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done by sysop @Eptalon. Illusion Flame (talk) 21:58, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Want Investigation Against User:Ravensfire

Please Investigate his account randomly he is removing sources and Citations from the pages what's is this. He doesn't have any authority randomly he is placing deletation on every Indian Wikipedia pages. this means simple Wikipedia is not for Indians. Got it, i need a strong investigation he is not contributing any major role in Wikipedia he is just came and deleting sources and placing deletation tags on Wikipedia pages please investigate his account and behaviour. 2409:4061:6E94:487D:0:0:50CB:A601 (talk) 11:52, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia is open, with very few exceptions pretty much anyone can edit any article. It might be that the reference does not support the statement where it is attached. So it gets removed, and if it isn't used in other places, it disappears from the article. And unless this is done in bad faith, there is little we can do. Eptalon (talk) 12:01, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

@Eptalon: As you can see at the following sections, the users are not listening to your words. Do you have any other words to them, or do you have anything else to Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#Opkrtwp244? MathXplore (talk) 01:16, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

It's hard to reply without specifics, but in the IP's other (now deleted) post here, they mentioned Mridul_Tiwari. I've made a series of edits on that article when it was first created [5]. The edits were to cut down on the promotional down in the article, remove unsourced material, consolidate duplicate references into a single ref, remove a press release that was being used as a source, remove some paid article being used as sources and cut down the other of other websites linked as there was an official website which had everything. I went back later and removed another reference that was a clear paid article [6]. And that was my last edit there. I tagged the image on commons as a copyright violation because it was pulled from the subjects website and not correctly licensed. Another editor has nominated the article for deletion however. I stand by the edits I've made on that article as working to improving it towards the standard of an decent article, not a marketing piece. I'll reply more generically in the rant / section below. Ravensfire (talk) 15:51, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Potential legal threat

"we cant delete all articles like this and it may be amount to defamation of this person according to indian laws and if editor wants to deal with it and delete it then face the consequences" The way it is worded makes it sound like Dontbescared is threatening to take legal action against Lymantria for nominating his article for deletion. Such a threat would be a bannable offense--Trade (talk) 14:38, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Sent AN-notice to the user. Another related discussion about the mentioned user can be seen at Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#Opkrtwp244. As shown in the section before this one and at the CU thread, this is not our first time to see such possible offenses. Opinions? MathXplore (talk) 14:46, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Another legal threat on the same AFD

Indian Journalist President (talk · contribs), a branch-new account somehow stumbled into this mess and with their first post include I think these editor's didn't see his education section it mentioned that this page person Abdul adnan is a Law student and surely he will take the legal action it will cost the wikipedia and editor's huge amount. [7]. Can we please get an admin to review and block this nonsense? That's now two legal threats towards me, and while this new account is surely related to the first and quite honestly I'd love to see them come to my country, file a suit against me and find out what w:SLAPP means, this is not conducive to collaborative discussions. Ravensfire (talk) 21:08, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

The account is also most likely impersonation which is an understanding block reason on multiple wikis. A09 (talk) 21:11, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

There appears to be canvassing on that RFD. I have tagged it as such. Wikipedia:Canvassing Bobherry Talk My Changes 21:25, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Added to CU workflow. MathXplore (talk) 01:14, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

please Investigate Against User:Ravensfire

He is just deleting all sources and citations just by saying promotional fluff what is this sir ? I want him to get banned he is just increasing his edit count by deleting thats it . Please check his edits history he is deleting citations rapidly he damaged 100s of indian articles and we tried to add it again but he is deleting again and again plzz stop him, its a very disrespectful to indian notable person's. I kindly request you guy's to please retrieve the all stuff which is deleted by the above mentioned user.The sources, citations which was deleted by him were organic.. Dontbescared (talk) 15:06, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

I cant help but notice you never disputed my accusation against you. Trade (talk) 15:16, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

First off, is this account driven by multiple people (“ we tried to add it”). Second, please read WP:RS. Blogs and personal sites, social media profiles including, fail the aforementioned criteria. A09 (talk) 15:22, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

@A09, I think it's more likely that there's a PR group that they are a part of that's been trying to push articles here. I know they won't admit it, but there's UPE happening here. Ravensfire (talk) 16:09, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Also check the IPv6 from two threads above if an SPI request is currently open. A09 (talk) 16:30, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

CU is requested (Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#Opkrtwp244), this is possible lock evasion so it is also reported to m:SRG. MathXplore (talk) 17:38, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

It has felt like there has been a fair number of promotional and spammy articles being created about India related subjects in the past few weeks. A realty company. Random doctors. Businessman. User:Ravensfire/QD_log has the quick delete's I've requested. I stand by them. The main article that dontbescared is commenting on is Abdul Adnan which is currently at RFD. This article was a mess when created by a single-edit throwaway account. Promotional tone throughout the article, multiple paid articles being used as sources, claims that really pushing credibility (can you call someone a cricketeer when they've only playing in state-level junior tournaments? And no news source that has decent mention of them?). don'tbescared has showed up and is aggressively defending the article.

