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Harassment or not...?

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Hello, I'm just wondering if comments made on my talk page at "Do not add any unresonable comment to my talk page again" can be considered as a PA since they were making fun of my enwiki block and mistakes I have made in the past. I'm not offended but I'm not sure if it's allowed or not. Cheers, Hockeycatcat (talk) 15:36, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like he's probably mad at you. DingoTalk 15:47, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I do see issues with writing that message on. Probably personal attack. SHB2000 (talk) 22:33, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It was about 2:00am for me when I was editing because I was bored. It is clearly a PA and I don't know why I created this thread. This is as close to "sleep-editing" as you can get! Hockeycatcat (talk) 09:29, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I see I'm not the only one editing up at night ;-) Was up til 00:30 on Commons yesterday. SHB2000 (talk) 11:37, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Third... I edit 13 hours a day... at night too... 💠Ely - Talk💠 11:38, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
13? Dang, but that's a lot. The max I've done one day was 6 although that wasn't on this wiki (with 20% of that 6 hours reverting GRP ;)). SHB2000 (talk) 11:42, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm at it again, its 00:47 for me right now, and I am fully aware of what I am doing! Hockeycatcat (talk) 14:47, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For once, I unusually wasn't editing past 00:00 yesterday :-) SHB2000 (talk) 03:39, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wow I looked at your talk page and it looks like you are getting a lot of harassment. I hope you are okay. I see you on the RfDs a bit. You seem pleasant to me. Blissyu2 (talk) 12:45, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Although the amount of vandalism that global sysops get is much worse though. If any kind of vandalism is hard to revert, it's hiding vandalism on flow talk pages like this on my fr.voy talk page SHB2000 (talk) 13:01, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Elytrian and SHB2000: What? 13! Then, we need to create a new type of barnstar called "The Nocturnal Barnstar". If that's done so, then there will be many editors here, who really deserve it. :) :-) Haoreima (talk) 05:14, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am just gonna close this discussion since the case is resolved. The discussion about barnstar and "Nunquam Dormio" can be done in WP:ST. Thanks-BRP ever 05:24, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Revdel

Hello, sorry to be a pain, but could somebody please revdel [1] this? Thanks, Hockeycatcat (talk) 09:44, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BTW I think you should probably use e-mail or Direct Messages through Discord for revdel'ing. Etoza (?) 16:34, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. This was just generally disruptive material, so I think the request was fine to be posted here. However, for items that are sensitive or would require oversight, correct, you should not ever post a request on-wiki.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:21, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Temp protection

Can Deaths in 2021 be temporarily protected? IPs have been falsely adding living people to the list. Etoza (?) 16:32, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to protect at this time. The level of vandalism isn't out of control at the moment. Thanks. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:24, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RPP

Talk:Joseph Stalin

Temporary semi-protection: Content Dispute/Edit Warring. Hockeycatcat (talk) 15:31, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Set to autoconfirmed, for two weeks...--Eptalon (talk) 16:27, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

PP for my talk page

What the title said... way too much vandalism, and no constructive IP's have contacted me. 💠Ely - Talk💠 14:16, 27 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wow. I'm sorry to see that you too are getting nasty talk page messages. I am not thankfully. 58.179.159.63 (talk) 03:58, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
mine too. I'm not a very active user here and no constructive anon messages for me as well. Either just vandalism by numerous LTAs, or Samlaptop. SHB2000 (talk) 13:37, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We could possibly do a short one if it was bad on a given day, but generally talk pages aren't protected permanently. -Djsasso (talk) 14:23, 28 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There are some cases where talk pages are indef protected, although it's very rare, and I've never seen it on simplewiki. (good examples are Antandrus' and my enwiki talk pages) SHB2000 (talk) 13:34, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Block needed

