Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Current issues and requests archive 71

Rachid lanjri

I think this is a QD A4 case, but since the author is repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 03:21, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 13:18, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Yahya Jamaaoui

Per Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2021/Yahya Jamaaoui, I think this is a QD G4 case. Since the author is repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 03:33, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 07:20, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

RfD needs attention...

Hello, fellow admins, our request for deletion page needs attention: There are quite a few overdue ones, which need closing. It looks like in recent times, I have been the admin who closed most requests. So, if you have a second, take a look, and close some. Thank you Eptalon (talk) 06:08, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

I do check, but most of the time recently I find that someone has already taken care of the ones that were ready to close! -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:39, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Disruptive changes from a large range.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=119.155.179.249%2F16&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=&end=&limit=50 This large /16 range has been making unhelpful changes for a while now since atleast August. It seems to be one person using this whole range. This is a large range however and the /24 only hit a handful of the IPs. Bobherry Talk My Changes 21:15, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Too large for a long block. Blocked for 2 weeks fr33kman 21:19, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Large and long range blocks are fine. I usually enable account creation for large (>/20) IPv4 range blocks with a duration of over 1 month. Evaluating the contribs of that range also helps determine how many people you're likely going to annoy with the block. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 02:53, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Hoaxy, or only lesser problems~?

October 2023 Shuafat attack.--I have searched at En-wiki "2023 Israel–Hamas war".--Seems like no hits there, on "Shuafat".--If none of the administrators are vaguely familiar with this topic, then perhaps consider taking maximum safety measures, in regard to any presentation on this simple-wiki page. 2001:2020:319:E5B1:D59:42EA:FFE5:144F (talk) 19:26, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

With only 3-4 editors on simplewiki working on the article it is going to be quite different than the one on enwiki. That is only a problem if it become non-neutral or unfactual. Are you stating the our article has something the enwiki article doesn't have or the oppsite? fr33kman 19:32, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

I have deleted the page after doing a search for it on Google, enwiki and having realized that it must be a hoax. Let me know if this is wrong. fr33kman 19:39, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Disruptive IP range on movies

Special:Contribs/197.229.2.0/24 is making a bunch of disruptive changes. They are removing references and copying plot summaries from other websites. Kk.urban (talk) 06:11, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Requesting protection of Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan keeps getting vandalized. Please protect it. X58075398 (talk) 13:59, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Protected for 2 weeks.. Eptalon (talk) 23:27, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Imran Abbas RfD

There is something screwy with Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Imran Abbas. I know there were more to it than is shown. The history does not even list my editing it. At the same time, looking at the first post in the history, it was started with a comment from me already in it.. I remember the edit that came from and that there were a couple more after it yet there is nothing in the history. Someone played around with the history changing what is attributed to me by removing the attrib and also removing my other posts and the posts of others. Pure Evil (talk) 00:53, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

It was one of a few that weren't listed. Oddly enough, it listed more or less the same thing twice, so I deleted the top part; all this is visible from the history though. Eptalon (talk) 12:07, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

It was listed as an RfD.. I commented on it and later replied to the comment of the user changing it.. and neither of those comments are in the history. I also remember someone replying to my missing reply. Also not in the history. My comment that is actually there was added by someone other than me. The history shows some of the past but much of it is missing. It completely blanks out any actions from me while a comment signed by me is in the post.. How did I comment on it , at least twice, and only one of those comments show up and yet I am not in the history and someone else posted my comment? The history is not valid.. Pure Evil (talk) 22:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Could the AFD have been deleted and then recreated by the IP? There's something odd here for sure. Ravensfire (talk) 22:52, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

That should have turned up in the logs. Or something. This is odd. Ravensfire (talk) 22:54, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Looking over the article in the state is was when the RfD tag was placed, that is not the article the RfD comment signed by me was dealing with.. That comment is from an RfD for someone else. This RfD may not have been added after all, but my comment was posted. just somewhere else and copied to this one. Pure Evil (talk) 22:53, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Ah ha - and that is the answer. Look at [[1]]. Ravensfire (talk) 22:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

At least I know Im not going crazy (er) This is similar to the Janet James RfD where someone else copied and pasted my comments from a separate RfD. At least on that one, they did not sign my name to the comment.. It also seems on this one that they took Fariens comment from that tread as well. Pure Evil (talk) 23:19, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

And found.. Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Syed Hassan Jafari (Actor) was the RfD the info was taken from.. I posted, they fixed, I replied, Freekman replied to that.. they lifted part of that train and pasted it into this RfD. Pure Evil (talk) 23:00, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Please grant me the Confirmed permission

Hi. I'm a Commons admin and occasionally need to swap out images on other projects - such as if the identical image is under two different names, and we need to move all of the uses to one file before deleting the other. It looks like I don't have permission to do that here because I'm not confirmed/autoconfirmed. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:01, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

@The Squirrel Conspiracy Hello, the autoconfirmed threshold here is 4 days and 10 edits. You're only 4 edits short, I'd suggest that editing the sandbox a couple of times. I'll also modify the filter that caused your edits to be blocked. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:25, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Autoconfirmed requires 4 day (  ) and 10 edits ( Only 6). A couple more edits and it should kick in automatically. Pure Evil (talk) 03:34, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 03:56, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

List of the oldest people by country

The page is claimed to be under construction but I see no changes and the latest version fits to QD A1 or QD G2. Since the creator is repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 06:43, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

According to the history, you tagged it for deletion 9 minutes after it was created with the in use tag. Not saying they are actually working on it, but interrupting them less than 10 minutes into the job is a bit rash. Have a little patience. Like hours or days.. there is no rush needed here. Pure Evil (talk) 08:41, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Report concerning User:2600:6C50:17F:ABB9:A8AF:FA30:FB46:37AC

2600:6C50:17F:ABB9:A8AF:FA30:FB46:37AC (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) and other IPs on same /64

Some kind of pro Armenian vandal/historical revisionist. Reverted my removal of his vandalism on several pages. See Darius III, Tiridates III of Armenia, Hittites, Orontid dynasty.

Their /64 is already blocked on Wikidata for similar edits. See https://guc.toolforge.org/?isPrefixPattern=1&by=date&user=2600%3A6C50%3A17F%3AABB9%3A and wikidata:Wikidata:Administrators' noticeboard#Semi-protection for Q319478 and Q363394. Thank you. -- William Graham (talk) 18:29, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done Blocked the /64 range for a while. Let's see if they go away however unlikely. Thanks for reporting fr33kman 18:33, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

2600:387:8:9::97 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)

Back again already. -- William Graham (talk) 21:17, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Seems so. I will deal with it. Thx :) fr33kman 21:20, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Page protection for Negroid

Can you please semi-protect Negroid? Kk.urban (talk) 23:16, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done by Eptalon --Ferien (talk) 19:48, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

List of Mexican supercentenarians

I'm not sure what to do with List of Mexican supercentenarians. It was created and then many names were added to the list and it was blanked multiple times. The users and IPs editing it mostly seem to be sockpuppets of each other, although this isn't proven. I haven't checked any version of the list to see if it's accurate, but I don't have much trust in that direction. Kk.urban (talk) 19:37, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

It's currently a redirect to a nonexistent page, but it could be reverted to a previous revision. Or deleted... Kk.urban (talk) 19:37, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I've deleted it fr33kman 19:42, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

