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Good-faith copyvios

Patti Negri needs to be deleted for copying IMDB. And I've gone ahead and redacted the problematic parts Brandy Robinson per this copyvio report.⸺(Random)staplers 17:17, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done by @MathXplore Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:05, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Automobile

Requesting protection due to persistent vandalism. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:02, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cactusisme:  Not done The rule is that protection is considered when there is so much vandalism that it's hard to keep up with. The most recent edits to the page don't show that level: in the last few months, there haven't been more than two edits in a day. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:02, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 20th copyvios

special:diff/9709829

Some sentences are reworded from those in the references but they still look similar. Should this revision be deleted? Or should we revert this edit as not simple? MathXplore (talk) 06:10, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bad changes

These users keep making bad changes from an IP range:

They keep doing things like copying paragraphs that were already written. Also they have been insulting other users. 2601:644:9083:5730:E8C0:7AE0:6C02:F11D (talk) 18:47, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Non admin comment - I've reverted all of their edits, Not sure what they're trying to achieve but either way support blocking, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 19:36, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, thanks! 2601:644:9083:5730:E8C0:7AE0:6C02:F11D (talk) 19:43, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done 2nd block started. MathXplore (talk) 14:16, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible RevDel

Do the edits by Special:Contribs/197.211.59.22 qualify for RevDel? 2601:644:9083:5730:294A:5DB7:96CE:3220 (talk) 04:03, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, they seem pretty bad to me, but they don't seem to meet the constraints for RevDel. 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 04:43, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It just advertising, I guess Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 02:01, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SuperMarioLogan

Does this meet QD G4? MathXplore (talk) 06:39, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-administrator observation) Maybe, Generally unreliable sources in article. Fails WP:GNG Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 07:44, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Caste-based disruption

Some articles need protection.

This might appear somewhat extensive but the scale of the sock network and its disruptions are well known and need further protection and the extensive IP socking can be seen in each of them. Alan Charlotte (talk) 15:26, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note: User blocked, see w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HinduKshatrana. MathXplore (talk) 04:48, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Administrator note: User locked per xwiki issues. MathXplore (talk) 02:30, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Ponyo

I want to remove protection for User talk:Ponyo, after two years without vandalism. 2001:4452:1B2:1F00:E97A:1325:6729:8376 (talk) 07:55, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Only Ponyo can request that. If you are Ponyo, log into your account and make the request again. -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:04, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just want to discuss Ponyo as an IP user, for reporting issues on Wikipedia. 2001:4452:1B2:1F00:499:76A8:B39A:425 (talk) 23:07, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The IPs are blocked on enwiki, these cannot be user:Ponyo. MathXplore (talk) 02:52, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

188.77.92.171

Special:Contribs/188.77.92.171. They seem to be making bad pages, but I haven't checked all of their edits. 73.170.137.168 (talk) 17:05, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done MathXplore (talk) 07:32, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Almal Real Estate Development

Almal Real Estate Development was closed as soft delete twice, so I don't know what to do, but Almal is the same topic. 73.170.137.168 (talk) 17:07, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already deleted. MathXplore (talk) 07:32, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Due to special:permalink/9733375#Almal_Real_Estate_Development_accounts, I guess the next creation will be handled via QD G5. MathXplore (talk) 02:50, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mister Rogers Neighborhood

I would like to request semi-protection for the page "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" due to ongoing vandalism. The page has been edited one time with false information, and I have reverted it to its original position. I believe that protection is necessary to maintain its integrity. Thank you. ~~~~ FaterPepper (talk) 01:13, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FaterPepper, we only protect articles where the amount of vandalism is becoming hard to keep up with. There have only been seven edits in 2024 and only two of those have been vandalism. Therefore, this is  Not done. Please keep the article on your watchlist, as I have done, to keep an eye out for any vandalism that may occur to the article. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 20:42, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection for Steven Crowder

Steven Crowder ought to be semi-protected. People keep adding offensive allegations without valid sources. It's the same thing that occurred almost a year ago here. 2601:644:9083:5730:E55A:ED02:6645:89B6 (talk) 05:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done The rule is that we semi-protect if there is so much vandalism that it is hard to keep up with. The article has had only 6 edits this month, and only 3 were vandalism. That doesn't meet the threshold. -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:49, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 27th copyvios

Move request

Hi, Could someone move Hasselt, Belgium to Hasselt please per EN, Thanks, Warm Regard's, –Davey2010Talk 20:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --Ferien (talk) 22:37, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Ferien very much appreciated :), Thanks, Warm Regards –Davey2010Talk 22:45, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got blocked on Wikipedia proper