User continuing to try and follow me around everywhere/harrass me- 205.213.208.101 and Mjforresst. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zjholder/Archive for more info. User also previously here under account Zoom29912. Magitroopa (talk) 23:43, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection on my talk page would also be greatly appreciated to end this. Magitroopa (talk) 23:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Account has been blocked. I can come back around and get the IP as well if anything else picks up from there, but it looks like they've stopped for the time being. We usually don't protect talk page, however if it gets really worse we can do a short term protection as needed.--Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:06, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User of concern

I don't want to outright say this, but the user 13switch is blocked on enwiki as being a sock of the Android LTA. Technically, they're also blocked here as well for impersonating Darubrub (now renamed), they've actually been doing a lot of anti-vandal work here. Just notifying all admins here. SHB2000 (talk) 12:49, 30 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for Template:QD-notice

Can someone please protect or semi-protect Template:QD-notice? It's used often by Twinkle and causes problems when vandalized. J991 18:37, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Already protected, thanks for requesting. --Ferien (talk) 18:38, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can't I create a page recently deleted by Rfd

Hello, i am @October2022 (talk) 19:21, 2 October 2021 (UTC). I created Dc Themmie recently on the wikipedia. It was recently deleted by admins when other users created it because it was not notable. But me I have reliable sources which I found. But when I created it today an admin deleted it, why if an article is deleted before, can't it be recreated with the same content or similar with different reference. I don't really like what admins do to stub article, wikipedia is a free encyclopedia for everyone and have already decleared Dc Themmie as conflict of interest on my userpage. But now it was protected for only admin to create. It is not fair. CheersOctober2022 (talk) 19:21, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So what reliable sources did you find? Etoza (?) 19:39, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The article you created didn't have anything that wasn't in the previous versions of the page, so it was similar to them. The new article said only that the person is Nigerian and that he is a singer, comedian, and blogger; none of those things makes a person notable. If you don't say why a person is notable, it doesn't matter what sources you have. Reliable sources are needed, but they have to be used to support statements that show notability. -- Auntof6 (talk) 20:04, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I feel that October2022 is Gimmelover evading their global lock. SHB2000 (talk) 23:25, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SHB2000: Then you might want to request checkuser services. It doesn't do any good to say here that you have a feeling about something. Auntof6 (talk) 23:38, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
per WP:DUCK, this is an obvious case. SHB2000 (talk) 23:38, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SHB2000: Still not helpful to say you have a feeling without asking to have something done about it. Auntof6 (talk) 23:43, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked by Bsadowski1 SHB2000 (talk) 23:47, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

104.243.168.40

Seems creating X is Y in Z pages. Seems like GYH evading block? Or am I assuming bad faith? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:48, 3 October 2021 (UTC) + 104.243.168.230 Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:56, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Personal attacks from 2600:6C5A:6E7F:E6D:D1E1:EE80:AD47:DDD9

2600:6C5A:6E7F:E6D:D1E1:EE80:AD47:DDD9 (talk · contribs · (/64) · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is repeatedly spamming talk pages with personal attacks. --Ixfd64 (talk) 18:22, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The IP has been blocked. -Djsasso (talk) 15:57, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request semi-protection of Murder

Hi! Wikidata/ENWP admin here. A wide range of IPs have been trying to insert information about "The Assassination of Joseph Stalin" in unrelated places across multiple projects. For some reason, your Murder article is a target, and I am therefore requesting semi-protection. They are also inserting links to diffs on this article (e.g. d:Special:Diff/1507236657), so please also consider whether revision deletion would be appropriate. Bovlb (talk) 15:52, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Bovlb, I don't think protection is necessary at this time but the page is definitely something to keep an eye on. --Ferien (talk) 15:55, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

An IP keeps redirecting place names and then moves them to a page with the English and native name

There's an IP that has been regularly moving place names to the place name in English and their native name under numerous IPs, which include Moscow and Chernobyl, but also some others too. Given them a lev 4 MoS warning as I think this is their third IP address that has been doing this. Asking an admin to take care of this as this is too complex for VIP. Not only is this disruptive, but they also don't give attribution. SHB2000 (talk) 05:43, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @SHB2000:. I just noted this one and I think it might be helpful for you to mention the IPs and/or some of the examples of the articles that are being moved so that admins have some idea what you are talking about. Blissyu2 (talk) 15:45, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can't remember on the top of my head. SHB2000 (talk) 11:46, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hiàn