They've deleted my comment at rfd, replacing it with a completely opposite comment [8]. Their comments there have included legal threats it may be amount to defamation of this person according to indian laws and if editor wants to deal with it and delete it then face the consequences.[9] They don't offer policy-based views, just hand-waving and insisting that we ignore the man behind the curtain. [10] The "man behind the curtain" here is the prevalence of paid articles in the Indian news media. The w:Paid news in India article has some information, and there's a really good writeup at w:User:Ms_Sarah_Welch/sandbox/Paid_news_and_private_treaties. This article (and most of the others I've tagged for QD) have been inundated with highly promotional paid articles as part of PR campaigns. I stand by my actions in this article and the other promotional drek that's been appearing here. Ravensfire (talk) 16:09, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

 Comment: I just wanted to inform everyone that Dontbescared (talk · contribs) has been banned from Wikidata for being a sock of JUTRER (talk · contribs) @Eptalon, MathXplore, Ravensfire, Bobherry, and A09:--Trade (talk) 16:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Principality of Kalmat

This is a copy from [11], but a new user is repeating QD tag removal. Obvious QD A3 case. MathXplore (talk) 10:57, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done Deleted --Ferien (talk) 17:58, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Can we have uw-relatedpages to Twinkle?

{{uw-relatedpages}} is a single issue notice template that I sometimes use. It is made for our project, but it's not added to our Twinkle. Can we have this template on Twinkle's single issue notices menu? MathXplore (talk) 13:49, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Sure. I will grant myself interface admin to do it now. --Ferien (talk) 13:50, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 13:58, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Jean Harlow (again)

Could we have semiprotection of Jean Harlow again please? It's the usual WMF-banned user adding his typical unexplained-death conspiracy theories. As we know from experience, he litters the edit history with all-caps illiteracies and abuse whenever someone finds his edits and removes them. Thank you - Antandrus (talk) 18:19, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done by @Ferien. Thank you - Antandrus (talk) 18:37, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Oops, didn't end up actually seeing that request, just protected anyway :) --Ferien (talk) 18:38, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Edit filter to stop addition of {{Short description}}

Simple English Wikipedia hasn’t the short description template ever, and it’s currently a blank placeholder. I propose creating an edit filter to warn editors that are adding a short description template and inform them that we don’t use them here. Thanks! Illusion Flame (talk) 02:13, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

I don't oppose it, but also don't see a need for it. The template is blank, so it doesn't affect the page, and every few months, the templates get removed from pages with AWB, usually by Djsasso, and I sometimes do it if he hasn't in a while. --Ferien (talk) 16:26, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

WP:VIP report was stopped by spam filter

I wanted to report an IP user to VIP with Twinkle, but the report was stopped by the spam filter. Can our admins fix this issue? MathXplore (talk) 13:30, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

(Note) The user I wanted to report is Special:Contributions/174.138.199.161. MathXplore (talk) 13:38, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

MathXplore, I blocked the account a little while ago, but have you faced the issue at all since? For some reason, it doesn't seem to come up in your abuse filter log so I can't look at it closer. --Ferien (talk) 16:29, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

After this report, there were no incidents like this. Thank you for the response. MathXplore (talk) 06:57, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for semi protection of Abdul Adnan

There is some edit warring about the sources used. --Trade (talk) 16:05, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

 Not done seeing as the issue is over but I would warn the other editors involved who violated 3RR over this (@Ravensfire, A09, and QuicoleJR:) that edit warring is not ok even in this case. There is no need to remove problematic sources from the article in the first place when an article is at RfD (and looking likely to be deleted very soon). To then edit war (with 6 reverts) over something so minor is unacceptable, on both sides – regardless of whether multiple editors agreed, 3RR still applies to you. Please note that future 3RR violations may result in blocks. --Ferien (talk) 16:20, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Understood, I got irked and carried away and I know better. Hopefully this mess gets resolved soon. Appreciate the polite reminder. Ravensfire (talk) 16:24, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Well, at least it looks like the accounts have been blocked and globally locked. --Ferien (talk) 16:25, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