Essentially what the title says. Was falsely accused of sockpuppetry and banned on Wikipedia proper due to a user who just so happened to have similar interests and a location to my own. I'm just hoping this won't effect my account on the Simple English Wikipedia at all. Both sites are separate entities, but I just want to make sure. The user who they falsely accused me for sockpuppeting doesn't seem to have a Simple English Wiki account if that's of any importance. Carnivore82 (talk) 02:25, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In general, we have WP:ONESTRIKE. MathXplore (talk) 02:28, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good to hear. I've actually been on Simple English Wiki much longer than Wikipedia proper. This site's adminis, such as you, are efficient and do your jobs well, far better than those on Wikipedia, so you earn my seal of approval. Have a good rest of your day my friend. Carnivore82 (talk) 02:38, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the feedback. I have not checked every part of the archives, and I'm not sure if this project has discussed WP:ONESTRIKE when the original block is disputed. Other admins here may have different viewpoints. MathXplore (talk) 02:47, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Offline landing page

Hi there, I've created Wikipedia:offline as an alternative landing page to be grabbed by the Kiwix scraper. It is a simplified version without external links or seasonal content and that caters to users without internet access (it's also been a long-time request, so apologies to whoever it is that asked in the first place). Nothing to do here (except maybe keep an eye on it), but I figured I should give you folks a heads up in case anyone wonders :-) The other Kiwix guy (talk) 07:56, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The other Kiwix guy, do you know how often the Kiwix scraper grabs that landing page? Would it be worth semi-protecting that page to prevent it accidentally scraping a landing page with vandalism? --Ferien (talk) 22:39, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is set to do it once a month. We've had it semi-protected on a couple of wikis but usually people needing offline access do not go online too often (and if they do certainly won't vandalize a page they need). Do as you see fit. Thanks! The other Kiwix guy (talk) 15:08, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mass delete/nuke

Please mass delete all the pages created by Special:Contribs/74.219.176.234. 2601:644:9083:5730:C439:AEC:F243:46E8 (talk) 19:00, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Cyber.Eyes.2005, in the event you come across this editor, or any editor who happens to create tons of bad pages, it's usually easier to request a nuke here or on VIP instead of QDing them individually. Thanks, --Ferien (talk) 19:50, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Got it! – Cyber.Eyes.2005Talk 09:07, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correction needed for "poverty"

To My Grandchildren


There were self-reliant, very independent people who created their own country. They realized there were projects they could not do individually. They formed a government for those tasks such as raising an army. The government imposed a tax for these few purposes.


Well-meaning people saw that not all people were cared for by their families, which was the custom. So, tax money was allocated for these people who were in poverty.


Poverty was defined by the government as one’s money income. This did not include the tax money (benefits) allocated to these people. If these benefits were included in money income many of the beneficiaries would be wealthy, living off their neighbors’ tax monies. These government monies became very popular, especially by the recipients, but also by well-meaning and some self-serving groups. This caused these money allocations to expand tremendously.


Then the government could not collect enough taxes to pay for these allocations to people “ in poverty” and for other items  for which the government was not formed. So, the government began borrowing money to pay for these.  They borrowed more money than they could repay, so they just paid the interest on the loans. The lenders were not satisfied and demanded the money be repaid. Foreclosures was the only option. That ended the country formed by the self-reliant, independent people.


Will you stand with me on the broad shoulders of young soldiers, whos’ bodies were cut in-half  by machine gun fire on the beaches of Normandy while screaming “mommy”,   and save this country by returning our government to which it was originally formed.

2600:1702:1390:1AD0:5DAB:21AC:C1DC:543C (talk) 12:57, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello IP, the events you refer to have been 75-80 years ago. If you find someone who was present then and who is still alive, they will likely be close to 100 years old. Poverty is a global problem, even after the second world war. So in all concreteness, what is it that you are asking admins of this Wikipedia? Eptalon (talk) 17:30, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Praveen K. James‎

It seems that someone is repeatedly removing the quick deletion tag from Praveen K. James‎ without providing any valid reason. Previously, this page was created under the name "Praveen Kenneth." Symonds Gerother (talk) 13:40, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page deleted, CU requested (Special:Diff/9734340). MathXplore (talk) 13:49, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP creating empty talkpages