I am stepping back from Wikipedia and resigning as an admin here. Please remove my perms. Thank you. Hiàn (talk) 01:07, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if I'm meant to be commenting here, but thanks for all your service as a sysop. Wishing you all the best for your future. SHB2000 (talk) 01:18, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Very sad to see this @Hiàn. Hope you stay safe IRL and we always welcome you back as a sysop. Thanks for all you had put into. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:23, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for all you've done here. :) --Ferien (talk) 13:53, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Hiân, thank you for all the things you did for this wiki as an admin. I have removed your admin flag. Even if you are no longer an admin, you are still a trusted member of this community. Have fun, and I still hope to see you edit SEWP now and then. --Eptalon (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you everyone for your kind words, and your trust and support over the past few years. I'm very grateful. Hiàn (talk) 15:32, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
i am a little late in this, Thank you for your hard works and services that you've done here, They're unforgettable; your hard works will remain on the history of Wikipedia, hope you come back again. Thank you 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 07:19, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ips

Temporary semi-protection: Continually recreated Hockeycatcat (talk) 11:41, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Has been created only three times, one this year and twice in 2015. That's not often enough for protection. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:12, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Uploader

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need Uploader Right to upload an Image to Yoasobi 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:26, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sakura emad Images go onto Wikimedia Commons, not here. The only time where images get uploaded here is where Commons can't host it (such could be FoP issues, as Commons needs the image to be free in its host country + the US or fair use logos) SHB2000 (talk) 11:45, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
😊 i think you misunderstood i am here because i can't upload that image to Commons. @SHB2000 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:47, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
non-free content under Fair use. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:48, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Can you describe what kind of image it is. SHB2000 (talk) 11:49, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
On simple we don't have Non-free fair use images. We only have uploader group for audio files and some very selected images (like special logos). All images needs to be commons compliant. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:50, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage in this case what should do with Yoasobi 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 11:55, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad The image you use must be able to be uploaded to commons, if not the image cannot be used. What can be done is to put a link of the image in the page using Template:External media. I hope this helps. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:58, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage We do upload images locally due to FoP reasons, but from my experience, simplewiki hasn't cared too much about it. SHB2000 (talk) 12:01, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@SHB2000 Actually we do care per Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions#Uploader. Here we don't do local images upload for those who fails FoP. This is also where we are special in some sense. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:05, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I do truly wonder why though. Surely it helps readers. And when I meant simplewiki hasn't cared too much about it, I meant that simplewiki hasn't cared too much FoP issues. SHB2000 (talk) 12:31, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree but I think we are too small to handle Non free fair use and the policing. From my experience at zh, dealing with FFD isn't easy and it can cause a lot of dramas. It do will help readers I admit. Sorry for misunderstanding your POV. @SHB2000 Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:34, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah no worries. I for some reason, happen to write in a very unclear manner after 22:00 for some reason (when I wrote that message, it was 23:01 AEDT) SHB2000 (talk) 12:48, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage this is not helpful as i am planning to put the image on The Article's Infobox 😢 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:16, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad I guess can't be helped then, but are you sure commons doesn't allow? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:21, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage Yes since it's non-free content 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:26, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad Then really can't be helped, :( Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:28, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
😔 this is unfortunate, but i love how you cared about that thank you alot 😊 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:30, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
No issues, :) Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:31, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Camouflaged Mirage 🌸Stay Healthy🌻 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:32, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
you too @SHB2000 🌻 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 12:33, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
you too @Sakura emad Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:34, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad and Camouflaged Mirage: Merci pour vous deux :-) (en translation: Thanks to both of you) SHB2000 (talk) 12:45, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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  Not done We upload only certain kinds of things here, and the one you want doesn't appear to be something we'd host here. @SHB2000 and Camouflaged Mirage: It would be very helpful if you kept conversation to a minimum on this page. Requests here are not votes or discussions. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:17, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So Auntof6, so when Camouflaged Mirage and myself were helping a user, it's considered "disruptive"? (based on the tone of your comments) SHB2000 (talk) 23:03, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I said keep it to a minimum, not stop it altogether. This page is for making requests of administrators, and getting the admins' response. A certain amount of non-admin comments is okay, but this got a little long with little benefit. When it gets this long, it makes it harder for the admins to see whether another admin has already replied. When the comments go off-topic, like these did (talking about Commons policies, as opposed to the original topic of getting the uploader permission), it's best to take them to user talk pages. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:39, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 Noted. Will take note of this next time, Regards, Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:21, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
sorry, i was the one who shall take all the blame, Thank you 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 07:15, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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User talk:512 megabytes