@Fr33kman You didn't delete List of Mexican supercentenarians. I don't know if I should restore it to an earlier version or what. Kk.urban (talk) 19:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Done: fr33kman 01:02, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Page protection for List of Pixar movies

There's a persistent IP editor on List of Pixar movies that's removing sources, adding unsourced information and generally not being helpful. It seems to be coming from a couple of different IP's and affects more than one article. Would an admin mind taking a look into this? Ravensfire (talk) 16:06, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Protection for TeenNick

TeenNick (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
This page has been getting unsourced hoax edits added to it by someone under multiple accounts and IPs for at least a month now. Bobherry Talk My Changes 02:24, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Disruptive RfD nominations by Rathfelder

I have been seeing numerous disruptive RfD nominations from the user Rathfelder that violate the basic checks that should be done before deletion (WP:BEFORE). This has been a continuing issue, despite many comments about how this is a problem (see Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Microsoft Expression Web, Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Political union and Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Navagraha), with no sign to change his ways and failure to get the point - and now going about nominating unreferenced BLPs, that we have hundreds of, for deletion (see Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Michele Tafoya and Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Lee Hamilton). I don't know whether we should consider WP:ONESTRIKE considering it could apply here, but I'm not liking slightly poor articles constantly being nominated for deletion with reasons that are invalid. That being said, I am very involved in this issue, often being the one improving these articles to save them from deletion, so I won't be taking any administrative action on this myself. --Ferien (talk) 21:23, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

I understand that the policy is that unreferenced articles about living people are liable to be deleted. It also agreed that in some cases what we have is so poor that it should go. These nominations are not intended to be disruptive. I've done a lot of work on uncategorised articles, and I do find some very poor articles. Generally I tag them. I only propose deletion in a small proportion. Some of my proposals are agreed to be deleted and some arent. I think we need to exercise judgement. Rathfelder (talk) 22:12, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

BLPPROD does not exist on this wiki, but a key part of w:WP:BLPPROD on enwiki is that you look for reliable sources yourself before nominating the article for deletion. If you had even looked at the enwiki equivalent for all of these articles, you would have seen there are reliable sources available for both of these people. None of the articles that you have nominated for cleanup-related reasons come close to w:WP:TNT standard, as none of the articles you have nominated for deletion under cleanup issues have resulted in deletion, despite you nominating many articles for deletion for these reasons. RfD isn't an article cleanup venue. I am happy to create one in my userspace or get community opinion on it if you like, but RfD shouldn't be it. --Ferien (talk) 16:39, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Why does BLPPROD not exist on this wiki? Surely the reasons for it on other wikis apply just as much here? Rathfelder (talk) 17:08, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Because it'd be a lot of work to make sure articles on all living people have references on this wiki, where we don't have as many active editors. So long as the articles say nothing controversial, a lack of sources is not an issue. Many of the unreferenced BLPs that we have can actually be pretty easily fixed, and I have been addressing your articles at RfD and when I had more time, I had been clearing up that backlog anyway. --Ferien (talk) 20:31, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

It seems that not everyone agrees with you. See Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Disfranchisement, Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Microsoft Expression Web, Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Morality and religion. Kk.urban (talk) 19:36, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

In each cases opinions differed. That is surely the point of having discussions. Rathfelder (talk) 19:44, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Just to be clear, I was replying to Ferien here. Kk.urban (talk) 19:45, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

If this is the case then perhaps the basic rules for nominating articles should be changed, although that is not necessary. WP:BEFORE is put out very clearly and it is very clearly being broken. We as a wiki have chosen to not use deletion as cleanup for a very long time, there has been no reason given as to why that should change now. A couple of editors choosing to either ignore the policies we have or pretend they don't exist, shouldn't mean we abandon those policies. --Ferien (talk) 20:28, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Why do we let BLP articles be posted without references? The point of the policy is to protect Wikipedia from litigation and to fend off hoaxes. The fact that most could easily have references is beside the point.Rathfelder (talk) 21:12, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Asked and answered. Ferien has addressed this already above. Repeating the same question just because you do not like the answer is not constructive. --Gotanda (talk) 00:45, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

In English Wikipedia people cannot post articles without references. That shifts the burden on to the contributors. Rathfelder (talk) 10:42, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

This is not EnWp. --Gotanda (talk) 11:41, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

But can we not have a similar system? Rathfelder (talk) 15:47, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

That would be a separate discussion (useful background reading: Wikipedia:Simple talk/Archive_101#BLP_PROD_process). I also want to take this opportunity to reiterate that the BLP policy prohibits addition of heated, arguable material that is unsourced (be it good or bad), not any unsourced material. EN uses the term "contentious". Chenzw  Talk  16:54, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm not proposing that we should apply a PROD policy to all existing articles, if it is agreed, as it appears to be, that we shouldnt. (though I think that should be more explicit). I am more interested in a policy which automatically prevents people from posting any unreferenced articles. Rathfelder (talk) 11:05, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Edits by QLDer in NSW

The editor is enthusiastic and seems to be in school, but they are bulk creating hundreds of very low info stubs for others to clean up. They themselves describe their approach to editing, "Thanks for reminding me. I do recall once thinking "Shouldn't these be simplified?" but I then thought "Meh, I'll do it later." Later doesn't happen. I and PureEvil have both cautioned them about adding articles with errors. I have given them clear advice for how to go back and clean up after themselves, but they rarely do. Problems include, broken images or templates, incorrect electoral results, blank sections, and more. The 700+ stubs will soon grow further out of control. I thought bulk creation was discouraged here. In any event, they may need a break from new article creation. --Gotanda (talk) 00:34, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

I think Special:Contributions/149.167.175.128 is also related to this case, similar type of page creation, and IP comes from similar region. MathXplore (talk) 06:26, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

There is also Special:Contributions/149.167.173.216 which followed the same pattern until blocked four days before QLDer started as a "Former IP editor". --Gotanda (talk) 23:25, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

I think we should not link IPs and accounts. As a checkuser I can tell you: such associations are sensitive information. Eptalon (talk) 23:55, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I did not realize I was causing an issue by doing so. How should handle similar in the future? Gotanda (talk) 02:32, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Note: I didn't check, I can't tell you if they match. In the future: write a mail to the checkuser list? But as long as there is no sign of abuse, there is no need for a checkuser action Eptalon (talk) 11:15, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Television series for Yo! Smiley Clown Jr. With TeenNick

Yo! Smiley Clown Jr. With TeenNick (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
This page has been getting unsourced hoax edits added to it by someone under multiple accounts and IPs for at least a month December 2023. Goopii1 (talk) 18:25, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

The above user (Goopii1 (talk · contribs)) is a sockpuppet (of Good Goo2 X (talk · contribs) etc.) and should be indefinitely blocked. You Hood1 (talk · contribs) is another sockpuppet. Kk.urban (talk) 18:49, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Edits by X58075398

I have seen a lot of edits by X58075398 (talk · contribs) that are not helpful, relating to spelling variants and formatting issues. Some of these are:

• A pattern of changing "colour" to "color" across many articles, which is against MOS:ENGVAR.
• Replacing links to "https://www.mathsisfun.com" with "http://www.mathisfun.com", although the website is hosted at the first title and "https" is more secure
• Moving MATLAB and INTLAB to MatLab and IntLab, although the titles are all-caps in all the sources and in other Wikipedias
• Removing use of the {{radical}} template in informational pages, by substituting it, which is unhelpful because these pages are designed to show how to use it, and if it is substituted, that won't work
  • They also tagged the {{radical}} redirect to {{radic}} for deletion, and then replaced use of {{radic}} with {{radical}}. That doesn't make any sense.
• Replaced all instances of the word "pi" with the symbol π on Pi

I hope that administrators can review these changes and make recommendations to X58075398 if they are doing something wrong. Kk.urban (talk) 18:53, 2 November 2023 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) Sent AN notice. MathXplore (talk) 13:48, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for noticing. I do however not see a need to act at the moment.

