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Request for Comment/Appeal to Reconsider the Indefinite Block of User:Laziz Baxtiyorov on Uzbek Wikipedia

Request for Comment/Appeal to Reconsider the Indefinite Block of User:Laziz Baxtiyorov on Uzbek Wikipedia
Both two parties started discussing about and putting out privacy materials, maybe someone want to look into that? Lemonaka (talk) 14:33, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Inappropriate system message in it.wikipedia.org: “erunda durnizi” and misinformation about Olga of Kyiv

Hello,

I'm reporting a serious issue encountered while attempting to edit an article on it.wikipedia.org. While making a factual correction related to Olga of Kyiv and the name of the city "Kyiv", I received an automated block message containing this phrase: erunda durnizi.

This combines a Russian word ("ерунда") and a Ukrainian one ("дурниці"), roughly meaning “nonsense” or “idiocy”, and is clearly not part of any legitimate rule description. It seems to have been inserted maliciously into the system message or block filter response.

In addition, I attempted to correct a factual inaccuracy claiming that Olga of Kyiv was born in Pskov, Russia. There is no historically confirmed birthplace for her, and stating “Pskov” reflects a non-academic, politically motivated narrative.

I request investigation into:

• Who added or modified this error message
• Whether it's visible to other users and reproducible
• Potential abuse of moderator privileges on it.wikipedia.org

Screenshot (July 18, 2025): [1]

Thank you for your time and attention.

—BerkanaFehu (talk) BerkanaFehu (talk) 09:35, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Meta is not an appeal court and this is a wrong venue as well. Please raise the issues on the article talkpage on itwiki. A09|(pogovor) 10:30, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. —-A09|(pogovor) 10:32, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Report concerning User:38.156.75.141

38.156.75.141 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism XReport --MathXplore (talk) 13:14, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Done Ternera (talk) 13:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Ternera (talk) 13:16, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Request for MassMessage sender rights

Hi, I would like to request the MassMessage sender right to support the distribution of the Wikidata Weekly Summary newsletter.

I am a volunteer contributor to the Weekly Summary team, and my name is listed on the official team page here: Wikidata Weekly Summary Team.

I've already been trained by Mohammed Sadat Abdulai (WMDE) and I will be supporting the newsletter distribution .

Thanks in advance. JosefAnthony (talk) 13:28, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@JosefAnthony is a trusted contributor to the Wikidata Weekly Summary and has already received training from the team. I’m confident they’ll use the MassMessage tool responsibly. -Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (talk) 14:36, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Done --M/ (talk) 15:21, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. M/ (talk) 15:21, 21 July 2025 (UTC)