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. This talk page was vandalised 5 times in just 4 days. 512 MB (talk) 15:37, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Five times in four days does not meet the threshold for protection. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:19, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Rights removal

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Hello, Could an admin please remove all rights I have - I'm apparently not competent enough to use Rollback and have been threatened with rollback-removal so I would simply like to request everything I have removed. Thanks. –Davey2010Talk 18:32, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. The issue with rollback was just one mistake, and I would be happy to give the rights back to you if you asked in the future. --Ferien (talk) 18:40, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks Ferien for removing these and thank you for your kind comments, Djsasso has got what he wished for - One less person to fight vandalism and after writing this it'll be one less person contributing to the project too. I wish you all the best Ferien, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 18:46, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Davey2010: You did a lot of good here. Sorry to see you go, and thanks for all your work here.-BRP ever 22:45, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Block request

Block User:2600:6C40:5400:1D2B:6482:81E8:26D5:8E78 for persistent vandalism/harassment. User was banned on Wiki, moved to harassing me on my Commons account 1, and after being blocked there has now started to harass me here 2. - Citrivescence (talk) 02:35, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of Obadare Peter Adewale

Can someone protect the page Obadare Peter Adewale from creation since it has been recreated multiple times as a page about a non-notable person? Thanks. SkeletalDome$ (talk) 19:27, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SkeletalDome$, there were two creations earlier today, but I don't think it's necessary to protect the page right now. If it continues being created, please let us know again. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 20:20, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page Delete

I want to say that this page Brij Kishore Sharma "Tara" is deleted by mistake because on first time when this page was firstly created there was lack of citations on that page but now there are many references you can see this all[1][2][3][4][5]. So please undelete that page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2401:4900:51db:c1e9:595:2b55:14e8:f5ab (talk • contribs) 10:10, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ↑ "Brij Kishore Sharma "Tara"". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Meet an amzing poet". Digg. Retrieved 2021-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Meet the poet who writes biography in poetry form". Avalanches. Retrieved 2021-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Padma Awards 2021: Full list of recipients". Business Line. Retrieved 2021-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Padma Awards announced: Full list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri recipients". India Today. Retrieved 2021-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
The place for this kind of request is WP:Deletion review. Please make your request there. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 18:44, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Page protection for talk page

I am requesting semi-protection for my talk page for two weeks, or whatever is the equivalent so IP users cannot edit my talk page. I am being stalked and targeted by an IP user who is engaging in cross-wiki harassment against me. I don't use Simple Wiki, I am only here because they came to vandalize my talk page after being blocked elsewhere. -Citrivescence (talk) 00:51, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone protect my talk page for like a month?

Vandals like to target it, unfortunately. Derpdart56 (talk) 18:08, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto for mine as well SHB2000 (talk) 23:50, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Derpdart56 and SHB2000: We don't fully protect user talk pages but I'm willing to semi-protect for a month. However, at least some of the vandals on both your pages were (or least are now) autoconfirmed, so semi-protection wouldn't have stopped them. Do you want semi-protection?