• Remember that we usually don't bite newccomers; ENGVAR is very nice, but our target aaudience alos includes those learning English. For that reason,I'd expect a consistent use of one form across the article. Remember, there are many places that use English, such as Belize, South Africa, or India. Language can be a contentious issue, and you need to be careful what forms you use.

Eptalon (talk) 23:25, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

• This user seems to be causing further issues. They are moving and editing various Basic English pages and their wording to "BASIC English". As this involves page moves over redirects with redirects which will likely need to be deleted, I bring it here. Pure Evil (talk) 01:21, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

• User started bulk changing categories from Basic English 850 words to BASIC English 850 words, causing Red Categories. I have since blocked them, as this is vandalism, since there does not appear to be any consensus for the change, and I have rolled back all those to the proper current category. -- Enfcer (talk) 23:04, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

  I think consensus should have been gathered before they did all them. It almost looks like they had a bot run on their account they did them so fast in my opinion as well. Bobherry Talk My Changes 01:13, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

LTA enwiki sock Oatsandcream

• 68.148.136.66 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)
• Mussia (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)

en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Oatsandcream/Archive has switched their attention to Simple English Wikipedia, as some do. Their main problem behaviour is adding hoax media to articles about lost films; claiming that a still or a clip of a famous film has been recovered, or that their own home videos are themselves significant lost films.

The three edits from 68.148.136.66 are probably enough for a behavioral block: pushing the same hoax Marx Brothers image that an Oatsandcream sock put up on enwiki last week ([2]), adding a copyvio image of King Charles (attempted by a sock on enwiki at [3]), and creating a dubious article about the lost Beatles song Pinwheel Twist (which was deleted on enwiki for being created by an Oatsandcream sock).

Mussia has been adding the same unsourced plot/cast details to the Simple English coverage of Humor Risk that an Oatsandcream sock was writing last week, with their Marx Brothers edit here at [4] being the same as a sock on enwiki at [5]).

The sockmaster never created an Oatsandcream account on the Simple English Wikipedia, but they've had past accounts banned here, such as SpookLoud (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log). Belbury (talk) 22:30, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

List of security hacking incidents

There were 2 RFDs (1 2) for List of security hacking incidents that both resulted in a keep. But I have found an identical page on academickids.com, which seems to be another online encyclopedia. Is there any way to determine whether the simplewiki page was copied from there (making it a copyright violation), or if their page was copied from simplewiki? Kk.urban (talk) 07:00, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

I imagine all you would have to do is check which one was made first. QuicoleJR (talk) 17:25, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

I can't determine which was created first. Probably we made it first but it's impossible to determine. From looking around their website, it all seems to be a copy of Wikipedia (templates, menus etc...) So, I'd say they copied us. fr33kman 17:44, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Page protection for WP:Notability

It looks like this is going to become a long term problem that might warrant some kind of page protection. Philipnelson99 (talk) 22:00, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

User blocked. Let's see if it continues when it's expired. It's better to block than protect. fr33kman 22:03, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Just happened again from a different IP @Fr33kman. Philipnelson99 (talk) 23:10, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

It's also possible we could introduce an edit filter to prevent {{notability}} from being placed on wikispace pages. Philipnelson99 (talk) 23:13, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Protected the page. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:47, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Is this really enough of a problem to warrant an abuse filter? QuicoleJR (talk) 03:32, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

It's an explicit pattern of sustained abuse that would be easily prevented by a filter. Philipnelson99 (talk) 19:06, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

and it's likely that {{notability}} nor the word "Dickipedia" would ever need to be placed on a wikispace page. Philipnelson99 (talk) 19:07, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Simple English Wikipedia

Please protect Simple English Wikipedia: Vandalism. --Leonidlednev (talk) 23:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

The main issues we've had on this article seem from 22 November where 3RR was not really followed, hence it looks like there's more vandalism than there is. There's only been one incident of vandalism since. Not protecting for now. --Ferien (talk) 17:48, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@Ferien: can it be protected now? There was a big uptick in vandalism over the last 22 hours. 71.125.36.50 (talk) 16:09, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

Ok.  Done for a week --Ferien (talk) 21:05, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Is there evidence that Simple English Wikipedia is actually used by the groups mentioned on the page? Even if that's who it's intended for, has there been a study about this? Kk.urban (talk) 01:28, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, we have have run programs for such groups in the past, especially ESL learers. I remember there being a study about simple, but I forget what the study was about so I am not sure on that one. -Djsasso (talk) 01:35, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Requesting a temp flood flag

Hello. I recently got my watchlist spammed by Cewbot about 192 broken anchors after a copyedit on Professional wrestling match types. I'd like to fix the anchors but also don't want to flood Recent Changes. May I please get a temporary flood flag? - MourningRainfall (talk) 02:15, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@MourningRainfall  Done for 48 hours, please remove if you finish before then --DannyS712 (talk) 03:18, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, it looks like flooders cannot remove the group from themselves on this wiki (we should change that...) so please post here when you want the flag removed DannyS712 (talk) 03:19, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks. If I finish it by then I will. - MourningRainfall (talk) 04:00, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure I got them all now and am done. Thanks again. - MourningRainfall (talk) 09:03, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

@MourningRainfall: Thanks. I have removed the flood flag. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:34, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Page Protection for List of Disney characters

Requesting page protection for List of Disney characters, persistent vandalism by IP users for about month now See Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 15:49, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

It might be better to get rid of the articles and start over, it's clear that these articles are being targeted by IPs. Such as List of Pixar movies or List of Disney movies. RiggedMint 16:27, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

I agree. Considering the persistent vandalism on these pages, it might be worth considering a fresh start for articles. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 14:00, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

I am actually going to nominate it for outright deletion as its fails en:WP:NOTDIRECTORY and should not really even exist. It was deleted at en.wiki for the same reason. -Djsasso (talk) 19:13, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

RfD for Category:Members of the British House of Commons

Can an admin please resolve the issue here: User talk:Fr33kman#RfD for Category:Members of the British House of Commons? Kk.urban (talk) 03:13, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

I second the motion. Frankly this is a perfect example of when IAR should be used. fr33kman 03:19, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, understood what you wanted. Have deleted the redirect nowas no one is going to search on that title. fr33kman 03:42, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

The contents are still in the deleted category, and the new category is currently empty and still has the RfD template, so it's not resolved yet. Kk.urban (talk) 05:59, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

I removed the template. QuicoleJR (talk) 20:44, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks fr33kman 21:06, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Can you please help me move all of the article to the renamed category? There are also some subcats that need to be moved. QuicoleJR (talk) 21:42, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Probably relevant

This discussion at Simple Talk is about potentially banning a user, so I think posting a link here would be relevant. Please tell me if it is not. QuicoleJR (talk) 20:42, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