Hi, Could someone delete the talkpages and block 82.132.185.207 please?, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 21:56, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Was some time ago on 91.235.65.22 which is still blocked for 3 years, Thanks –Davey2010Talk 21:59, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done by MathXplore - Thanks MathXplore much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 23:27, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Kid"

This might relate to a goat or to a human child. Hence it is not good as a title. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:10, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would be better as a disambiguation page. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:48, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done, @Auntof6@Macdonald-ross Can you check? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:54, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How about Kids Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:16, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move request 2

Hi, Could someone move CD to CD (disambiguation) please as per EN?, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 13:41, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. – Cyber.Eyes.2005Talk 14:14, 29 August 2024 (UTC) [reply]
Thank you CE much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 14:36, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Still pending - Cyber.Eyes.2005 had just coypasted the pages from one to the other - Hardly helpful, If any admin could move it that would be greatly appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 16:20, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Davey2010:  Done without redirect. I assume you're going to make CD a redirect to Compact disk? If so, please check all links to CD to make sure that's what's intended. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Auntof6, Brilliant thank you so much, Yep I'll redirect to compact disc and will check all links (I do this anyway with these just to make sure all is okay and that these go to where there supposed to redirect too), Thanks again Aunt it's greatly appreciated, Many Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 21:32, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Artistsportal

User:Artistsportal – promotional account. 2601:644:9083:5730:51E0:BA3C:C778:148 (talk) 16:30, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, reports should go to WP:Vandalism in Progress.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 16:37, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know if this counts as vandalism. 2601:644:9083:5730:51E0:BA3C:C778:148 (talk) 16:42, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Tbh "Vandalism in Progress" is kinda misleading as we report all violations of rules there not just vandalism.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 16:45, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked for bad user name. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:43, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of User talk:Kamen rider saber

Since someone has been incessantly commenting on this page for months, stating that it's their original account, could we have it protected? Regards, Kurnahusa (talk) 01:38, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kurnahusa: We usually protect pages only when there is a level of vandalism that is hard to keep up with. That's not the case here. There have been only 4 edits this month, and 2 of those were to revert the other 2. Before that, the next most recent edits were back in June, during which month there were only 2 edits, the second being to undo the first. -- Auntof6 (talk) 03:34, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I see. Drmies went ahead and protected the enwiki talk page a while back, since it’s been an ongoing problem for 2 years now. But I guess since this wiki is smaller, vandalism is easier to spot and revert. Kurnahusa (talk) 03:40, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:LordBirdWord citing their own, very much not a reliable source

The article has now been deleted, but if you look at the deletion discussion you will see that LordBirdWord attempted to source an article by repeatedly citing "GeorgeMicro News". First off, anyone with even an extremely basic understanding of what a reliable source is can see that George Micro News is a personal blog, the site itself makes it extremely clear that it is not a professional news source of any kind. Their talk pages history shows that this has been brought before, and that they have repeatedly tried to use this site as a source, and several of their articles about extreme-fringe politicians have been deleted.

Secondly, we can see from the description of this image on Commons that LordBirdWord, is Goerge Micro.

Additionally, this user is blocked on en.wp for socking and their uploads at Commons have almost all been deleted because they lied about creating most of them.

Given all of this, I have to wonder if this user is competent/honest enough to even be editing here. I realize some of this was not here on Simple, but the way I even became aware of this was looking at images on Commons that were clearly not free, that were uploaded by this user and used here on Simple. Basically this is a cross-wiki issue with this user. Just Step Sideways (talk) 23:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note: AN-notice sent (Special:Diff/9740095). MathXplore (talk) 03:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvios for September 3rd

Alireza-Jadidi‎

A QD A4 case. Since, the user is persistently removing the QD templates, shifting the deletion request here. Related: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser#Alireza-Jadidi accounts. – Cyber.Eyes.2005Talk 17:29, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of Ben Stiller‎

I'd like to request an auto-protection on this article, I checked the history and it seems like this article is the target of a bunch of vandalism over 2 months. RiggedMint 16:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done for 1 month, let's see if they go away. fr33kman 17:04, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvios for September 4th

Just to let you know

There is an IP making death threats in his/her unblock request. 🪐●Haumeon 20:10, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, the unblock request is rejected, and talk page access is removed from the whole range. MathXplore (talk) 01:13, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Simple Talk IP

This IP, whom I presume had an account and got banned, sent emails to the WMF foundation. When they didn't arrive, he went to Simple talk, when I think his IP got banned. So then he started proxying and changing IP's completely on every two or three edits. Then he deleted his original post, where everyone was telling to stop block evading, and he created another and is still IP hopping. His recent ones are:

  1. 14.192.209.182
  2. 101.183.30.39
  3. 42.114.42.220

Can you try to block his ISP or something like that? 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 17:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The stewards have globally blocked so no action is required. fr33kman 18:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 18:58, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Haumeon Just a note that they are proxies. If any Ip says anything similar, just globally report them on meta for being a proxy. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:58, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chronic sockpuppeteer

Cyber.Eyes.2005 is a chronic sockpuppeteer whose extensive sock network was active on enwiki and Commons before being detected and blocked last year. The network has promoted falsehoods, dubious POV, anachronisms and outright hoaxes, which I was surprise to find extant on simplewiki.

