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Protection indef on my pages

Please adjust all of my pages to be indef semi due to vandalism (including my archives please) Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:20, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done @PotsdamLamb: you don't have to add "AWAITING ADMIN ATTENTION" to requests here. We will get to requests when we get to them. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 13:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien this has been up for 13 days and admins have been on and we have a lot of requests on here. Just like on our VIP board with over 30 requests and by the time someone got to them (you actually) they were all stale. Hard to prevent vandalism when no admin is on and when they get pinged they get upset. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:02, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

This request took about 10 minutes or so to fulfill due to the number of pages that needed to be protected. It is possible another admin may have left it to do later because there was other work that was of a higher priority. Many of the requests on this board aren't urgent, and someone will usually come and review the whole board once in a while to ensure nothing was missed. --Ferien (talk) 13:10, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Revdel please

Red Dead Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:52, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb Don't see anything to justify a revdel. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

@Fehufanga I can’t see it now but it had some to do with f**** my dad. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 03:58, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

The page is deleted now anyway, but the content for that page wasn't offensive, and didn't mention that. --Ferien (talk) 13:01, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Full protection request

Please protect /Current issues and requests archive 62: Vandalism. --Leonidlednev (talk) 15:22, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

 Resolved --Ferien (talk) 12:52, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Reduce protection

Hello. Can someone please remove the protection from Yandere Simulator so that I can move Yandere simulator to it? It is a video game that exists on ENWP and was created here but with a lowercase "s". Please ping me when done so I can move it. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done by Fehufanga --Ferien (talk) 13:01, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Hey Duggee: Vip Help Desk

QD A4 was requested here, but IPs are repeating QD tag removal. Please decide what to do with the page. MathXplore (talk) 06:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

To add on to what MathXplore said, these IPs are STILL creating the article and removing QD tags. An admin really needs to protect the page because it’s just becoming really disruptive and annoying to deal with. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 17:39, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done by Auntof6 --Ferien (talk) 13:11, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Import template please

Since the template is fully protected, can an admin import the updated w:Template:Infobox person from enwiki please (including the doc page)? It fixes a few issues that need to be applied here. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 00:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 13:13, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

@Ferien Thank you. I just kicked off the null transclusion edit to see how many have errors. Start count was 62. I am sure it will go up now. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

User:Futurolog21 canvassing

This user created an article that was put up for RfD and was successful. During the RfD, I noticed a couple of things that were off. Upon investigation, I found this user was canvassing to get people from their home wiki to come onto SEWP and vote to keep an article that had no notability. I know canvassing is not tolerated on ENWP. The RfD are is now closed as deleted. I would expect the article to be recreated based on how passionate this editor was about keeping it and even quoting relative parts of policy (but not quoting ones against what they were doing. The RfD is at Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion/Requests/2024/Lady_Slim for an admin to look and see the log I posted.. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 08:11, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

• Please see User talk:PotsdamLamb#Hello Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 20:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Futurolog21: Asking other users to join a discussion on your side is unacceptable. If you do it again, you may be blocked. QuicoleJR (talk) 21:06, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I've never done that, you can be sure. If there is any mechanism to check this, please check it, I am not related to any user. Futurolog21 (talk) 15:46, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Futurolog21 This has nothing to do with being related to any user. This has to do with you posting to others talk pages alerting to the come to the RfD and vote. Only one person actually did from your home wiki. That is called Canvassing. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 15:49, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Resolved.

Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:06, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Module deletion needed please

Hello - Can someone delete Module:Flex columns. It is no longer used and nothing links to it.

