Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard

This is a message board for talking about tasks on Wikipedia that only administrators can do. Please put new messages at the bottom of the talk page or click here to start a new discussion.

Please note that the messages on this page are archived periodically. A message may therefore have been archived. Note however, that the archives must not be modified, so if something needs discussing, please start a new discussion on this page.

Are you in the right place?

• This is the Simple English Wikipedia. Click here for the Administrators' Noticeboard on the regular English Wikipedia.
• Use Vandalism in progress to report serious and urgent vandalism from other users to administrators.
• Use Requests for permissions to request administrators to give you tools that can help you do things faster on Wikipedia, such as rollback.
• Use Simple talk to ask general questions about Wikipedia and how to use it.
• See meta:Steward requests/Username changes to change your user name or take another user name.
• See WP:RFCU for CheckUser requests.
• See WP:OS for oversight.

Protection request

Please protect Ahir-Rajput Connection Persistent disruptive editing from IP. Hcsrctu (talk) 12:26, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Please Semi-Salt Myrtle

Repeatedly created as vandalism/nonsense (4 times). Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:44, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Protect MrBeast

8x vandalism in 2 days. SurferSquall (talk) 02:21, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Block, Delete, Protect

Hi, Could someone block 180.74.68.219 who is currently on a block as 180.74.216.10
and could 2026 Formula One World Championship be deleted and creation-protected please?,
Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:02, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

J.Sam Williams

Redirected here due to user removing Quick Deletion templates
The article falls under: A4, G4, and G5 MCGAMER YOUTUBE (talk) 02:14, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 12:28, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/JAAVIROMA

Previously, User:Ferien has reverted many of their edits as non-simple/spam. The user continues to add more context with references but I'm not sure if they are simple enough to remain. Should they be reverted, and is this really what we usually declare as spam? In addition, should we allow their edits to continue? MathXplore (talk) 14:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure what this editor's intent is, but there is reason to revert almost all of their edits. You've got this which is written in a very promotional manner, which is definitely spam. A lot of the references they use to prove are not really independent, being shops where the articles are written for you to buy something. And if you look at a lot of the ones I reverted as "not simple" it's almost like they are writing exactly the opposite of what we would like. They have ignored the warnings about Simple English, and as a result, should probably be blocked at some point. --Ferien (talk) 20:10, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Pacific_War

Should this be a one-sentence article or a redirect? I have already imported this to Wiktionary. MathXplore (talk) 12:17, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

I think most people will understand it as the part of WW II that wwas in the Pacific (between China, Russia, Japan,and the U.S.). I do think we need a separate article, because some actions predate the start of WW II, such as the en:Mukden incident or the en:Marco Polo Bridge incident. Note that there is a 'War of the Pacific' (also called Nitrate War, between Bolivia and Chile, in the late 19th century, and the Chincha Islands War, also in the 19th century between Spain and its former colnies, also in the 19th century. Both of them have been called 'Pacific War'. Eptalon (talk) 12:58, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Please revdelete

Hello. Please revdelete 1 x edit summary and 1 x content, plus any other related edits that take your fancy. Thanks. -- Zzuuzz (talk) 12:49, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

(Note) At least I have taken care of those mentioned here. MathXplore (talk) 13:06, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

I revdelled another revision, should all be  Done --Ferien (talk) 15:43, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

IP range block request

Hi, Could someone rangeblock 2A00:23C6:4A0F:4C01:B418:450E:1F07:3D8E please? - https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2A00:23C6:4A0F:4C01:B418:450E:1F07:3D8E/32 brings up a whole ton of IPs all of which have been vandalising/adding fake films to various articles, Many thanks, Warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:34, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Davey2010, I've blocked the /64 range that covers all the vandalism and wouldn't affect as many users as a /32 would. Thanks! --Ferien (talk) 15:45, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay thanks @Ferien, I don't understand the rangeblock stuff but the 32 end bit has always stuck in my head, Anyway thank you for actioning this greatly appreciated, Many thanks, Warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:53, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Davey2010, no worries, they can be a little complicated to get your head around. For future requests, it's an IPv6 /64 that's equivalent to blocking an IPv4. An IPv6 /32 is the largest range that is possible for us to view the contributions of. I found w:WP:/64 very helpful for understanding IPv6 ranges. --Ferien (talk) 16:35, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay I see, I'll try to remember for future cases, Many thanks, Warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 16:38, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Please protect Ball