Also, SHB2000 please make separate requests instead of adding on to another user's request. It makes it easier for us to process. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:33, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Semiprotection would be nice. Derpdart56 (talk) 15:00, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Derpdart56  Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Second talk page protection request

Pinging admin since no one answered my previous request @Auntof6: @Djsasso: @Gordonrox24: my talk page is still being vandalized by User: 204.184.47.157 and now by User:Jobbyhahns. Requesting page protection for at least a month because this is targeted harassment. Citrivescence (talk) 15:55, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Citrivescence: done for two weeks. There has only been edits for the past ten days so I don't think that means I should protect it for a whole month. --Ferien (talk) 16:00, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Citrivescence (talk) 16:02, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Effect of Apple’s iCloud Private Relay

Hello!

Communities typically block edits from IP addresses that obscure individual users. Usually, it has been about “open proxies” or virtual private networks (VPNs). Now, there's a new Apple service called iCloud Private Relay that obscures the IP addresses of desktop and mobile users of the Safari browser.

As Apple users adopt this new service, we estimate that 3-5% of all logged-in and logged-out editors will have these obscured IP addresses. If we don't change anything, they may be blocked within a few months. This wiki may be severely affected. A lot of people editing here use the Safari browser. Next, other browser providers may do the same. The problem will grow.

The communities, users with advanced MediaWiki permissions, the Wikimedia Foundation and others need to work together. We all need to decide how the security of the wikis can be maintained. At the same time, the pathways to editing should remain open for all good-faith participants.

Read more on Apple iCloud Private Relay. Answer the questions and comment on its talk page.

Thank you!

SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 21:34, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect discussion

I recently modified the WP:H redirect to go to Help:Contents, but with that came the idea to have a page for discussing redirects; e.g. whether a given redirect is needed or whether to change what page a certain redirect goes to.

Similarly, I'd like to request a page where we can give ideas for the Simple English Wikipedia.

Thank you, 209.232.149.23 (talk) 18:32, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That is done on our WP:RFD page as far as deletion goes, changing them would happen on the talk page of the article affected or at WP:Simple Talk. We try to keep talk centralized here as we are a small community. -Djsasso (talk) 18:33, 22 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Protection

Transferring request from meta. No personal opinions. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 08:11, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

POV pushing by socks from en.wiki

I edit on en.wiki and found one of the users with a history of disruption and long term socking is creating articles that were deleted there and uses simple.wiki for their POV pushing. The IP range 157.49.*.* was reported on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sweetindian in en.wiki is editing along with multiple accounts blocked under this SPI here. This same behavior is mirrored at other multiple other language wikis when their POV pushing is not given a chance at en.wiki.

  • 157.49.*.* created Uthiyur which was edited by the same IP range and multiple socks of this SPI in en.wiki.[2][3][4].

The articles above are created with a POV version of this user filled with WP:OR and fictional references which this sock master has a history of. Requesting admin action against these socks and articles especially Annamalai Kuppusamy which was deleted multiple times in en.wiki due to its lack of notability. I hope the same applies to Simple wikipedia. Thanks Suneye1 (talk) 15:16, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Fountain request

Please add user MdsShakil as a jury member on the Fountain page for the Simple English Wikipedia's Wiki Loves Women South Asia 2021 edit-a-thon: Fountain MdsShakil's request.

MdsShakil is trying to fix Fountain errors that are preventing me from updating the contestants' scores when they improve previously not-contest-ready articles. Many of these users have selected excellent topics to add here at Simple, and some have had to work very hard to understand what we mean by simple English. I want them to have a fair chance at winning the prize. Darkfrog24 (talk) 15:23, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Darkfrog24 and MdsShakil:  Done --Ferien (talk) 15:27, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Hundabt

Hello. While trying to find additional sockpuppets of RAJNEESHKSAXENA, an account that is globally locked, I stumbled upon the Rajneesh Kumar Saxena page on simple wiki. The page on simple wiki was made by Hundabt (talk · contribs).