98.98.206.146

98.98.206.146 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) This user is doing nothing but copying the first few sentences of articles from English Wikipedia. I assume this is not allowed? Kk.urban (talk) 22:35, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@Kk.urban Seems suspicious with regards to the recent mass page creations. Regardless, I have blocked the /16 range for 3 years as they are using a VPN. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:43, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@Fehufanga Should the articles be deleted? Kk.urban (talk) 22:44, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@Kk.urban I'll just G5 all of them for now since it's very ducky. Any admin may revert this. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:45, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Miko Lebak Official

A new user is repeating QD A5 removal from a non-English ad, so I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 09:03, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 09:23, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for checkusership/Fr33kman 2

Please semi-protect the RFA, there has been persistent vandalism and socking on the RFCU, including [6] [7] [8]. Thanks. --170.24.150.113 (talk) 14:43, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/24.46.161.159

Many creations by this user are enwiki intro copies and possible QD A3 cases. Since the creator is repeating QD tag removal at many pages, I will forward the QD request to here and ask admins to take a look at their creations. MathXplore (talk) 03:15, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

(Question) Can this IP be a proxy? ([9]) MathXplore (talk) 03:16, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

No, but they are evading an indefinite block. I'm just going to delete the unrepaired articles. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 10:09, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Page Protection for Adolf Hitler Uunona

Requesting page protection for Adolf Hitler Uunona, persistent vandalism by IP users for a whle now, See Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 03:50, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

The levels of vandalism in that page are somewhat manageable for now. However, there are few constructive anonymous edits within the last year. I'm not opposed to protecting it but I'm not going to protect it either, as it looks like the recent uptick in vandalism has died down. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 10:08, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Ahmed Shamshul Haque

I want to clarify that I don't have the ability to delete pages on Wikipedia or engage in any direct actions on external websites. However, if you believe that your Wikipedia page is being deleted without proper justification, you may want to consider the following approach:

Subject: Request for Review of Wikipedia Page Deletion

Dear @MathXplore

I hope this message finds you well. I recently noticed that my Wikipedia page, Ahmed Shamshul Haque, has been flagged for deletion. I would like to express my concern and seek clarification regarding the reasons behind this decision.

I believe that the content on my page accurately reflects the notability. The information provided is well-referenced and adheres to Wikipedia's guidelines for reliable sourcing. Additionally, the page has garnered positive attention from reputable sources.

I kindly request a thorough review of the deletion decision, taking into consideration the inherent notability of the subject matter. If there are specific concerns or issues with the page content, I am more than willing to collaborate and make necessary revisions to ensure compliance with Wikipedia's policies.

I appreciate your time and attention to this matter and am confident that, upon review, my Wikipedia page will be reinstated.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

Gautami Shankar 4522 (talk) 11:19, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

It would probably be better to contact them on the user talk page rather than the Administrators Noticeboard, which is mainly for requesting tasks to be done that only admins can do, which MathXplore is not.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 11:22, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

i have contacted him but he achieve my messege Gautami Shankar 4522 (talk) 11:29, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done The page has been deleted. MathXplore (talk) 13:38, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Yamla

Please semi protect the page. 2 seperate vandals tried to add OS'd material on the page. Chapter49493 (talk) 13:19, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@DannyS712:, who handled the vandalism. --Chapter49493 (talk) 15:27, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Persistent spamming at Loan

Can someone please add unitedkingdomloans.co.uk to the spam blacklist using Special:BlockedExternalDomains or block the spammers, please? I'm afraid warning them won't help. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 09:16, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Unless there's an extensive history of the domain being added in the past, I'm reluctant to add this. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:30, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

Afaics the domain has been spammed since 2021: Special:Diff/7696369. I'll put a request on m:SBL because i just realised they have been active cross-wiki. Thank you anyway. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 09:53, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done on SBL. Billinghurst (talk) 00:07, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Closure needed

Could an uninvoled administrator look at this thread and close it? Thank you. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 07:32, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Dilip Maharana (painter)

I think this is a QD G4/G5 case (Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2022/Laxmi Narayan Maharana), but since IPs are repeating QD tag removal I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 07:36, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 11:38, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Martial arts

Please protect Martial arts: Vandalism by an LTA. --Leonidlednev (talk) 17:27, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

August Michael Peterson

I think this is a QD A4 case, but since several IPs are repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 11:38, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Md Sunnat Ali Mollik (Freedomfighter)

Please take care of this QD G5 case (Special:Contributions/Md_Sunnat_Ali_Mollik). An IP is repeating QD tag removal so I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 14:30, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Protection request: Hittites

Could an admin please protect Hittites from long-term vandalism/fringe nationalist claim by an LTA? (Fehufanga may know which LTA this is; I don't) - there's an edit war that's been going on for a long time and this person seems neither to want to provide a source or indeed communicate at all. Thanks - Antandrus (talk) 17:23, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

@Antandrus  Done, for reference, en:Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Ararat_arev — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:29, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Protect Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo is getting vandalized a lot, can we semi-protect it please? XXBlackburnXx (talk) 10:37, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

And just got vandalized again. Really nobody want to protect? XXBlackburnXx (talk) 09:37, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrator involvement request

I want some assistance regarding and article where I have added a lot of content using reliable and independent sources a user User: Cyber.Eyes.2005 he first missused the tag of (General research) at the page of Kushan see please ([10]) he even removed the words Afghanistan, Pakistan India from the lead section without proving a reliable source he said this Kushan clan only live in Punjab even those Gurjar ethnic community found in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India and devided into many clan groups so mostly these clans live in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India where this community live. He is trying to remove and disruptive large amount of well sourced and reliable information from the page and he is making many reverts even he made a request for Roll back permission. Further he even Quickly nominated page Gurjar clans for deletion. His intentions is not good and he must have conflict of intrest please help me in this cause thank you May god blessed you and your family. He is just trying to Target Gurjar ethnic related articles and he is involved in miss using of General research tag see here at Baisoya ([11]), Kushan ([12]) every time he is just using one single summary with same tag WP:OR/ possible General research etc. he is also further giving me wrong warnings at my talk page see ([13]) even after the creation of my at Simple Wikipedia after just few hours of creation my account he is wrongly gave me warnings for no serious reason or Disruption. He should be strictly warned or blocked for making unconstructive, Disruptive edits and vandalizing the pages , Including Baisoya, Kushan, and Gurjar clans mostly Gurjar ethnic related pages he is targeting. TalanChopra (talk) 20:33, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Fr33kman please see my request TalanChopra (talk) 21:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

I removed unsourced and potentially original research content from this article Kushan. User:TalanChopra reverted my edits and added more unsourced material, including geographic distribution and religion of the Kushan clan, which were not mentioned in any of his cited sources See, Additionally, he re-added languages spoken by the clan without proper sourcing. Furthermore, content that may be one-sided or biased was added, such as the statement "The believer of the myth, that Gurjars are foreigners, like Sir James Campbell, General Crook, Colonel Todd, Mr. forbs, Dr. Bhagwan Lal Inder Ji and all other has agree that present Kasana gotra of Gurjars are successors of great Kushans". The cited source for this information needs verification, Source. User:TalanChopra also added the statement (claim) "According to Vidhya Prakash Tyagi, the Kushan, a sub-caste of the Gujjars, were a native family in Peshawar, which is why Kanishk spared Patna's Ruler Subahu Nagar. The family was known as Devaputra, which means "Aryan," and was part of the Kushan Gujjar tribe". This claim needs verification, a book by Vidhya Prakash Tyagi was cited for this.