I do not understand how I violated 3RR. I only made one revert. QuicoleJR (talk) 17:30, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

QuicoleJR, my apologies for the slight error. 6 reverts were made to the page, by three different editors including you. This is edit warring even if it does not technically violate 3RR, because the article was constantly being changed back and forth with no attempt at discussion on the talk page from any party. --Ferien (talk) 20:58, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

As far as my understandment goes, from when is acting against consensus and established rules a misconduct per 3RR? A09 (talk) 20:31, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Obligatory not an admin so just my view, but generally unless it's clear vandalism, BLP issue, copyright issue or spam, 3RR applies. Unfortunately, editing against consensus usually isn't vandalism, just misguided editing that can result in a block for doing that. The right approach was to ask for the protection and probably should have reported the edit-warring from Dontbescared who did hit 4 reverts (on that account...) on the 6th. The article is promotional of a non-notable person, but it wouldn't fall into the spam exemption either. It was pretty clearly heading towards delete at the RFD, so best approach may have been to just hand the UPE editors rope and just let it be. Which is why I haven't removed the last edit that put the paid news junk back into the article. Ravensfire (talk) 20:57, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

A09, pinging so you can see the response. I think Ravensfire's reply addresses your question perfectly. --Ferien (talk) 21:00, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Hit Reply and immediately thought that I forgot to ping them. Sigh, reading internal design and implementation standards makes the brain hurt sometimes. Ravensfire (talk) 21:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Sure, don't have any problem whatsoever with such edits (apart from them being basically spam). IMO the current policy of WP:VAND is quite vague (it only defines it as "bad edits" ...). A09 (talk) 21:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Protection Request

Morbius (movie) (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
Constantly vandalized. Many of which also end up having to be revdel'ed as well. Bobherry Talk My Changes 21:05, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

See pages logs. I am requesting 6-12 months of semi protection. (If we had pending changes id request that, wishful thinking.) Bobherry Talk My Changes 00:33, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Still needing protected. Has been vandalized multiple times today. Bobherry Talk My Changes 22:42, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 16:05, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Child's Play (2029 film)

Possible hoax movie article with no claims of notability. QD A4 or A6? MathXplore (talk) 08:25, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: Deleted and salted. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:35, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Was a violation of WP:CRYSTAL. 88.110.38.249 (talk) 14:01, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

212.70.98.49

212.70.98.49 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has been edit warring in various locations on this Wiki, including abusive creation of complex articles copied directly from enwiki. IP is already blocked on enwiki for vandalism, but I do not believe their edits here are vandalism; only disruptive. If there's an admin here that can intervene, it would be appreciated. Thank you. JalenFolf (talk) 18:30, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Globally blocked by AmandaNP before I saw this. --Ferien (talk) 15:36, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Import Template:Infobox settlement

Can an administrator please import the current version of {{Infobox settlement}}? There have been a few changes. Kk.urban (talk) 23:14, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 15:41, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

@Ferien Can you import en:Template:Fix comma category? It is now used on {{Infobox settlement}}. The purpose of this template was explained here. Kk.urban (talk) 23:47, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done as well --Ferien (talk) 08:07, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Submission to the Wikipedia Board | Sunscreen Page

Hello esteemed administrators,

Over the past few months, I've taken an active interest in editing the Sunscreen page and have even taken the initiative to create a Certified Organic Sunscreen Page. The rationale behind this endeavor is rooted in the current zeitgeist where the terminology and marketing surrounding "organic" products have become increasingly prominent. This prominence has been particularly evident in the domains of food and personal care products.

To the average consumer, when a product, be it an avocado or a cosmetic, is marketed as "organic," there's an inherent expectation. They anticipate a product free from synthetic pesticides, herbicides, petrochemicals, and devoid of any cross-contamination practices. This assumption is informed not only by marketing but also by regulatory standards set by various consumer commissions globally.

However, within the scope of Wikipedia's cosmetic pages, there's been a recurring contention. Some editors are inclined to describe petrochemical ingredients as "organic compounds." While technically accurate in a strict chemical sense, this terminology might be misleading for the layperson, especially in the context of a cosmetic product.

An insightful user noted on the Sunscreen talk page: "The language for these kinds of articles is a fraught area. From a scientific perspective, ALL substances in sunscreen are chemicals... It would be nice if we could make a firm decision to either go completely with popular, idiomatic use of language or with fully correct, scientific terminology."

Given the protection of the term "organic" by authorities such as the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and equivalents worldwide, it's pivotal for Wikipedia to offer clarity. Our platform, revered for its reliability, should present information in a manner that aligns with widely accepted conventions and avoids potential confusion for its vast readership.