Look at the page history. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:44, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Würzburg

Hello, I was checking random pages to find typos and vandalism, and I landed on Würzburg. I saw a lua error at the top of the page, saying something like (and I'm not joking) "*someone* rapes babies on wheels". I immediately tried to remove it, but could not find anything like that in the page source. The error disappeared from the page too. This is not a joke on my part, I really saw this. Can someone investigate? Cheers, Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 09:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Hockeycatcat I saw it too - I'm guessing someone came to the rescue and fixed it as the 3 luas I checked hadn't been edited, Thanks. –Davey2010^Talk 09:23, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Davey2010, Thank you for confirming! Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 09:24, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

No worries, Happy editing :), –Davey2010^Talk 09:37, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Hockeycatcat, a good way to find the vandal edit when it's not in the article is to use the Related Changes link in the Tools and look for a recent edit to a template or module. Ravensfire (talk) 17:04, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Full protection request

Please protect Module:Format link: High-risk module, vandalism. --Leonidlednev (talk) 15:27, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Please purge all pages that use the module as well. --Leonidlednev (talk) 15:28, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Advertising???

I noticed someone by the name of ChocolateLr18 put in links for his own website and a summary of his company with so many “We” in his userpage. Does it count as advertising and what do we do with the user page? Milanjan10 (talk) 11:06, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@ChocolateLr18: I have requested Quick Deletion for the page, under G11. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 11:08, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Splendid, thanks Milanjan10 (talk) 11:10, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Update. Guess what? he updated his infobox with prestigious stuff or whatever

This is some next level advertiser here ill tell you Milanjan10 (talk) 11:18, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Username for administrator attention: ChocolateLr18. It uses the name of a company. [1] Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 11:22, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Page deleted and blocked, global lock requested and also reported to Wikimedia Commons. MathXplore (talk) 11:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

(Update) Now locked. MathXplore (talk) 11:42, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Delete and protect

Hi, Could someone delete and protect Comic Con Arabia please? It's been created by a globally-banned sock (Mzexpert) and the protection only ran out today, Thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 10:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done by MathXplore, Many thanks MathXplore your help/actions are greatly appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 11:31, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

IP creating talkpages

Hi, 94.175.203.242 has been spending their time creating talkpages with {{Talk page}} - Should these all be deleted or are they fine ?, I didn't want to speedy all of these clogging up the QD category so thought I'd come here, Thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 13:42, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) Davey2010, there is no need to QD the talk pages, however the user should be warned for creating these unnecessary pages. It's not disruptive, just a waste of time, really. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 13:49, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

A) If I were going to CSD them all I wouldn't be here now and B) How is this not disruptive ?, Either way respectfully you're not an admin and as such there's absolutely no need for you to even comment in this thread. –Davey2010^Talk 14:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

The only person who seems to be bothered by these pages being created is you. It makes no difference whether the talk page is there or not. Also, please read WP:NPA. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 14:17, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Well yeah of course I'm bothered by it otherwise I wouldn't be here now? I've seen admins in the past delete these pages so I thought it was only sensible to come here and ask what should be done about it (if anything). Go read AGF. –Davey2010^Talk 14:19, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Also I came here for advice on on what should be done about it (if anything), I didn't need to be told "not to CSD them" or that "this isn't disruptive". Why you felt the need to interject yourself into something that is of none of your concern I will never know, –Davey2010^Talk 14:18, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Again, please read up on WP:NPA. I am not attacking you here, I am merely throwing in my two cents, hence the nao tag. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 14:19, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Again go read AGF - No one asked for your opinion here, No one asked for non-admins to comment, No one god damn well asked for a peanut gallery to appear over such a non/minor-issue. –Davey2010^Talk 14:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Quite frankly, you need to calm down. Of course I assume good faith, but I don't assume good faith when you comment on me rudely. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 14:25, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Cleared talk pages (QD G6 and maybe G5), the IP now has a 6-month block. MathXplore (talk) 14:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Brilliant, As always MathXplore many thanks for your help it's always greatly appreciated, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 14:57, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

simple Wikipedia appears to be defaced through the clever introduction of a Lua error

"Leonidlednev Rapes Babies on Wheels" 207.191.155.213 (talk) 05:46, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

More info: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Leonidlednev Rapes Babies on Wheels' not found.