RAJNEESHKSAXENA is known to do cross-wiki sockpuppetry; evidence of past sockpuppetry can be found in English at w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/RAJNEESHKSAXENA. All of the user's past sockpuppets seem to have an interest in creating an article on "Rajneesh Kumar Saxena".

The article has previously been deleted at Requests for deletion and re-created by several users. These include K7U22554 and Kavita.kumarsharda. Currently, Kavita.kumarsharda is globally locked as a sock of RAJNEESHKSAXENA.

Overall, this group of editors appears to be a part of the same sockfarm that has been repeatedly engaging in cross-wiki abuse. Mikehawk10 (talk) 15:45, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure whether blocking would be necessary as they last edited 2 months ago. --Ferien (talk) 16:01, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Would it not be useful to tag them as a sockpuppet? The master is globally locked. Mikehawk10 (talk) 17:15, 26 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Many RfDs, admin side...

Hello, I closed a few (10-15 I think) RfDs which would have timed out today, or which were clear cases. Since there are still a few left, I would invite other admins to also look over the listing and close a few. I have also put html comments on the RfD closure page to make it easier to keep days apart (for counting the 2-3 days worth of Rfds to keep. --Eptalon (talk) 22:33, 31 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Eptalon. Different issue with this page: if we could suppress the "Discussion" headings from the TOC, it could make working with this page easier. I tried using the {{TOClimit}} template to do this, but didn't get it to work. (Maybe it's the wrong template?) Does anyone else know how to do this? --Auntof6 (talk) 08:15, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6: I have suppressed the "Discussion" headings from the TOC. Can be changed to how it was once the number of RFDs decrease. BRP ever 09:01, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@BRPever Thanks, it looks good. I don't see a problem with leaving it this way even if we get back to having fewer requests. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:27, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
We only generally keep the last 5 rfds that are closed, sometimes more depending on the admin who closed them, but we don't go by number of days ago they were closed so the comments aren't really necessary. -Djsasso (talk) 11:19, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Possible edit war at Avian?

It seems like 3 IP's are just ganging up on Stang are reverting Stang's edits over and over again. Kolva (talk) 01:49, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I protected the page. The IP's edit summary makes this look like vandalism.-BRP ever 01:59, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Stang's Userpage It now looks like two extra IP's are attacking Stang. Kolva (talk) 02:20, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

POV pusher

Hello everyone. It seems that the POV pusher is active again. To those watching recent change, it might be a good idea to take a look when you see frequent edits in multiple articles where they add POV content or links. Some recent account/IPs are:

Thanks, -BRP ever 22:30, 2 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BRPever Isn't https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2A00:23C5:8D98:E201:ED4C:47F2:2C96:9233 the same? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:27, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked.-BRP ever 12:29, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I also blocked the /64 range for 3 months, this should help reduce the vandalism. --Ferien (talk) 15:55, 6 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting protection of George Reeves

There has been vandalism from multiple IPs and block evasion on the article on George Reeves. I've reverted the page to what it was before all the disruption, can an admin protect the page to stop the vandalism? 209.232.149.23 (talk) 18:56, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ok nevermind it's been protected. 209.232.149.23 (talk) 22:36, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User continually recreating promo page for himself

Hi. Wikipedia user User:Mlungisisbongiseni085 has continually remade an entirely promotional page about himself, even when warned not to do it, blatantly ignoring this. This user is clearly not here to build an encyclopedia and I think a block is due. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 12:31, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The page User:Mlungisisbongiseni085 has been create-protected by Macdonald-ross. Should be clear now. 209.232.149.23 (talk) 22:32, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Request to delete redirect

Hello,

I have just renamed the "climate change" article to "climate variability and change". But I am having trouble renaming the "global warming" page to "climate change" as there is a redirect called "climate change".