Conclusion: Throughout the article, there is a consistent emphasis on Gujjars being descendants of the Kushan Empire with many unsourced and original research additions. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 03:43, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

User:TalanChopra repeated the same action here, re-adding unsourced and unreferenced claims that I had reverted. I won't be reverting any more of his edits until administrators make a decision to avoid edit wars. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 03:54, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005 no you mostly removed well sourced material from Kushan page only dedicated to Kushan clan of Gujjars even you removed well sourced content from Baisoya page related to Gujjars again you don't have the authority to remove large amount of content from Kushan page as you did and removed almost 3000 bites from Kushan page even in your all edit summaries you're continuesly using same edit summary with same tags WP:OR etc I think you are not familiar even your behavior is not very cool or you don't have cool temperament you request for Roll back right but unfortunately you don't have a cool temperament you don't even understand Wikipedia's basic policies that large amount of content should not be removed without starting a discussion at Talk page. TalanChopra (talk) 04:10, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Your assertions that I lack the right to remove 3000 bits from an article? and that I removed sourced information are inaccurate. Additionally, I consistently provide detailed explanations in my edit summaries when necessary. Let's await a conclusion from the administrators. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 04:17, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I am providing the link that I am not wrong you literally removed 3000 bites of text from Kushan page in your all sumaries you said don't you Kshatriya etc but Kushan clan page is according to Wikipedia Neutral point of view so according to neutral point of only in origin section by using well cited and reliable sources only Kshatriya word mentioned no matter is Kshatriya is an order in Hinduism but this page is for all Kushan Gujjars no matter they're Hindu, Sikh or Muslim so you should not try to labelled Kushan Gujjar page only for Muslim Kushan Gujjars because this page is only dedicated to Kushan clan of Gujjars found in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India among the Hindu, Muslim and Sikh Gujjars so in origin section Kshatriya term can be used according to Wikipedia neutral point of view. And please see this link you removed more then 3000 bites when I improved and add more headings, Content you intentionally removed more then 3000 bites of content. See this link [14] and before any solution my admins Administrators do not make any revert at Kushan, Gurjar clans or Baisoya pages and don't use Same Tage WP:OR etc. just be clam and try to understand Wikipedia is not a battle ground we should try to understand and should try to work together by maintaining Wikipedia basic guidelines, Rules and neutrality Thank you. TalanChopra (talk) 04:26, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Anuj Choudhary Ror may be of interest - a sock farm on EN that's heavily focused on clan articles, including several that TalanChopra has created here. Ravensfire (talk) 04:45, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

• This user

at ver first this user changed context Kushan Gujjar clan of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to clan of Punjab province without proving any sources even every section in the article was well cited before and now. The he Removed 3500 bites in two reverts at Kushan page within 24hours ([15]) and in his 3 of reverts he said don't add Kshatriya because Kshatriya is an order in Hinduism but Kshatriya I removed from lead and was remained in Origin section Because in cited sources clearly mentioned they're Kshatriya according to Hinduism and Kushan And other Gujjars are Devided in Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism even today so this page was according to Wikipedia neutral point of view And not just according to Muslim Kushan Gujjar that's why in origin section mentioned Kshatriya. He also used Original research tags more then 4th times at same page Kushan he even further used same tag at Baisoya (At Baisoya page he removed 500 bites and well sourced ethnography section saying that unsourced [16]) page of Gujjars also for no reason. He even Quickly nominated Gurjar clans ([17]) page just after then creation of few hours. After all he gave more then 2 or 3 warnings at my talk page just to show that I am new user and should be block etc. I also tried to solve issue with him at talk page hi clearly said no to any solution and showed some sort of arrogance ([18]) and he also gave wrong warnings at my talk page. TalanChopra (talk) 05:10, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, but both users may have used sockpuppets on English Wikipedia. That shouldn't be used as a reason to favor one side or the other. Kk.urban (talk) 19:03, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

It's to point out that there were issues on the English Wikipedia that may be continued over here related to castes. I'm aware that what happens on one Wikipedia generally shouldn't carry over to others, unless the same problematic behavior continues. Even then, it's informative only. Ravensfire (talk) 21:08, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Please Check this article

An edit war is going on at this article Universe. usr: FusionSub and the FukkNiggers already breached the three reverts rule at this page and the made undo/reverts at the same page for more than three times. Some serious punishment is required against these users, and they've been doing this all for the last few hours or days between more than two individuals.223.123.9.106 (talk) 17:29, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Users are blocked fr33kman 19:39, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Harassment and Accusations

I request administrators to investigate this matter: User:Rajan Varun 14522 is accusing and Harassing me of sockpuppetry; you can see the allegations here, here, here, and here. I'm requesting a checkuser for myself to ensure that these are not my socks and that I am not involved in any sockpuppetry here. Additionally, I want actions to be taken on User:Rajan Varun 14522 under Wikipedia:Harassment. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 12:50, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Note: The first link gives an error when opened because the article Omkar Prasad Baidya has been deleted. I was accused in this article's edit summary, which can be verified by admins on deletion logs. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 12:55, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Striking appeal; User:Rajan Varun 14522 has been blocked for sockpuppetry. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 09:14, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Trump Unite the Right Rally

True statement is There were very fine people on both sides, but im not talking about the Neo Nazis and White Nationalists, cause they should be condemned, but there were very fine people on both sides. Why not tell the truth, when the truth is out there. Biden ran on a lie and youre covering for him 8.38.177.4 (talk) 10:36, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Different people have different oipinions on politics; the U.S. has the election system it wanted. There are those who elected Trump, and those who didn't, as there are those who elected Biden, and those who didn't. There will soon be elections, where the people will pick a new president. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and articles are based on facts, references are needed. More controversial topics will need more/better references. So, dear IP what's the point you are trying to make?- The supreme court ruled that a decades-old nationwide allowance for abortions no longer holds; as a consequence, many states made their own abortion laws, which often reflect what party is in power there. If you have aproblem with an article, use that article's talk page to talk about the problem. Thank you. Eptalon (talk) 17:38, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Abuse filter helper user right proposal

I was thinking if we could propose on having a local user right that allows (very) trusted users to view abuse filters and their logs marked as private, but not to change them. The regular English Wikipedia has this in addition to global abuse filter helpers, while the Simple English Wikipedia does not.

For the nomination process, they post the request here (because there is no change filter noticeboard), and it will remain open for a few days allowing users to support or oppose the user listed to get the right. After a few days pass and there is consensus to give the user AFH, an uninvolved admin will grant the right to them and close the discussion.

