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Report concerning user:Davey2010

Hello. Recently, user Davey2010 made a major change to Alycia Debnam-Carey article without providing proper sources. I have undid this change and written to the user about it. User Davey2010, however, withdrew my revert with the description This was copied from EN you moron (diff), which seems offensive to me. BTW, I have not come across a rule that allows unsourced copying of content from enwiki (of course, if I am wrong, please correct me me from error). Best regards, BZPN (talk) 13:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BZPN There are steps to take while you verify the content, you don't simply remove them. That's lazy editing and actually counterproductive. Davey2010 did go a bit too far with the edit summary but this is not the first time, or the first issue you had with them. I am not sure how to exactly resolves this, but if Davey2010 withdraws the edit summary, and BZPN assumes good faith and communicates before interpreting policies in the wrong way, I will consider this resolved with restriction that BZPN brings any issue they have with Davey2010 to admin before acting. BRP ever 15:04, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BRPever, I didn't mean to assume bad faith - I put the uw-unsourced1 template on this user's discussion page, which does not assume bad faith. This is not about my bad interpretation of the policies, if any - I just try to make sure that articles do not include information without sources (the reader must be able to verify the information provided), and in WP: Verifiability steps removing statement is the last step anyway. BTW, this procedure is quite long and rather assumes situations where the information has already been included in the content for some time. If, however, it was added a moment ago, there is no point in leaving it there and waiting for someone to find the source, you should take action immediately (e.g. notify the author and temporary remove this information, maybe the author will find the source - that's what i did). Regards, BZPN (talk) 15:17, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I came across this accidentally, I apologised here and obviously withdraw (or take back) what I had said. It's a ying and a yang as I agree we shouldn't host unsourced content but on the other hand it should be sourced on enwiki anyway and I'm simplying copying over content from there.
If I'm now expected to source every filmography or discography table I copypaste then I will simply stop copypasting as I got slightly fed up of constantly doing this at EN which is why I now only do it there occasionally/once in a blue moon, I'm stuck in a rock and a hard place with this. –Davey2010Talk 15:59, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BZPN The content wasn't really malicious. It's an overkill to remove everything without consideration. I know the importance of sources, but simply considering every unsourced addition bad doesn't help much. I disagree about there being a no point in waiting for someone to source it. If the content is correct, it should stay (we have tags for that reason). Also, I suggest notifying the author and waiting for them to source it instead of simply removing their work from the page. If there is no response in a while, it can be removed depending on the information added. BRP ever 17:39, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If the content is obviously malicious, incorrect, POV, OR, or publicly unverifiable information, it can be removed and then user can be notified. BRP ever 17:44, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

QD

Could you please delete Darcy (Bunsen Is A Beast) as it meets under the G3 criterion. Thank you! ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 16:36, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted by Fr33kman. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:10, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Username

I found username violation Bebo12321, Bebo is American social network service website that operated in 2005 until 2013 and Relaunched in 2021 Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 02:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that is a violation. There could be many reasons it's being used. fr33kman 10:10, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bebo is American Social Network Service, Did you know Bebo? Users with Username "Bebo" and written end of his username "12321" Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 16:35, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Raayaan9911   Not done Not obviously a promotional username. Consider that "Bebo" could be their given name or nickname. If it's something like "BeboSocial" or "BeboApp", that would have been more obviously promotional. Have you considered that the service is no longer active as of 2022? Why would somebody be trying to promote it in 2024? Additionaly, the user hasn't made an edit in over a week when you reported them, and none of their edits are trying to promote Bebo. There is nothing actionable here.
Raayaan9911, please stop making bad username violation reports. None of the users you have reported needed to be blocked. Please check whether or not the user has been locked, whether or not the user is still recently active, and whether or not the username is actually promotional or just a coincidence. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga, I'm sorry Raayaan9911 Talk to me! 05:03, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

November 23rd copyvios

  Done MathXplore (talk) 06:27, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Plus

Digital Signal Processing Articles

Recently there have been several editors creating essay-like articles about digital signal processing (DSP) topics. Most of these are not encyclopedic, unsourced, and appear to have been generated by a large language model such as ChatGPT. Given below is the list of articles I could find and their creators.