I don't come here often (I am usually on English Wikipedia) so I am not sure how to delete the redirect myself. Or is that only for you admins? If so please could you delete it and rename the "global warming" page to "climate change". As you can see this has been discussed on the talk pages.

Regards

Chidgk1 (talk) 14:32, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LouisAlain

LouisAlain who has been banned from the English and French Wikipedia for machine translations and personal attacks is now active here.

His translations also lack the appropriate transwiki attribution. --94.46.24.59 (talk) 03:04, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

LouisAlain has now just been banned from the German Wikipedia for "translates without proper crediting".
His recent creations on Simple Wikipedia are still lacking proper transwiki attribution. --94.46.24.56 (talk) 10:45, 9 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The ones I checked were word-for-word translations, and the language had not been simplified. That is another ground for his being banned. Macdonald-ross (talk) 12:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah we should probably WP:ONESTRIKE him and speedy the articles as copied articles with no evidence of simplification. -Djsasso (talk) 14:27, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
This user is still active here and is creating articles that do not have simplified language. Could we maybe restart the discussion about banning him? Thanks. --Redtree21 (talk) 09:37, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

About the Administrator's noticeboard header

Since it looks as though this page can also be used to discuss AN itself, I'd like to suggest a few changes to the header, since I cannot edit it directly:

  • Add the [[WP:RFC]] shortcut to the list of shortcuts.
  • Clarify that you can talk about the Administrators' noticeboard inside the Administrator's noticeboard (ideally with a message like the following):
This page can also be used to talk about the noticeboard as a whole.

Thank you. 209.232.149.23 (talk) 16:31, 10 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The first one probably shouldn't actually even redirect here as this wouldn't be the place for RFCs. So I have fixed that redirect. As for the second it happens so rarely that it doesn't need to be pointed out. Anyone that is likely to know enough about this wiki to want to change this page will know where to talk about it. -Djsasso (talk) 19:45, 18 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bad user

Hello, there is an IP address (74.88.134.16) that is doing vandalism and making changes that are not neutral. Their bad changes have been reverted and they have been warned but they are still doing it. They have also triggered edit filters, including one for trying to make a bad change to my user page. Is there anything that someone can do to stop this person? --Redtree21 (talk) 07:23, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Redtree21 They haven't edited since the most recent warning, and no final warning has been given yet. If they vandalize again, give a final warning. If they vandalize after that, please report at WP:VIP. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:23, 19 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