Reason: It is for an ENWP template only that is not used on SEWP. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 02:31, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 13:27, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Please remove the edit summary of special:diff/9483236

This is an uncivil edit summary, please take care of this description. MathXplore (talk) 06:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Honestly that article just needs to be nuked and admin protected. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:55, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

This summary is uncivil, but doesn't meet the criteria for either RD2 or RD3. --Ferien (talk) 13:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/92.40.182.234

All pages made by this user are QD A3 cases, but they are repeating QD tag removal, please take care of their creations. MathXplore (talk) 13:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 04:11, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

A10

Please revdel [1] Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 00:05, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

And probably all of their other edits as they are tagged as vandalism/libel. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 00:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Miss La Union protection request

Miss La Union (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)

The Bautista sock has been aggressively hitting this article over the past 10 days or so, editing it at least once a day. Could this be semi-protected (at least) to slow them down somewhat? Thanks. Ravensfire (talk) 16:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Ravensfire - I would actually request a full-admin only protection as they are also creating mass accounts and it is not hard to get autoconfirmed. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 16:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

The page was semi-protected on March 30 through April 6 and it did pretty much stop them. I would love a full lock as this is one of the more determined petty/self-promotional LTA's I've seen. I mean, a /20 range globally locked and a pretty substantial user list also glocked, and for just trivial self-promotional. Crazy. Ravensfire (talk) 16:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Other articles to protect would be:

• Car_Region - requesting full protection for this redirect
• Region 1 - requesting full protection for this redirect
• Pia Wurtzbach - semi-protection, some edits in the past few days

Thanks! Ravensfire (talk) 16:48, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Please protect Ice Spice

Ice Spice - constant vandalism. Kk.urban (talk) 04:38, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk) 13:23, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

2 IPs keep hitting filters

• 192.8.127.12 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• 84.110.183.68 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

These 2 IPs has been systematically hitting blanking filers for a few months, and the 192.8.-IP in particular has more than 700 log entries without having a single edit. Should we block/warn them? - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 07:46, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons

I just noticed this. It is linked when an article is in the category of living people. It is showing pretty much incomplete and in process of being updated [2]. Due to the importance of this, I feel it should be completed as soon as possible so we have it simplified for our readers. The last substantial edit was in 2021. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 22:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Template refresh needed

AWAITING ADMIN ATTENTION

Can an admin pull in the newest version to refresh our version of Template:Infobox movie please? Also, let me know when it is done as I need to fix an article. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 00:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Issues with DIVINE

Besides a big edit notice that says they are not allowed to post on my talk page, they ignored it and decided to do so anyway. It clearly states: "NOTICE: BigKrow and Divine are prohibited from posting anything on my talk page. Any violations will be reported to WP:AN." in bold letters clear across any typing area of my page. I am holding to it. Admins, please enforce this. This is due to their inability to once again follow instructions on SEWP and requests from an editor who they have had unhealthy conversations with and I distancing myself from both of these editors based on their aspirations and slander towards me. See my edit notice here. It was last updated on April 14, 2024, but both added on April 13, 2024 and while typing this out, the editor added yet another post to my talk page. Diff one then they edited it so here is diff two. Amazing how the changed the words around to better suit them going from You are not supposed to blame another editor who wasn't even informed by them to You are not supposed to blame another editor with wrong information. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 04:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb accused me with a false comment of calling another admin an ass on enwiki while my request was about rollback, and they clearly mentioned many things there which i have already addressed with. Just a few days back, they called Lee Velnski " you might be an admin on enwiki and warned not to act as an admin here" while lee was doing their own work. This user is clearly not having a healthy conversation with another editor and always involves in conflict with bad faith editing and WP:Biting another editor. While I was trying to communicate regarding their concern on their talk page, they bring me here, which is not that concerning, as I can see it's not the first time they are doing this. But I just want to ignore this, and their comment on the rollback request was blaming, hatred, false accusations with falsifying evidence. DIVINE 04:56, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

@DIVINE

The evidence is provided in the links. Let me address what you wrote on your debate (again and using the same information I supplied before since you are accusing me (wrongfully) of not providing evidence):