I'm looking forward to a collaborative discussion on this topic and appreciate the board's time and consideration.

Warm regards, DemocratGreen (talk) 01:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi DemocratGreen and thanks for your message. As administrators, we do not decide what happens on content pages. Therefore, no intervention is required from administrators here, however, what you point out is important. You could follow our "be bold" policy and make the decision yourself or alternatively, initiate a discussion at another venue, perhaps Talk:Sunscreen or Wikipedia:Simple talk. Kind regards, --Ferien (talk) 16:02, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

204.10.62.170

Is this an LTA? They're adding unsourced claims that people have died. J991 14:59, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Not an LTA that I recognise but I have blocked the IP as an open proxy. --Ferien (talk) 15:35, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Bulk copy-pastes

User Special:Contributions/69.117.10.47 rapidly created more than 50 copy-pastes from EnWP. Rather than individually tagging all of them QDA3, can an admin just remove them all, please? Thank you, --Gotanda (talk) 22:29, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

To be exact, I should say that the random 8 or so I checked so far are dupes. They probably all are. --Gotanda (talk) 22:30, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

I checked another six, and all were copy pastes. Now deleted. Peterdownunder (talk) 23:01, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! --Gotanda (talk) 05:38, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

IP copying and pasting leads from enwiki

@69.117.10.47: has copy pasted around 50+ articles that are to complex for the SEWiki from the enwiki. This has happened for atleast a month now. All fall under A3. Bobherry Talk My Changes 02:16, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: has previously QDed some of their pages as well. Bobherry Talk My Changes 02:19, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

IP has been blocked for 3 months. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:46, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Franjo Tuđman

Ongoing vandalism at Franjo Tuđman from a person using various IPs Pure Evil (talk) 04:40, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Seems to have stopped following your two reverts. I'll leave it unprotected for now but will keep an eye on it. --Ferien (talk) 20:51, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Didn't stop, just took a break till the next day. He seemed to have stopped after your two reverts. That did not stop him as he was back the next day. He seems to have stopped after "XXBlackShitXX thinks he is "smart"..". "BLATANT IDIOT" and "your brain is banned!" but no. Of the 23 25 edits to the page 86% 88% are vandalism or reverting it and there are 4 instances of unaddressed verbal abuse. Do we wait until 90% of an articles history is vandalism related to deal with the issue? Pure Evil (talk) 23:02, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

No, most vandalised pages don't have such a high percentage of vandalism-related revisions, I guess we semi-protect the page. 88.110.38.249 (talk) 08:49, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

If we protect that page, he is just going to go ahead and edit war on other pages. We do not need to protect every single page he happens to come across. There are other ways to deal with it, without needing to protect. --Ferien (talk) 11:29, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

You may want to use those ways as there has been 2 4 more vandal attacks with reverts and we are declaring the man a war criminal again. And still the claim of a war crimes trial in the summary. I have given up reverting the constant vandalism there as the plan is just to have us follow him around and clean up his droppings. Pure Evil (talk) 21:09, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you Pure Evil (talk) 21:27, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Religious related user names permitted in wikipedia ?

Please answer above question Vengalrao18 (talk) 15:58, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

When picking a username, try to find one, that is not too political, too religious, and that does not put a person or group in a bad light. Religion can be a sensitive topic, and in many (civil) wars, religion is taken as a pretext, to say why one group of people is fighting another one... Eptalon (talk) 16:05, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Bonaadea123321 i want to take user name . This user name permitted in Wikipedia ? If permitted i want to change my username

Bonaadea is a god of religious .

Bona Dea - Wikipedia Vengalrao18 (talk) 16:16, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Usernames are handled at meta, you can request a change on this page at Meta. Try filing a request, it will either succeed, or you get an explanation why it is not possible. Eptalon (talk) 16:26, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

User talk page semi-protection request

Is it possible to have semi-protection to User talk:MathXplore? It is recently targeted by vandals. MathXplore (talk) 13:09, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

 Done for a week. --Ferien (talk) 13:11, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

But I wanted to send you a barnstar! 88.110.38.249 (talk) 09:28, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Post it here, and I can move it for you. QuicoleJR (talk) 18:30, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Babar: King of the Elephants

I am requesting help with this page. An IP address keeps copy-pasting the enwiki plot section into the page. Please do something about it. QuicoleJR (talk) 17:03, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

The IP was blocked by Macdonald-ross. --Ferien (talk) 17:00, 15 August 2023 (UTC)