RFD: Deletion Requests

Hello admins; Please someone clean up the Wikipedia:Requests_for_deletion there are so many Discussions that's ready and meet requirements for deleting or keeping. Thank you 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:19, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sakura emad Ok, I will try close some now. But please remember that requests for deletion is already closely monitored, especially now with the amount of RfDs there are. Thanks! --Ferien (talk) 21:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you as the time passes we get more RFDS that we can possibly handle and discuss about it. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:26, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad We appreciate input on RFDs, but if you're feeling overwhelmed by it then you don't have to keep up with every one. Don't burn yourself out! -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:40, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Auntof6 well, am really enjoying it, it's just that if we close them sooner it may help others to catch up on other RFDS faster than usual. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 21:46, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad All the admins know that we currently have many more RFDs than usual, but that doesn't mean that we have any more time to give to Wikipedia to close them. We're all volunteers with lives outside of Wikipedia. We close RFDs when we can, and if they stay open past the indicated close date, that's not really a problem. We're probably going to keep getting new RFDs for a while, so please stop prodding the admins to close RFDs. That includes here on the noticeboard and on individual admins' talk pages. If anyone feels they're having trouble keeping up with commenting on the RFDs, then they should feel free to comment on only as many as they have time for. We appreciate the input we get, and we don't expect anyone to comment on all of them. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:20, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Sakura emad I'd also add that I had just logged on here specifically to see if any more RFDs were ready to be closed. Because I took time to reply to you, I will have less time to work on the RFDs because I only have a little time to spend here right now. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:23, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
yes Auntof6 i know we're volunteering and i appreciate your time here; as for talking to any admins; i was mean to talk with the ones that has free time to spend on wikipedia; that's it Thank you. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 08:55, 12 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. I said before that ideally it'd be good if we could space these out a bit more so that we can have a regular amount of say 10-20 per week, instead of the 100 or so we had at once a little while ago, which I am sure overwhelmed a lot of us. Blissyu2 (talk) 08:55, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think this is brought up for many times, but do remember our RFD acts like PROD, a so called process on en and some other wikis which if there is no one oppose, the article will be deleted. However, if you later find it deleted without any opposes or supports, you can ask for undeletion. So there isn't issue with a lot of RFDs, especially if they are closed in time. What will be worrying is that there are backlogs that are massive, but so far even with 200 we don't have much. So I think the system is still coping, we can still nominate as per status quo. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:00, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. I find that if there are 10 to 20 per week, I have enough time to consider them properly and we can have proper discussions that build consensus. If we have 100 to 200, then most of them have little or no discussion, and then we might be going the wrong way. I saw two bad closures last week that I brought up to Deletion Review and I fear that if mistakes are made that it could cause problems. Perhaps we could have a policy to try to keep it to a manageable level, or at least a consistent level. Most weeks it is 10 to 20, but suddenly a few weeks back it was 180 I think. That many makes it hard on everyone involved. Perhaps if there are 180 that need looking at then we could space them out to say 20 per week for 9 weeks instead of 180 in 1 week. Blissyu2 (talk) 09:04, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I mean that bringing these to DRV is a correct move if you think the close isn't correct, but I won't say they are bad closes but yes, questionable ones. If the fear is mistakes in closing, I think what is needed is not to agressive trim the recently closed ones to give more time for scrutiny. My 2 cents. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:06, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'd rather see pages nominated as they come up, instead of a user either 1) having to keep track somewhere of pages they think are deletion-worthy and nominating them piecemeal or 2) not working to ferret out such pages at all. If we don't nominate pages when they're found, they can build up. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:24, 25 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia

Please protect the article at the semi-protection level because an IP keeps removing content from it. Thanks! --Hulged (talk) 05:11, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please do the same with Wikimedia Foundation. An IP address is removing content from it saying that it is badly sourced, but the content is all good and correct, and we cannot convince them that it is fine. Thank youǃ --Redtree21 (talk) 08:06, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please elaborate:
In Wikipedia, the removed content is clearly all unsourced. In Wikimedia Foundation, only one source is removed because it is not up-to-date and is conflicting with another source in the body, the rest is not sourced. 59.153.235.202 (talk) 11:08, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Not an admin (obviously, I'm just four numbers separated by periods) but the correct action would be to block the IPs involved. 64.79.144.10 (talk) 18:35, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

68.111.104.243

Please block 68.111.104.243 and undo their edits. He has vandalized a lot of pages and has created pages that shoud be removed. XǝNoX (talk) 15:04, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 16:26, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mohdzaki_07

Hi. I noticed that User:Mohdzaki 07 has been creating a lot of problematic articles that seem to be purely promotional. [User talk:Mohdzaki 07]. They don't seem to have made any constructive edits at all. Blissyu2 (talk) 13:11, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. Thanks-BRP ever 13:17, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:LOSTINNVIBES

This user seems to be creating a lot of articles (initially in draft form before moving to mainspace) that reads like commercials. I did find 2 genuine articles, though, which seemed to be blatantly copied from EN-Wiki, almost like he is gaming the system. [User talk:LOSTINNVIBES] Blissyu2 (talk) 21:59, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly looks like paid editing to me. Other admins thoughts on it? Vermont (talk) 23:22, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like paid editing to me too. Macdonald-ross (talk) 16:53, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sam (musician)

Please delete this hoax (created by a crosswiki impersonating me). Thanks in advance. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh (talk) 14:03, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As there is a wait tag on it now, I believe the process is to go through RfD. Blissyu2 (talk) 06:16, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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