• This user has been absent from this wiki for two years. Upon coming back to SEWP, the editor immediately took me to WP:RFCU (See Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#PotsdamLamb) for absolutely no reason or even researching anything. - Is this not true for some reason? I would like to see the evidence where this did not happen days after you returned without YOU or I even communicating?
• Slew of issues on ENWP, involving legal threats (for which they were blocked on April 6, 2024 ENWP block log)

• 05:17, April 6, 2024 Ivanvector talk contribs changed block settings for DIVINE talk contribs with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) (legal threats and disruptive editing. Restoring talk access to address block appeal.)
• 11:01, April 3, 2024 Ivanvector talk contribs changed block settings for DIVINE talk contribs with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked, email disabled, cannot edit own talk page) (Not compromised, but now blocked for legal threats, and disruptive editing in general. Talk page acces revoked for threatening to post personal information about other users.) Tag: Twinkle
• 10:55, April 3, 2024 Rosguill talk contribs blocked DIVINE talk contribs with an expiration time of indefinite (account creation blocked) (Either a compromised account, or a longterm self-promoter with possible sockpuppetry and possibly UPE thrown in as well, per Special:Diff/1217072039 and the revision histories of Prakash Neupane. Either way, indef block is appropriate.) Tag: Twinkle (Note: I missed this on my intial review.)

• Yet you are denying this by your response of "Thirdly, legal threats issues arose from doxing and have already been resolved. I am following WP:STANDARD offer and haven't violated WP:SOCK policy." So if resolved, why are you still blocked? If you took the standard offer, why are you still blocked?

• "In addition to the CU request placement, you could have pointed it out to me on my talk page or fixed it instead of complaining." - I was not complaining, I told you it had already been way resolved and my original unblock was declined LAST year due to it and others have brought me up for it and they ended up being globally locked for evading their block. Then on top of this, another editor started making aspirations about me, who has had a lot of issues on this Wiki and after I and others have tried to help them for a very long time, they decide to continue to do what they were asked not to do and to continue to go against policy. So that was the 2nd rollback, but yet you turn around then and state "Secondly, your CU request was valid, and anyone can request CU. You were about to commit 3RR violations while removing that notice from the CU page." - One you cannot assume what I was about to do. I was actually having an IRC conversation with admins about it to get it addressed quickly before it got out of hand.
• You state "Fighting against vandalism or patrolling new pages always involves automated edits while putting warning templates on users' talk pages with the help of Twinkle." and "Lastly, about contributing, I have created more than 61 pages and 14 pages recently without copying anything, but writing by myself. My motto is to create at least one page per day here on SWEP while being free."

• Since you have been back, you have created 14 pages of which a few are stubs. Plus two more which were deleted as non-notable. I personally asked for QD on one of them. I am not sure where you get 61 pages from unless you are counting user pages when you placed original templates on it. I see 52 talk pages created and 6 categories. So let's not inflate your numbers to try to look good.

• You state Also, I don't understand why you bring enwiki issues here, while this is a completely different WikiProject, and I haven't done anything wrong here while volunteering with a positive attitude and positive manners - Not all of your interactions have been positive, and due to the amount of posts you make, I can not search through every single one of. I can think of a few of hand where you were not, which also includes the comments you made when you requested my CU. Any issues you have on one wiki affects all wikis. You, seeming to know all about how things operate, should know this. That is why there is the one-strike rule.
• To address your comment about you didn't call an admin an "ass" I will just post that link here too for others to evaluate (along with your demanding nature, which is taken into account by the admin saying they are getting tired of it) w:/User_talk:Primefac/Archive_40#Hi.

Now, to address what you just stated above about me:

1. Lee and I have since worked it out as adults and explained his reasoning, which is valid and I have no problem with that. 99% of the time, we get along just fine. Disputes are bound to happen, it is how we deal with it that matters.
2. Yes, some editors and I will not get along. The funny part is, they end up going to CU for some reason and they are found out to be sock puppets. There are actually two other users I did not get along with at one time, they are now resolved and we work great together. It is called talking things out and not everything will be on wiki. As we have IRC, discord and email.