I cannot include a screenshot easily but it appears to affect a large number of pages 207.191.155.213 (talk) 05:48, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Example page: List of mythologies 207.191.155.213 (talk) 05:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) This has happened before and is 360% a module used on the page being vandalised, I'll try to find the module used on the page that was vandalised.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:16, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

There's still a lot of these. I fixed a couple by changing Template:about to Template:About. The Template:Redirect page should give a clue but I haven't found the module itself yet. Antandrus (talk) 14:47, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Turns out it's a caching issue (thank you XXBlackburnXx for figuring this out). If anyone encounters a page with this vandalism still visible, append ?action=purge to the URL and reload the page, and then click to confirm. As of this writing there are about 250 mainspace pages remaining where this will show. Antandrus (talk) 01:17, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Banned from wikipedia

Unban me at Wikipedia please thanks. 139.216.66.198 (talk) 09:29, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi User: 139.216.66.198, We have no control over other Wikipedias (and vice versa), You would need to file an unblock request at the English Wikipedia - If that gets declined then I'm afraid you'll need to wait it out, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 09:48, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked without talk page usage, global block requested. MathXplore (talk) 08:18, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

(Update) Global block applied. MathXplore (talk) 08:22, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Țyler Antonius

G5 but user keeps removing QD templates MCGAMER YOUTUBE (talk) 20:13, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done, I deleted/salted, and blocked the IP (and now globally blocked). MathXplore (talk) 01:02, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Requesting Revdel

Requesting revision deletion of Special:Diff/9563595; User has used grossly insulting, degrading language in his edit summary. – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 09:17, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done by User:Eptalon. – Cyber.Eyes2005^Talk 09:26, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Note: I oversighted the revision, because in the summary, a possibly existing name was mentioned, so it's not just rudeness, it's possible libel. Eptalon (talk) 10:49, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Copyvio

Hello, there is a copyright violation at Observer states. The current text in the article is from https://exampur.com/current-affair/news/english/11-december-2021/. Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 09:45, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done by QD G12, IP user warned. MathXplore (talk) 09:50, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Revdel request

Hi, Could someone revdel/oversight all of 2601:1c2:101:3c80:d952:645a:5a93:edbes edits please and at W;ChangingUsername could everything from [1] onwards all be revdelled, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:30, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Done, revdeled. Thanks for reporting fr33kman 17:40, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Fr33kman, Sorry to bother you but you missed some lol - [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] will all need revdelling too, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

An admin's work is never done. The personal information really needs an OS but revdel will do for now. Thx fr33kman 18:14, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

all oversighted, don't be afraid to mail the is list if you find any more Eptalon (talk) 18:24, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Thx E! fr33kman 19:20, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Fantastic many thanks for your help @Fr33kman it's greatly appreciated,

@Eptalon I had emailed an OS email a few weeks ago over another issue but I never recieved a response so I assumed maybe it wasn't regularly checked (the edits have been revdelled/os) - EN always responds so as no one did here I just thought maybe no one checks it - if they do check it then I'd be happy to post there instead, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 18:30, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

We send a reply in many cases, but the OS list has some filters (to combat spam), so at times, it can take longer if a message is stuck in a filter. Eptalon (talk) 18:35, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Ah okay in that case I'll resume emailing them from now on - Many thanks for your reply and for your help in oversighting these too, Many Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 18:39, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Please Semi-Salt Saquico

Been deleted 11 times, see logs ([12]), all by non-autoconfirmed users. Persistently seems to have little or no meaning or use or is blatantly false altogether. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:00, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

@Me Da Wikipedian  Not done However, this article was linked on the article list of fruits. This article seems to be a target of hoaxes for some reason. I have taken the liberty of removing it from that list, it shouldn't be a concern again. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:26, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Larry Griffin

Please semi-protect Larry Griffin due to persistent vandalism by an LTA. KonstantinaG07 (talk) 13:22, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done for one week — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:25, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Rangeblock request 2