An extensive compilation of the networks disruptions on enwiki can be found at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cyber.Eyes.2005/Archive, Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cyber.Eyes.2005, Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Cyber.Eyes.2005.

This sockpuppeteer should be blocked (surprisingly he has been granted patroller and rollbacker rights after finding refuge here) and a CU should reveal further shenanigans.

Articles have been created by the sockpuppeteer in the same vein here on simplewiki and ought to be deleted (reference hoaxing is a given since none of them support the stated assertions, the same reason which ticked off investigations at enwiki): Middle kingdoms of Pakistan, List of Pakistani deities, Medieval Pakistan, India naming dispute, Names of Pakistan, Ancient Pakistan. Dubious anachronistic POV categories (which also need be deleted): Category:Religions originating in Pakistan, Category:Language families of Pakistan, Category:Medieval Pakistan, Category:Pakistani monarchs, Category:13th century in Pakistan, Category:16th century in Pakistan, Category:17th century in Pakistan, Category:18th century in Pakistan. (This is not counting the numerous other already extant pages which have been disrupted with similar issues.) Gotitbro (talk) 18:32, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:ONESTRIKE, she is allowed here. She has done nothing wrong. I myself have been blocked on enwiki, but since I did not do anything wrong here, it makes no difference. I don't see anything wrong with the articles either. Her contributions have helped the wiki, not made it worse. 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 18:39, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And the "anachronisms" are not so because Pakistan was still called Pakistan before it was a country. They aren't POV cats either. 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 18:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is simply untrue (Pakistan is a neologism) and the cats are POV/OR because these terms are non-existent in literature. Gotitbro (talk) 18:49, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That does not mean they are POV! And even if so, making a few good faith categories with wrong names does not qualify as vandalism or anything that would get her blocked! 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 18:53, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I Agree. She should be allowed to stay. I was a vandalist on enwiki, and I have done nearly nothing wrong here, so i'm fine. Me and her have only helped, and if I can stay, she can stay too. MidTV wrote this message. (talk) 17:55, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree too.
Also, write ~~~~ at the end of your message. That makes your signature, or just your name. Like this one: 🪐●Haumeon 17:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did, mine is customized to say that. MidTV wrote this message. (talk) 12:22, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, cool! 🪐●Haumeon 16:20, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gotitbro We actually had a few people last year try and get a few ex-sockpuppeters from enwiki blocked here. I don't like them. Cyber has done nothing wrong, the articles are fine, and the categories might be related to just the indian sub-continent in general. There's no evidence of disruption and sockpuppeting by her here. RiggedMint 18:42, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Simplewiki is the place of second chances, it isn't the place where an ex-whatever gets finally blocked (unless they actually do something disruptive to our wiki). RiggedMint 18:49, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Does IP socking count [1]? The issue is not limited to sockpuppeteering, the broader concerns are of outright falsehoods being purveyed on a wiki project. Gotitbro (talk) 18:53, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Why should it matter? The IP is clearly not active, and she is not sockpuppeting anymore? RiggedMint 18:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Request declined fr33kman 18:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sanskrit, Vedic period, Mahabharata, Rigveda, Chandragupta Maurya, Chanakya are only some of the articles where the insertion of dubious POV is very visible. My concerns were only in interests of serious NPOV and disruption issues that have migrated onto simplewiki. If simplewiki wants to give way to second chances that is fine but doing that to also comporomise the integrity of the project should not be the way. Gotitbro (talk) 19:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you kidding me? How is letting Cyber.Eyes.2005 keep improving the wiki going to compromise the integrity of the project? For example, the Sanskrit article is perfectly fine, except for one sentence at the end. It's inevitable: people will have some bias. You also have bias. Everyone does. A few mistakes made some time ago don't compromise the project's integrity! Plus, this discussion should be closed already, fr33kman refuses to block or ban Cyber.Eyes.2005 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 19:16, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