That is all I have to say. The proof is in the pudding as evidence (once again) is shown (since obviously at [[3]] I did not provide evidence, then there you go. I am now disengaging any further contact with you. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 05:35, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Nothing

Please protect. Lots of continuous vandalism of being blanked. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 14:29, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Page protection

Please protect the following pages as an editor keeps removing the redirects (one was already protected) and now they are doing the others which all go under one company.

• Entertainment One Films needs to be redirected to Entertainment One
• Entertainment One Canada needs to be redirected to Entertainment One

Please redirect the pages as stated (also follows ENWP as these small subsidiaries all fall under Entertainment One) and protect the redirect pages from being edited. I have attempted on multiple occasions to talk to the editor on their talk page but they have never once responded and instead just keep removing the redirects without any valid reason on the edit summary or conversation. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 03:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Admin only protection

On both my main and talk please. I’m leaving and I don’t need grave dancers or any thing else being said. Best of luck. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:34, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Delete all subpages of mine too please. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 13:42, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

We don't do this here. We never fully protect user talk pages.--BRP ^ever 14:01, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Revdel/block request 2

Hi, Could someone revdel [4] and the edit after, and block the editor too please?, Many thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 19:02, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done CU things done as well. Operator873 ^connect 19:08, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Fantastic many thanks @Operator873 for your swift help and actions it's greatly appreciated, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 19:10, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Quick revdel

Hi! I'm not sure if the bar is different on simplewiki, but traditionally I'd ask/perform a revdel of addresses being posted for public figures. Hope this is suitable.[5] Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done by Ferien. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:14, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Request for semi-protection for my user talk page

Please semi-protect my user talk page User talk:郊外生活 due to excessive vandalism by cross-wiki long-term abuse w:ja:LTA:HEATHROW aka Sidowpknbihihj. My user talk page was semi-protected 2 years ago due to the same reason. Though I am not an auto-confirmed user and I cannot edit semi-protected pages on this project, even my user talk page if semi-protected, but I think semi-protection is necessary to deal with this vandalism. --郊外生活 (talk) 11:02, 25 April 2024 (UTC) // I was auto-confirmed now, so I got able to edit my user talk page if semi-protected. --郊外生活 (talk) 11:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@郊外生活 semi-protected for 2 years --DannyS712 (talk) 18:34, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Julien Amiel

The article Julien Amiel was created by Duriusgund (talk · contribs) who is now CU blocked as a sockpuppet by Fr33kman. I tagged the article for deletion as G5, it's now been removed [6] by Visitem (talk · contribs). Very interesting that a new editor shows up to a newly created article. I've got notability questions about the person, but the main issue here is the sock puppetry and probable COI/UPE editing that's happening. Amiel is the director of an AI orgnization called DAU’IA. The article on that organization was created by a now blocked sock (blocked along with Duriusgund). I suspect Visitem is just the most recent puppet of that group. Looking for admin help for deleting the Amiel article and possibly the others, plus CU on Visitem. Ravensfire (talk) 20:37, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Feels like promotional editing here. The en article on Julien Amiel was deleted in January 2023 [7] with comments about SEO spam sources that led to the creator being blocked there. The creator, EdouardMont was CU blocked by Fr33kman around the same time as Duriusgund. Before being blocked here, EdouardMont created DAU'IA, an AI related organziation founded by Amiel. Please consider if this article should be deleted as well - the promotional editing / spam is pretty clear here. Ravensfire (talk) 21:02, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Are you saying DAU’IA should be deleted? If so it'd have to go RfD. fr33kman 21:35, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

That's fine, it's a not a good article. Ravensfire (talk) 21:38, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protection request

Please protect Archie Moore: Persistent sockpuppetry. --Leonidlednev (talk) 05:43, 30 April 2024 (UTC)