Editors who were contacted through their talk page seem to be unresponsive. Additionally, none of the editors have made more than one edit to the wiki. This does not strike me as a spam attempt, but some sort of school assignment gone wrong. The number of articles that have to be deleted/simplified is nontrivial, and would be a burden to the community to go through one by one. So, I am proposing a blanket deletion for articles under this topic that appear to be LLM-generated essays. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:46, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Skimmed through the ones that haven't already been deleted and I'm in support of deleting them all. Some of these are probably valid topics (Active noise cancellation), but others don't have articles on enwiki and may be too techinical of a topic for here. With the lack of sources, I don't think the articles warrant keeping around, even as single-sentence stubs. Ravensfire (talk) 19:19, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have looked at those that exist:
  • rewritten Anti-aliasing filter, it is up for deletion, shoild be keepable now.
  • DSP for Secure COmmunication in blockchain: nominated it for deletion, links digital signal procesing to blockchan, which is completely wrong, Ands yes it is possible to tunnel a signal using an encrypted channel, and encrypt/decrypt the data as needed. This has nothing to do with blockchain though.
  • Role of Fourier Transform in uantum mechanics: Likely similar case than the one above, tries to establish a link between two completely unrealted concepts, up for deletion.
  • Multirate signal proceasinng: up for deletion
"Actie noisecancellation: Wrote a stub. Eptalon (talk) 21:14, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse Filter Deactivation Request

Requesting Filter 86 be disabled per the consensus at Simple talk.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 13:56, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done MathXplore (talk) 01:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:55, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article in file namespace

As only admins have permission to move files, could an admin please handle File:Foto de perfil reverendo.jpg by moving it to Bolivar Flores? There is an article below the image, and it appears that it was supposed to be in the article namespace. However, an admin could also delete it if it qualifies for quick deletion. Depextual (talk) 05:16, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Depextual: I deleted it. I also note that the Commons copy is nominated for deletion. -- Auntof6 (talk) 06:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:ChrisWx

Please semi-protect User talk:ChrisWx for a long period of time. Depextual (talk) 17:05, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done for 3 months fr33kman 17:08, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Titleblacklist

Add the title "Renmar Arnejo", repeatedly recreated, including Renmar Arnejo (Dollmaker) today. ToadetteEdit (talk) 10:37, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ToadetteEdit: We don't have a permanent blacklist. I think you mean to salt the title.
I usually will temporarily salt a title if it has been deleted at least three times within a short period of time. That doesn't seem to be the case here. However, I see that "Renmar Arnejo" was salted indefinitely in August of this year. @MathXplore:, would you please explain why the duration for this was indefinite?
"Renmar Arnejo (Dollmaker)" has been deleted only twice, in November and September of this year. To me, that isn't enough to salt. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
But the issue is that, if we salt the title, users will circumvent it by creating the article under a different title. The topic creation is part of a wider crosswiki attempt to promote a non notable person, as far as I can see. ToadetteEdit (talk) 11:12, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please see 'Renmar Arnejo', ,Renmar Arnejo, Renmar Arnejo., 'Renmar Arnejo, Renmar Arnejo", Renmar Arnejo-, Renmar Arnejo,, Renmar Arnejo', and Renmar-Arnejo. MathXplore (talk) 11:50, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore: OK, I see that those are also salted. But why indefinitely? I don't think we assume that a particular topic/person will never be notable. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:53, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have set as indefinite because I do not see the reason to allow creation by malformed titles. MathXplore (talk) 11:55, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore: OK, yes, I see that the ones you listed are malformed. What about Renmar Arnejo, which isn't malformed? Auntof6 (talk) 12:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you want it unprotected? MathXplore (talk) 12:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore: I want to know if there was a particular reason for the protection to be indefinite. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:04, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The only reason for that is the repeated creation. I have nothing further than this. MathXplore (talk) 12:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 I feel like some titles are better off being created by autoconfirmed user. It's not a high bar to cross. The pages on those titles created by users who just created account is likely to end up being another attempt at promotion by their sockpuppets. BRP ever 12:05, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't there also a title blacklist? I think Battle for Dream Island is on the blacklist permanently. Depextual (talk) 18:45, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Depextual: OK, maybe there is. I guess I was focused on salting. -- Auntof6 (talk) 19:04, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please see MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. MathXplore (talk) 06:28, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Requesting again: Can an admin who is confident with regular expressions please add Renmar Arnejo to the title blacklist? I think the same is needed for Alireza Jadidi and Laxmi Narayan Maharana. Each has been created repeatedly under different titles. Depextual (talk) 23:42, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Depextual   Done for Renmar Arnejo. I'll need examples for Alireza Jadidi. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga: I found Alireza‐jadidi, Alirezajadidi and Jadidi Alireza. MathXplore (talk) 23:40, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done the other two. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 00:50, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please delete and salt Oceanic International Yoga School

Repeatedly recreated by IPs; already failed RfD and currently has a G4 tag. JJPMaster (she/they) 20:42, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Title blacklist request