Any objections? If not, feel free to ask. – 64andtim ^(talk) 18:24, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Honestly, I think that this is not needed. There are very few users dealing with abuse filters, and most (if not all) are admins anyway. Eptalon (talk) 17:28, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

It's not needed. Most of the editors on simplewiki are admins already. fr33kman 17:45, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Report concerning User:Rilfacts

Rilfacts (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) — Reasons: This user has been confirmed as sockaccount of previous not-so-while-ago-appearing Eiskrahablo sockpuppetry. Nyilvoskt (talk) 09:54, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

User:Steevemorgan

Can some administrator look into this, This user has created an account just today and on his user talk page, here, he claims to be an alternative account of mine. This user is not my alternative account. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 15:04, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) Also reported to CU. MathXplore (talk) 15:07, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 15:13, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

I have deleted the user page in question, as the claim is unfounded. Eptalon (talk) 17:05, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 18:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC)

Md Sunnat Ali Mollik (Journalist)

This is a QD G5 case, please see the deletion log of Md Sunnat Ali Mollik. Since one user is repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 12:21, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Many new articles with first few sentences copied from enwiki

There's a series of accounts that copy over the first few sentences from enwiki but make no other changes. As they are sockpuppets, they keep getting blocked by Bsadowski1, but the articles usually remain. The latest account seems to be Jhon Mathewww. I don't know if these are complex enough to delete, but I'm wondering if something should be done about these? Or maybe not, I just wanted to bring this to the attention of admins if they had missed it. Kk.urban (talk) 20:52, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

I am creating article that are already present on EN Wikipedia. is this is Crime @Kk.urban? Jhon Mathewww (talk) 20:55, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Jhon Mathewww The problem is that you don't seem to be simplifying the articles at all. If they aren't simplified, then people could just read the beginning of the EN Wikipedia articles. Kk.urban (talk) 20:57, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Simplifying Means? i maked all articles simple and short? is that not right? Jhon Mathewww (talk) 20:58, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Jhon Mathewww To be honest, I am not the best at writing in Simple English, so I usually stick to updating information, cleaning up formatting, adding categories, reverting vandalism, and things like that. But I would suggest reading Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages. It's not just the length that makes things hard to read, but also the sentence structure and the word choices. Kk.urban (talk) 21:03, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

ok got your point means not to use complicated english words in simple wikipedia Jhon Mathewww (talk) 21:05, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

In fact i am not creating bad pages or non notable pages. Jhon Mathewww (talk) 20:56, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

They have now made 22 articles which all need deletion A3. Rather than clog up the QD queue, can an admin just block this user and nuke them all? https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pages/simple.wikipedia.org/Jhon%20Mathewww

Thanks, --Gotanda (talk) 22:58, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

Report Concerning 2409:4089:1D8B:7573:0:0:4E8A:DF03

2409:4089:1D8B:7573:0:0:4E8A:DF03 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) — Reasons: vandalism Tmv (talk) 13:51, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Reported at Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress as well. Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 13:52, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Please semi-protect my user talk page

Persistent disruption from cross-wiki LTA, attacks have continued for 3 days. ChrisWx (talk - contribs) 16:37, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

@ChrisWx  Done starting at one week. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:28, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Simpul skitsofreeneea

I have blocked Simpul skitsofreeneea from editing for a period of one month to give us time to think about what to do. fr33kman 23:59, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Ban him permanently. He has given clear evidence that he cannot or will not change. His writing makes nonsense of our claim to be simple. Macdonald-ross (talk) 10:41, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I would support that. QuicoleJR (talk) 22:25, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

Narinder Wasudev copies

It seems all of the articles from this now blocked user are unsimplified copy-pastes. Rather than going through QD for all of them, can an admin just nuke the whole lot (20) from https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pages/simple.wikipedia.org/Narinder%20Wasudev? Thanks, --Gotanda (talk) 04:23, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Daniel Case

Maybe semi-protect this page indefinitely? Or for another month? This user has not contributed to this wiki at all, but they are getting annoying messages on their talk page, related to their actions on other wikis. They have only 3 edits here, all of which are dealing, with these messages Kk.urban (talk) 05:22, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Support. Daniel Case is a respected editor, who's being harassed. Dotdashmeredith (talk) 05:30, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done for three months. @Dotdashmeredith This does not need a support/oppose vote. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 06:00, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Ah, okay thanks. Wasn't exactly voting I just felt bad for Daniel, wanted this to get done asap Dotdashmeredith (talk) 06:03, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Abusive user following me from enwiki

Roneln (talk · contribs), whom I have blocked indefinitely from the English Wikipedia for (risible, admittedly, but still very real) legal threats, has continued to harass me here. I believe he should be blocked indefinitely as he's clearly not here to edit an encyclopedia. Daniel Case (talk) 05:25, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

@Daniel Case  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 06:01, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Rashid Ali Ghazipuri

Due to Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Rashid Ali Ghazipuri, I think this is a QD G4 case, but since there is a user repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 11:48, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

User: ‎Dotdashmeredith Marking mass Deletation Tags on Random articles

Hello Respected Admins, a unknown user marking Quick Deletation on each and every single Article so please check and confirm his/her edits it will be a great help for Wikipedia comunity He is also Ban on English Wikipedia, Wikidata for sock puppetry i dont think he is here in Simple English Wikipedia for a good Reason. Simonsmichel (talk) 06:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

You are removing my quick deletion notices without reason. My quick deletion notices are justified. You are also clearly a sockpuppet, working alongside the IP address. dotdashmeredith (talk) 06:54, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

I have already discussed with the administrators my past and have resolved that. I plan to make constructive edits on the Simple Wikipedia.

Administrators, please just take a look at the articles I marked for QD. They clearly are justifiable. Thanks! dotdashmeredith (talk) 07:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

References

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (movie)

I think this is a QD A4 case, but an IP user is repeating QD tag removal, so I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 08:24, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, get this fully protected. Or at least, until the movie is actually out 😂 dotdashmeredith (talk) 08:25, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Deleted under A4. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:21, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Ajit Menon (author)

This is a possible QD A4 case but since an IP user is repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 05:47, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Sock puppets targeting this. They are also directly threatening me. dotdashmeredith (talk) 06:03, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Brandom_Mc_Thompson

@Brandom_Mc_Thompson is now blocked due to his involved in the group that has recently been targeting me. Now he is spamming messages on the Admin talk pages on the enwiki, can anyone here get him blocked on the enwiki as well?

Please, also refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dotdotcomma. Thank you!

Tagging @Vermont, as you are familiar with the case. .., (talk) 08:58, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, but no we can't help you get someone on enwiki blocked ether. I'd suggect going to . Good look. fr33kman 09:48, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Locked, thanks for the ping. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 14:01, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

2001:9e8:620:4800:614c:b763:f5d8:3ee0

Special:Contribs/2001:9e8:620:4800:614c:b763:f5d8:3ee0 has been adding unrelated German text to a lot of articles. Can someone revert all their edits and handle this? Kk.urban (talk) 15:30, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done Mass bot rollbacked and blocked --Ferien (talk) 16:54, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Bayu Prihandito

Hey All recently i added tag og Qd on Article Bayu Prihandito he the creator of the page @Dotdashmeredith revert my changes by replying personal attack will you please tell me how i attacked him personally? this article is fully promotional and also not explained why the subject is notable so i added QD (why the subject is notable) ? he reverts my changes. Wikipedia is an Open Encyclopedia thats why i conribute. If i am wrong please correct me. 5.254.80.194 (talk) 19:46, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

You are targeting my work, clearly. dotdashmeredith (talk) 19:52, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

what do you mean by targetting you have created many articles but in this article cant able to proof why this subject is notable thats why a place QD notable. 5.254.80.194 (talk) 19:55, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

The subject is notable, cited in numerous sources that I've mentioned. dotdashmeredith (talk) 19:53, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Put a QD request on this again. He is a quote machine which is perhaps the outcome of good PR. But none of those articles are about him or his company. Some of the sources are not very reliable. CNN subsites can be written by almost anyone. --Gotanda (talk) 00:23, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

They are several interview articles I found online. I wasn't sure about the reliability of the sites though. I think we should open this up for QD. This was also the target of some sock puppets. dotdashmeredith (talk) 01:18, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