These articles actually vastly improved the wiki, because they are common subjects that are searched up often. 🪐 Haumeon the Adventurer 🪐 19:18, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I won’t write a lengthy response here since I’ve already addressed these concerns multiple times in the past. Similar accusations were made when I first started contributing here. In short, I have not engaged in sockpuppetry, either through another account or IP address, and a CheckUser was conducted confirming this. My block on the English Wikipedia does not affect my contributions here (See: WP:ONESTRIKE). I’ve been granted Rollbacker and Patroller rights due to the community’s trust in me, based on my contributions over the past year. Regarding the categories, they are not POV. They do not claim that the name "Pakistan" existed before the country’s formation; rather, they reflect the history of the "land of Pakistan," as valid as en:Category:Ancient Slovakia. As for the articles you mentioned, any review by an editor will show that my edits are not POV. Each edit was supported by reliable source. Although the issue has been resolved, I’m responding here to avoid future misunderstandings. If this situation arises again (Probably will), I'd just link to this thread. – Cyber.Eyes.2005Talk 19:46, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The misrepresentation of these sources is what constitutes POV, the problem is in pushing and slanting articles in favor of a certain viewpoint including that of nomenclature. That South Asia related topics have been completely altered to that effect in merely the last few months is a testament to that, further witnessed by the articles listed above.
Problems arise due to the fact that the edits are indeed not conducive to an NPOV wiki environment. Even beyond the leniency granted to sockpuppeteers by simplewiki, this is a disrepute of its tenets. Gotitbro (talk) 20:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Not conducive to a NPOV wiki environment"
I see no problem with her edits. She is not pushing and slanting articles to a certain viewpoint any more than any other user would. They are perfectly neutral. First learn how to tell if something is POV before coming to the admins and wasting their time. 🪐●Haumeon 20:30, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gotitbro has only posted this because they clearly have some sort of axe to grind,
Gotitbro given your very first contributions here were to participate in RFDs and given you immediately knew the terminology used here I would say this account isn't your first so If I were you I'd withdraw this report and go back to editing,
I'm not sure what sparked this report after you disappeared for a month but nonetheless this random obsession stops now otherwise you're going to find yourself blocked, If you have a valid concern about a sock vandalising articles fine report away! - But creating baseless reports on people is not okay. I should also add Cyber has never been a problem and I'm going to assume they've never socked here either,
If you have a problem with an article go to WP:Simple talk and ask for the communities opinion. –Davey2010Talk 21:09, 4 September 2024 (UTC) striking out per Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Cyber.Eyes.2005[reply]
@Gotitbro
If you are so sure about Cybereyes making promotional and POV articles, look at the todo list in her project. She is clearly very keen on making all Pakistani articles NPOV. 🪐●Haumeon 21:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Really? I have been active on enwiki for years now, would not have taken a few seconds to see that, than fly these ridiculous off the wall accusations. My edits here were obvious follow ups to sock reports from there. ANI, from what I know from at enwiki, is not limited to sock reports and reports of disruption can obviously be brought up.
When obvious fringe POV with everything in the history of South Asia being somehow solely related to "ancient Pakistan", edits which have been inserted only in the past few months, was noticed and from whom I remembered as a sock doing the same thing at enwiki and being blocked for it, I naturally brought this up here.
Rather than addressing any of these editing and content concerns, that some editors are choosing to attack me for a good faith report is very unfortunate. The recommendation of WP:Simple talk could have come without all that abrasiveness. Since this was broadly an editor issue, this was brought up here. Not adressing these issues is only going to undermine the trust on simplewiki. Gotitbro (talk) 21:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Attack? Good faith report? These are truly baseless attacks from you, as of course if you've been so active you must know not to waste admin's time. I simply don't care anymore, keep attacking people left and right and disregarding Simple rules. Davey2010 was right. You have raised many red flags and randomly coming here to report a user who is perfectly fine is quite suspicious too. The admins will deal with this.
Haumeon out 🪐●Haumeon 21:39, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop hounding every reply of mine here. Gotitbro (talk) 21:51, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just because he warned doesn't mean you should ask for a block for him. I believe Cyber eyes has improved from his mistakes. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:54, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

:::Well I can only assume there was more to your socking/vandalism then there was Cyber's but we're not going to punish a long standing and good editor because you were blocked for the same mistakes. But that's the point there are no editing and content concerns if there were we'd investigate and do something about it.