Pages with titles similar to Oceanic Yoga International keep getting created, G11'd, and deleted again. Now, we have Oceanic Yoga International School Goa. I ask that .*(?i)Oceanic.*Yoga.*International.* be added to the title blacklist to prevent this. JJPMaster (she/they) 19:55, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done --Ferien (talk) 20:29, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel and Protect

Please revdel this diff (along with its edit summary) and this diff. And I request that my talk page be semi-protected for two days. Thank you. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 16:15, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asteralee   Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:18, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fehufanga Thank you very much :) ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 23:30, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Student user names: project work

I teach English at Charles University and am thinking of doing some project work with my nutrition students. The students will be supervised and will be introduced to the idea of sandboxes etc. There is mention on the School/Teachers' Guide that it is best to request the creation of students' accounts. Ideally, I would have students work together in twos and threes and have, say, 10 accounts which might be named as 1lf_nutrition_group_1 etc. Krozruch (talk) 13:00, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Krozruch: There are two digits in that sample user name. Which one should change for each user name, or should it be both? In other words, which of these should be the second name?
  • 2lf_nutrition_group_1
  • 1lf_nutrition_group_2
  • 2lf_nutrition_group_2
Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:51, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, of course, I should have been clearer. The 1lf is actually for the 1st faculty of medicine, though lf1 would be better in English so the second number should be changed:
lf1_nutrition_group_1
lf1_nutrition_group_2
Thanks! Krozruch (talk) 09:50, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Krozruch: Just one more question so I can be sure they get set up the way you want: The software requires the first letter to be in upper case. It is also not allowing underscores. That would make the first account Lf1 nutrition group 1. If you would like different capitalization (except for the first letter), or anything else different, please specify.
I (or another admin, if I don't end up creating the accounts myself) can choose passwords and email them to you. Then you or your students can change the passwords if you/they want to. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:21, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The "LF" is an abbreviation so perhaps "LF1 nutrition group 1" etc. Perfect. Thanks for taking the time. Krozruch (talk) 12:32, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just checking in with the above. I was hoping to have the students work on the project tomorrow. Krozruch (talk) 11:37, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Krozruch: So sorry I didn't follow up with this. I'll do it right now. Stand by. -- Auntof6 (talk) 04:46, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect! Thank you so much.. Krozruch (talk) 05:14, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Krozruch: OK, the accounts have been created. I sent you an email with the passwords. If you have any questions or need further help, feel free to contact me. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:10, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just go it, thank you.. I ought to be able to make use of some of these today. Krozruch (talk) 05:15, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and salt request

Hi, Could someone delete and salt List of programs distributed by Qubo please as it's made up content and we already have the legit version at List of programs broadcast by Qubo, Many thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010Talk 12:17, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted but not salted as only recreated 3 times in over a month, thanks fr33kman 10:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yahoo! Inc.

Please semi-protect Yahoo! Inc.: LTA target. --Leonidlednev (talk) 07:59, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done for 1 week fr33kman 10:13, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel

Hi, can you revdel all the edits by this IP address? All of them consist of personal attacks either towards the subjects of articles or other users. Thanks, ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 20:38, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done thanks fr33kman 10:11, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recent removal of QD tag, seems unreasonable

Salon Privé Magazine.--Probably needs QD for being promotional or whatever else (even spam; A.I. - who knows).--The recent removing of QD tag, seems unreasonable.--Good luck (while i fix other articles.) 2001:2020:341:A294:5C56:2C66:AC2C:4F3D (talk) 08:40, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The tag was removed by Fr33kman, with the edit summary "Decline, take to RfD instead". They didn't give a reason for declining, but looking at the article I think it might have been because there was a claim of notability, or maybe because no valid QD criterion was explicitly given. In any case, feel free to take it to RfD as suggested. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There was a claim of notability, so no QD:A4 could be used. Also Aunt I'm male :). Thanks. fr33kman 10:05, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A valid QD criterion was given: "... editor's reason for asking for deletion is:
promotional. qd, again."--FYI - the article has been QD, around December 02. Thereafter, the article stood up 'from the dead', last night.--It would be nice to know, what the stated justification was, during that Deletion. During that round, one had also suggested "Promotional".--Good luck (while i fix other articles). 2001:2020:341:A294:192A:7B18:9F1:B7D6 (talk) 11:14, 3 December 2024 (UTC) /2001:2020:341:A294:5C56:2C66:AC2C:4F3D[reply]
It might not be A4, but it does read like a promotion to me. I have deleted it. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 11:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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