You're right that there do appear to be a lot of mentions, including Fast Company, Euro News, Dazed, and a lot more. I feel like this is more than the outcome of just good PR, the person is quite literally cited in the most major Western newspapers/mags. There are also a couple interviews/articles about Bayu that I didn't use as I wasn't 100% sure about the site's notability. dotdashmeredith (talk) 01:23, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

But none of those are about Prihandito as the subject of the article. I've been quoted in the NYT, but that does not make me notable. --Gotanda (talk) 21:47, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

There were several sites that do cover Prihandito fully – though they aren't as well-known sites... I think this should be undeleted and brought to RfD for discussion dotdotcomma (talk) 18:39, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Grayson Eddey

I think this is a QD A4 case but since an IP user is repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 09:15, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done by Eptalon --Ferien (talk) 15:33, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Page move request

I moved this page 2024 Taiwan presidential election to a wrong title 2024 Taiwan residential election mistakenly, but I found that I cannot restore its page history and move back by myself. Could someone move this page back to the correct name? Thanks in advance! 今好きになる (talk) 17:27, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 18:01, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Unauthorized deletion review cleanup without archiving by non-admin user

At special:diff/9263895, a non-admin user has removed deletion review discussions without sending to archives. Should this action be reverted? MathXplore (talk) 03:28, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Yep, reverted. Thanks for notifying us. --Ferien (talk) 19:37, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Do we need additional RFD notices?

I thought the RFD template is enough, but one of our active editors have a different opinion (special:diff/9264572). What do our admins/editors think about having additional RFD notices? MathXplore (talk) 14:12, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I too think that having an RFD template is enough, but in the case of the nomination for Charles Ndukauba, the page was already nominated for RFD before, and the page Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Charles Ndukauba was created. When I nominated it for RFD again, another page Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Charles Ndukauba (2nd nomination) got created, but it wasn't linked to the RFD template. When the discussion page on the RFD template was clicked, it redirected to the older page. I too got to know this from the initial contributor's edit summary, Here, which is why I added another notice below it since I didn't know how to fix the problem. Also, when I nominated this page for RFD, I wasn't aware that it was nominated before, I have mentioned this on the discussion page, Here. -- Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 14:38, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I believe it is my mistake; I should have provided more explanation in the edit summary. -- Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 14:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Please read Template:RfD#Usage, I hope this can help you. MathXplore (talk) 14:40, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I fixed the RFD template, do we still need additional RFD notices? MathXplore (talk) 14:44, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Please see special:diff/9264638 for the fix. MathXplore (talk) 14:45, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! My only concern was that editors would be redirected to the older nomination. I don't think we need additional notice(s) now. Thanks again. -- Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 14:48, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Unauthorized page vandalism in the name of RFD

At Special:MobileDiff/9264572 an editor tagged a page for deletion without properly creating a discussion rather presented an archieve for discussion. Should this action be termed Vandalism.

I placed the vandalism on the articles talk page, See; Special:MobileDiff/9264553. Yet, the editor in question reverted the first edit leaving the article as draft. Mastashat (talk) 14:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Sent AN notice to relevant editor. MathXplore (talk) 14:24, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Noted. Alright. Best, Mastashat (talk) 14:26, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Please see the discussion above; I hope that clarifies the situation. Best, -- Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 14:54, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@Cyber.Eyes.2005 Being unkind and rude in the name of opposing Vandalism is one of the worst attribute of an editor. This is a community and I believe you should adhere to the rules. See more on Wikipedia. I advise you read the definitions and terms to avoid clashes with other editors. Best, Mastashat (talk) 15:01, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

I don't think I was unkind or rude to you anywhere. If there are specific instances where you felt I was unkind or rude, I'm open to discussing and improving. Best, -- Cyber.Eyes.2005 (talk) 15:08, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Mastashat, the discussion was properly created, however it wasn't put in the template as it should have been. This isn't vandalism, because it was a minor mistake that was made in good-faith. I don't see the comments from Cyber.Eyes.2005 as unkind or rude. --Ferien (talk) 19:46, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for that @Ferien. I was talking from the editors revert and actions which seems rude even at not getting the right template. Like I said in my talk page, I accept all apologies and correction. Happy X-Mas. Best, Mastashat (talk) 20:19, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Someone is putting text in German on random pages.

There is an anonymous user with the proxy of "2001:9E8:620:4800:614C:B763:F5D8:3EE0" who is putting German text on random pages. Example: Revision Jazz3609 (talk) 16:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Hi there Jazz3609, I have already handled this in #2001:9e8:620:4800:614c:b763:f5d8:3ee0. Please report again on WP:VIP if you see a similar case of vandalism again. Thanks! --Ferien (talk) 19:34, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Greater transparency

I noticed that we often get editors asking for us to admin tasks on on our user talk pages. I think this should change. We should inform the editor to please file the report on the correct reporting page like WP:ANI, WP:VIP, WP:RFCU. Since jobs we preform directly from out talk pages don't get logged it would be much helpful to only use the correct reporting page and not accept "side" jobs. I'll bet we've all done it, I know I have. fr33kman 13:46, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

…what? Requests made to admins on their talk pages are not “side” jobs. If someone messages me directly to report a vandal harassing them, it would be a patently irresponsible reply to tell them to report it to VIP before I could act. Every relevant action is logged by MediaWiki and public, we do not need to duplicate that in the history of request pages. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 13:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

i'm not really talking about vandalism, it's more cu jobs and users complaining about the behaviour of other user. i do vip requests if brought up to me on my talk page. fr33kman 18:28, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh, okay. Yeah, I don't think individual admins should be mediating large content/conduct disputes on their talk pages without informing AN or similar. In terms of CU work...yes, optimally people would send their requests to RFCU such that any CheckUser can action it. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 04:06, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

I concur. I don't mind responding to user talk page requests, and if I need to, it's always possible to link to a diff/revision of the relevant request in the log's message. I do this for user right requests occasionally. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 14:06, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

When I respond to talk page messages requesting admin assistance that would be better done on noticeboards, I will usually say that in my response, not necessarily for greater transparency but so they get the quickest possible response for future. --Ferien (talk) 16:52, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

When I get a direct message about an active problem, I will take care of it and remind the user that there is a designated place to report things. Sometimes action is needed as soon as possible and users will look for currently active admins they can ask. The problem with that is that you can't tell if the admin has just signed off, so they might not get the message as soon as expected. If it's something that's not urgent, like requesting long-term rights or an undelete, I often ask them to use the designated page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:46, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Sidi Massinissa of the Rif

I was recently alerted that this is a xwiki spam entry, also known as w:Massinissa Akandouch (special:diff/9264655). Can this be from somebody that we kicked out previously, is this a QD G5 case? I would like to hear from any admins/editors who knows about this. MathXplore (talk) 15:04, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore Sorry to ask. I firmly believe that Wikipedia is a community. But should other wikis' especially English Wikipedia be the hope or stand of articles on Simple Wikipedia. Mastashat (talk) 15:30, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

That is a case by case decision. You may also want to read WP:FOLLOW. MathXplore (talk) 15:38, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for this Mastashat (talk) 15:57, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore As far as I can see, no block evasion has happened on this wiki, An RFD has to be opened. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:36, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

Gotanda

We need some basic respect for WP:RS, WP:DC, WP:NPA, WP:IMAGE, WP:OR from Gotanda on multiple articles. This has become a basic that anyone can edit problem. See:

• Special:History/Talk:Eradication of infectious diseases
• Special:History/Eradication of infectious diseases
• Special:History/Talk:Asian hornet
• Special:History/Asian hornet
• Special:MobileDiff/9254968
• Special:MobileDiff/9255965
• Special:MobileDiff/9256266