Not adressing these issues is only going to undermine the trust on simplewiki. - Again there are no issues, It's not like Cyber is vandalising articles or is POV pushing and we're turning a blind eye - As far as I can see they're adequately sourcing and improving articles. This really is a non-starter as far as I'm concerned, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 12:25, 5 September 2024 (UTC) striking out per Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Cyber.Eyes.2005[reply]
I have never been blocked for socking, vandalism or POV concerns on any wiki, these are wild assumptions and accusations and I have no idea where these are coming from. Have you even looked at the damning enwiki SPI linked above.
You are not seeing a POVPUSH simply because you are unfamiliar with the case and the topics that are of concern, when a reader comes to simplewiki to see that almost every topic under South Asian history has been labelled anachronistically as being "ancient Pakistan/Pakistani", that is not an improvement [and clearly not what the sources that are being dropped in articles state (not that many of the sources are any better)], they are not going to turn again to simplewiki. Inserting such POV is not an improvement, other edits of the user should not take anything away from the NPOV issues listed here. Gotitbro (talk) 12:51, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are not seeing a POVPUSH simply because you are unfamiliar with the case and the topics that are of concern
I have read all the neutral POV books I could find (I'm not just a planet, I'm a history geek) on this subject and none of then contradict Cyber's edits and articles. Same with a lot of the sources.
"Ancient Pakistan" is not anachronistic. You are overusing this term. All the books I can find referred to the area as ancient Pakistan, and more of the sources do than you think. As well as that, there are a lot of ancient South Asian empires that included Ancient Pakistan or the area. Those edits are improvements. They are not POVPUSHing anymore than you are in the articles you make.
And @fr33kman already said he wouldn't take action (based on these baseless attacks on Cyber).
We won't ban a longstanding user who has only helped the encyclopedia. 🪐●Haumeon 17:34, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adding to Haumeon's above reply, I've cited some books/sources that refer to the region's history as "ancient Pakistan" or mention Pakistan in a historical/ancient context on Simple talk (Special:Diff/9752835). I also don’t believe the comments User:Gotitbro made against me were made in good faith, despite their claim. Comments like "gaming the system" in a reply to me and statements such as "Even beyond the leniency granted to sockpuppeteers by simplewiki, this is a disrepute of its tenets"—while clearly knowing I haven’t engaged in sockpuppetry here—are WP:ATTACK. They claim to have worked on Wikipedia for years but still don’t seem to understand that being blocked on one wiki (which happened years ago) doesn’t automatically mean I should be blocked on all wikis (Else they wouldn't have made this ANI report for me to be blocked). – Cyber.Eyes.2005Talk 12:53, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. He was inactive for years and then randomly popped up and starting accusing you and reverting all your edits. That's pretty suspicious.
Gaming the system
@Gotitbro, how is making good edits gaming the system? 🪐●Haumeon 16:20, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
All of these "suspicions" have been addressed above; mainly active on enwiki, come here when following disruptions from there.
I would appreciate if you please stop pinging and hounding me. Gotitbro (talk) 16:31, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To maintain peace, I say we ask the admins about this.
(This is their noticeboard, why don't they know?) 🪐●Haumeon 17:10, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Import updates request

Hi, can you update Module:External links/conf/Sports, please? Thank you :) ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 17:45, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dream Indigo  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 10:51, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much! ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 11:47, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page deletion/Salt/RFD close request

Hi, Could someone delete and permanently salt Beauty of the beat and close Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Beauty of the beat (3rd nomination) please?, Many thanks, warm regards, –Davey2010Talk 21:45, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done –Davey2010Talk 22:02, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvios for September 6th

Copyright - Leave the gate as you found it

I suspect that the article Leave the gate as you found it, created by Cactusisme, may be a copyright violation. The reason for my suspicion is that every sentence appears with the same wording on another webpage. The following sources match portions of the text:

12.190.177.187 (talk) 15:39, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can see what you are getting at but I disagree that it is a copyright violation. The closest portion regards the stock water portion but this is a well-known rule of the country code. Whilst it is permissable to use very small portions of text from a copyrighted source I think in this case the simplewiki article could be rewritten in such a manner that doesn't directly copy the relevant sections and I'd advise the author to do just that. Our copyvio rules are in place to prevent regions of text from being violated, not part of a sentence of small portions of paragraphs
Thx for bringing this to our attention. fr33kman 15:54, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman I'm not an expert on copyright, but in this case, every single sentence is exactly the same as a sentence in one of these sources (except for "UK", which was changed to "United Kingdom").
Of course, another possibility is that this text came from some non-copyrighted source (such as 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, or a public domain government publication). 12.190.177.187 (talk) 15:59, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then we need more information. Cactusisme is an active and trusted user here and I'd be very surprised if a violation was intended. Let's see what they have to say first. fr33kman 16:06, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I was probably wrong; it was probably written from the English Wikipedia article. Maybe the other webpages I found were copied from the English Wikipedia article. 12.190.177.187 (talk) 17:50, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thats true Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 04:06, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman I actually translated this page from En Wikipedia. So should this be brought up at EN first? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 06:56, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So, it's really not my fault, the article was created more than 20 years ago so highly likely this is not copyright violation. Maybe you want to start a discussion at EN? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 06:59, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think that might be wise. For what it's worth, Earwigs tool on the enwiki copyright doesn't raise too many alarms, but if it's on sources it doesn't read it wouldn't show up. Regardless, might be worth changing the wording somewhat on simple to avoid any issues here. Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 10:44, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm working on it. Thanks for your opinion!! Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:45, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See the talk age for the version which I translated. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 07:00, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request to extend block on User:VLodge2

I am an involved party so I can't act on it, so I am requesting for someone to take a 2nd look and extend the block duration for VLodge2 (possibly to indef, at least until the threats are withdrawn) due to persistent violations of WP:NLT - Special:Diff/9753982 in particular, as well as repeated claims of "defamation" allegedly being made against an article's subject. Chenzw  Talk  01:08, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note: CU requested (Special:Diff/9754372). MathXplore (talk) 02:13, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Administrator note: Frwiki CU has been contacted (fr:special:diff/218421429). MathXplore (talk) 03:01, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done for all involved accounts. Please see fr:Wikipédia:Vérificateur_d'utilisateurs/Requêtes/septembre_2024#JohnKessel2022,_VLodge2_-_7_septembre and m:special:permalink/27422277#(LWCU)_JohnKessel2022,_VLodge2,_Patricka-1999. Global locks requested. MathXplore (talk) 12:41, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Now globally locked. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:16, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvios for September 7th

User page

Can you indef semi-protect my user page. Thanks Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 05:07, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And can someone delete User:Cactusisme/redwarnRules.json. I don't use red warn anymore. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 05:09, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done MathXplore (talk) 05:10, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MathXplore Can you delete, Module:Fallback Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 10:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done MathXplore (talk) 10:12, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RfA+ archives

Currently, the format of our RfA+ (for RfA/B/C/dA/Os!) archives is a bit messy, with the average archive currently looking like Wikipedia:Administrators/Archive17. The successful and unsuccessful tables are of different formats, even though the contents can be exactly the same. There are also some inconsistencies in other parts of the table and names of RfOs. I'd like to make the following changes throughout all of the archives:

  • Change the standard of the Unsuccessful tables to that of the Successful tables: User | Date closed | Tally | Comment.
  • Where a request for bureaucratship/checkusership/oversightership/de-adminship is made, specify it in the comment as "(Un)successful ...ship" rather than specifying that in the User section.
  • Change all RfOs so they are "Requests for oversightership" as opposed to "Requests for oversightship".

Thoughts? Pinging @Chenzw, Djsasso, Enfcer, and Eptalon: as bureaucrats. --Ferien (talk) 16:00, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me. This is one of those maintenance and wikignome-y things that I would like to say should have been a no-brainer, but as a project we evidently haven't managed to find time to get around to doing them. Chenzw  Talk  17:06, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
sounds good Eptalon (talk) 17:12, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks both! I knew this'd probably be uncontroversial but just didn't want to check I was missing any reasons as to why we might have done it in specific ways for certain things. I'll get along with this now. --Ferien (talk) 18:33, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RfD creation for Enzo Zelocchi

I tried to create an RfD for Enzo Zelocchi but the abuse filter blocked it. The wording should be the same wording I used on the page. 2607:F140:6000:816A:ED02:ED81:4C2:7E3E (talk) 21:54, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done: Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/Enzo Zelocchi — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 21:59, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Fehufanga. 2607:F140:6000:816A:ED02:ED81:4C2:7E3E (talk) 22:01, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Speedy Delation Tag on JTA International Investment Holding

Dear Admins, as the page JTA International Investment Holding has been tagged with speedy Delation with reason G2( Test Page), as The page is Notable not a Test Page. Kindly look into the matter, Thank you very much Zeroify (talk) 18:23, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please follow the instructions given on the article page to add the WAIT template and then say why it should not be deleted on the article's talk page (https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:JTA_International_Investment_Holding&action=edit&redlink=1). Ternera (talk) 18:26, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you and I did the same as per your instructions Zeroify (talk) 18:56, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Administrator note: User is blocked. MathXplore (talk) 01:59, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anastasia Kobesh and Ruslan Saberov