Hi, Could someone rangeblock 2A00:23C6:4A0F:4C01:1513:60E3:D721:312 please as they keep adding a fake film to articles, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

They're now on different but the same IPs:

diffhist Kevin Michael Richardson filmography‎ 20:16 −59‎ ‎2a00:23c6:4a0f:4c01:6029:cecb:aa76:ebfb talk‎ Tags: Manual revert Visual edit rollback

diffhist Laura Marano‎ 20:15 −26‎ ‎2a00:23c6:4a0f:4c01:6029:cecb:aa76:ebfb talk‎ Tags: Manual revert Visual edit rollback

diffhist Elizabeth Gillies‎ 20:12 −31‎ ‎2a00:23c6:4a0f:4c01:6029:cecb:aa76:ebfb talk‎ Tags: Manual revert Visual edit rollback

diffhist Victoria Justice‎ 20:10 −22‎ ‎2a00:23c6:4a0f:4c01:6029:cecb:aa76:ebfb talk‎ Tag: Visual edit rollback

diffhist Alec Baldwin‎ 20:07 −49‎ ‎2a00:23c6:4a0f:4c01:6029:cecb:aa76:ebfb talk‎ Tag: Visual edit rollback

diffhist Paul Frees‎ 19:57 −79‎ ‎2a00:23c6:4a0f:4c01:448e:4cae:c5d7:c6b5 talk‎ Tag: Visual edit rollback

I'll stop reverting for now,, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 19:23, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 20:48, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Brilliant thanks so much - as always your help is very much appreciated so thanks again, Should also add apologies for the list dump above I was busy and didn't have time to mess around with it, Anyway thanks again, –Davey2010^Talk 21:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Symptoms of editcountitis

User:SurferSquall continues to make huge amounts of tiny edits after being told to stop in February on his talk page because of it flooding the recent changes feed. They’ve claimed that this is because of their intermittent internet connection, even though you do not need a continuous internet connection to use the editor, and making numerous changes only increases the amount of times that you need to connect to Wikipedia. These edits are usually a single byte in size and many are made in the same minute. This pattern is evident on the history of their user sandbox or just by skimming through their contributions. I would like to assume good faith, but it’s hard to considering that they regularly update an edit counter on their user page after continuing to artificially inflate their edit count despite being told to stop by numerous admins. If any administrators choose to take action on this, it should be noted that they are currently blocked on enwiki for sockpuppetry. I also want to be clear that this is not intended as a personal attack, this is just what I have observed from looking at their contributions and talk page. FatalFit | ✉ | ✓  01:05, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

I can only say effectively the same things I've said before; yes, I have an awful internet connection, and yes I work like this. I personally find it easier to work and publish in small amounts rather than large edits. And yes, I have lost work several times to revision ID issues, and I'd love not to have that happen. I keep an edit counter on my page to keep track of how many I've made. It's a fun stat. I hate to see posts like this on the noticeboard, because I mean nothing wrong yet something like this will glare outwardly whenever I attempt an unblock on enwiki. SurferSquall (talk) 02:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Sometimes I am bored and will fool around aimlessly on my sandbox. I do not care much about the actual number of edits I make. I'm sorry it matters so much to you. SurferSquall (talk) 02:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

I personally find it bizarre that nearly 20% of your edits are to your own user sandbox and nearly 25% are to your user page. This feels a lot like gaming the system in some form or another. I'm going to look through mainspace contributions right now, but this alone is an issue.@SurferSquall Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:28, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

My userpage contains a long list of pages to contribute to that I simply haven't gotten to yet. Sandboxes are for test edits, which I've primarily used it for. SurferSquall (talk) 02:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Purely looking at my stats is not going to tell you who I am. I don't work in a normal manner. If you have a problem with it, that's fine I guess but it does not mean malice on my part. SurferSquall (talk) 02:18, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done WP:ONESTRIKE. MathXplore (talk) 03:21, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

RFD Supposed to Close 3 days ago

Hello, i saw a RFD Discussion for Mother 3 fan translation which was due to close on may 26, But its may 29 now, I would close it and i know how to, but im scared that i might get in trouble as im not an actual admin, So can anyone here close it for me? Milanjan10 (talk) 09:04, 29 May 2024 (UTC)