Something other than hunting down all of my edits and edit warring them needs to be the solution here. Responding on Talk: would be a good start. Invasive Spices (talk) 19:39, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

I welcome a thorough review of my edits and Invasive Spices edits. Editors and Admins may find that Invasive Spices' editing is disruptive. I have shown enough evidence that the edits at times distort references, exaggerate, invent content not in the sources, are original research, and produce misleading articles. Intentionally recreating and re-inserting OR, false, or unsourced information becomes a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the wiki. Thank you, --Gotanda (talk) 01:40, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

FWIW, it appears the editor is blocked at EnWP for "(Disruptive editing: Persistent creation of unhelpful redirects despite many being deleted at WP:RfD, and repeated personal attacks against RfD nominators)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Invasive_Spices Does "One Strike" apply here? --Gotanda (talk) 21:54, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators, may we have a confirmation if "One Strike" applies here? @InvasiveSpices was blocked on EnWP at 12:01, 7 November 2023 and then began a similar pattern of edits here at 20:22, 19 November 2023. If One Strike does apply, it would be helpful if the editor could be informed by an Admin. If it does not, it would be helpful to know why not. Thanks, and sorry to take up your time. --Gotanda (talk) 22:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Mohamed Aarab

This a promotional page, written by a sockmaster and their sockpuppets. The article, and its draft, is tagged for deletion on the English Wikipedia and the editor is blocked. I'm not a regular here so I don't know how to tag pages for deletion consideration so I'll just leave a message here and hopefully, action will be taken. Thanks. Liz (talk) 02:16, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

On all WMF wikis you can use {{delete}}, and then use |reason and it will bring up a speedy (quick) delete template in the native language of that wikipedia. Hope this helps. fr33kman 05:08, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

@Liz: pinging for above message so you're aware for future :) --Ferien (talk) 20:45, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

This page has been created multiple times by different users. I have also requested a checkuser for them. See: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser#Mohamed Aarab Accounts – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 20:55, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

as it seems to have been recreated, have you tried a regular rfd yet? Eptalon (talk) 21:04, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

No, I haven't initiated an RFD for this particular page. I focused on a checkuser request due to persistent recreation concerns from different accounts. If you think an RFD is also necessary, I can certainly start one. – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 21:17, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

I haven't looked at the cu request yet (we had quite a few of these recently). What can we lose with an RfD? Eptalon (talk) 21:21, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done. The discussion page: Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Mohamed Aarab (musician). Best, – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 03:38, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protect Hittites

Please semi-protect Hittites again. Many IPs keep adding the claim that the Hittites were Armenian without any evidence. Kk.urban (talk) 20:42, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 20:44, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Laxmi Narayan Maharana (Indian artist)

This is a QD G4/G5 case (Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2022/Laxmi Narayan Maharana) but an IP is repeating tag removal, so I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 03:42, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Allamah Badiuddin Shah Al-Rashdi-Al-Sindi‎

@SaneFlint user continuously removing Qd From articles please see مشو لاوا۔ (talk) 19:28, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Please semi-protect my user talk page - second request

Attacks from en:WP:LTA/Andrew5 have resumed after the previous semi-protection expired. Please semi-protect again. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 19:45, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

@ChrisWx  Done for two weeks. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 20:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Cuba

The article Cuba may need to be watched. It's getting a lot of edits, some of which seem bad, but I haven't reviewed all of them to check. Kk.urban (talk) 06:57, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Cutting down on RfDs..

Hello all, Like every year, the autofilling of RfD reasons will likely not work for RfDs that started in the old year, and ended in the new one. For this reason, we do have an interest to close as many RfDs as possible in the old year. Note: Currently there are 40 RfDs (39 of them show up). So, if you don't know what to do, please close requests for deletion. Eptalon (talk) 23:19, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

I just synched the count of RFDs between the category and the page. The discrepancy was due to a combination of active requests not being listed and closed requests not being moved to the recently closed section. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:00, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Licensing

Hi! I have two requests. Please Special:Import the page en:Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (using the same title). Then, on Main Page/Introduction, please change

They have all been published under both the ''[[Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0]]'' and the ''[[GNU Free Documentation License]]''

to

They have all been published under both the ''[[Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License|Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 4.0 International License]]'' and the ''[[GNU Free Documentation License]]''

Thanks! HouseBlaster (talk) 06:40, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

@HouseBlaster  Done Thanks for noticing. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 06:43, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I would also recommend it be protected, but I am not very familiar with the rules here. HouseBlaster (talk) 06:46, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Md Rustam Ansari

QD A4 was tagged but an editor is repeating QD tag removal. Our admins should take a look at this page. MathXplore (talk) 07:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Qara Qoynlu

Not a Simple English Wikipedia issue.— *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 14:51, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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

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Hello,

I would like to report @HistoryofIran for abusing his administration privileges and threatening me for ‘’losing editing privileges’’ as I’ve placed accurate reference on the article and he reverted it as it’s ‘’non sense’’ and he didn’t even read the reference. Victor MacTavish (talk) 14:10, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@Victor MacTavish You must be at the wrong Wikipedia, as Historyofiran has never made an edit on your talk page here, nor have they mentioned you anywhere on this Wikipedia. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 14:30, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

They're a pov pushing sock in the (I guess "normal"?) Eng Wiki [19]. And to no surprise, their claims about the reference here aren't true either [20]. HistoryofIran (talk) 14:35, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@Victor MacTavish That's the end of this thread then, as this is the Simple English Wikipedia, not the English Wikipedia, a separate project. Issues and disputes there are not arbitrated here. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 14:51, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

you haven’t even read the reference and what normal? Victor MacTavish (talk) 14:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

More proof to the SPI. I clearly have, did you bother reading my comment in your talk page? HistoryofIran (talk) 14:43, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not change it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page, such as the current discussion page. No more changes should be made to this discussion.

Protection of Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Zhongli (Genshin Impact)

Should this RfD be semi protected? An LTA is !voting on it a lot. I do not edit this wiki a lot, so I might be wrong. Queen of Hearts ❤️ (she/they 🎄 🏳️‍⚧️) 23:14, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources

I have just brought over the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources from the enwiki. Made some basic changes like simplification and basic template preparation. I'd like it if some admins can pitch in and contribute to it - like adding sources. I think it's important that the simplewiki has something like this. dotdotcomma (talk) 12:44, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

Import infobox person

Can an admin import or otherwise update {{Infobox person}}? It's populating some categories that no longer exist on enwiki, per this discussion. Kk.urban (talk) 19:23, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

@Kk.urban: It looks like the categories no longer exist on enwiki because they removed the unwanted parameters from articles. We haven't done that here, so the categories aren't empty here.

Here are the categories listed in the linked discussion:

• Category:Infobox person using boxwidth parameter
• Category:Infobox person using influence
• Category:Infobox person using ethnicity
• Category:Infobox person using religion
• Category:Infobox person using denomination
• Category:Infobox person using home town - has an entry
• Category:Infobox person using residence - has an entry

I think we should remove the parameter(s) from the article(s) before we update the template. Would you like to do the honors? -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 The categories have been emptied, they can be deleted now. I have imported the infobox template. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga: Not all the categories are empty. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Looks like I missed some of the parameters on that article. They are empty now. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:47, 4 January 2024 (UTC)