Anastasia Kobesh and Ruslan Saberov is related to Ruslan Saberov, which was deleted under G5. 2607:F140:6000:816A:B00D:998:ECBC:5055 (talk) 21:42, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, global lock requested. MathXplore (talk) 21:47, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Administrator note: The author is locked. MathXplore (talk) 22:19, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:204.184.47.241

I welcome feedback about the actions around this page. Best regards. MathXplore (talk) 01:43, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the response is on key. It is important to be harsh with schools at times and force them to deal with the problem themselves. fr33kman 01:54, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We can't just allow them to do what they want. The principal must take responsibility and ban the culprit fr33kman 02:05, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman: Do you have opinions related to Special:Diff/9750643 and the threads after this? MathXplore (talk) 02:05, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Death threats must be taken seriously. I'd take it to the stewards. fr33kman 02:09, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And WMF as well fr33kman 22:18, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What does WMF mean? ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 23:34, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikimedia Foundation. The legal owner of the wikis we all work at. fr33kman 23:41, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If we have to block them then we must do so. fr33kman 02:06, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Fr33kman the school IP address hasn't have it’s talk page access revoked on the main English Wikipedia, can you please get an administrator from the English Wikipedia to revoke their talk page access as soon as possible? ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 03:34, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to interfere with enwiki acfions. I don't expect them to tell us what th do. We just don't do it. fr33kman 22:20, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They do their thing we do ours. fr33kman 22:24, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The IP range should be globally locked for a long period of time, so that way students cannot change any Wikipedia (and to extension, any Wikimedia project) due to persistent vandalism used by that IP range, the same should apply to all IP ranges who are registered to other schools. ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 02:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know if the principal should take responsibility, in my opinion, the stewards should take the responsibility to globally lock and ban the IP range and all other school IP ranges indefinitely. ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 02:19, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My personal opinion is that the IP should be globally locked due to being registered to a school. ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 02:06, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A limited time frame should be implemented fr33kman 02:11, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
However, I feel like an indefinite block or ban on all school IP ranges would work, but since IP ranges rarely get indefinite blocks and bans, that may never happen. However, I was keeping track of the changes the IP range creates on the Simple English Wikipedia. I also received an indefinite ban on the English Wikipedia for vandalism too tho. But I am redeeming myself on this Wikipedia for a sooner eligibility for unblock requests than given by the administrators at the Simple English Wikipedia. ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 02:17, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We should take this conversation to the stewards. ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 02:21, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've already requested a global lock for this IP range at Steward requests/Global. No need to continue. ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 02:36, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did a second global block request on the same ip address but it explicitly tells the edits the ip address did on the simple English Wikipedia and the French Wikipedia along with stating cross-wiki vandalism. ImAWubbox1984 (💬) 03:51, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ImAWubbox1984 Sure, I see some cross-wiki vandalism but if your reason is that the IP address (range) belongs to a school, I can guarantee you that your request will be declined by any steward reviewing it (I typed this before seeing your SRG report and, as I expected, it was declined), because it is not policy to block IP addresses/ranges belonging to educational institutions. They are not open proxies and should not be treated as such. You could have at least reported the /24 range, because the user is active not only on that one address, but other addresses in that /24 range. If the IP address hasn't abused their talk page on enwiki, I see no reason to revoke it. It's entirely up to the enwiki admins to do so, and they don't usually take preemptive actions. Please just drop this and move on before this turns into a timesink. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 05:23, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed fr33kman 19:42, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We really want to ban as few schools as we can fr33kman 22:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DG Hamlin RfD

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2024/DG Hamblin was scheduled to closed a week ago, but it seems to have never been on the RFD page. Batrachoseps (talk) 16:02, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have listed the discussion on WP:RFD and extended the discussion term. MathXplore (talk) 07:25, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel and block IP request

Hi, Could someone go through 49.228.235.140's contribs and see if any need revdelling and also possibly block the IP please, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 18:02, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP's been globally blocked, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 18:04, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done --Ferien (talk) 20:50, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Brilliant thanks for your help @Ferien, Apologies for removing it no idea why I just assumed they weren't revdellable, Also thank you for the ping above it's greatly appreciated, –Davey2010Talk 20:57, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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