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Meta-Wiki has a small active community. When a normal user requires the assistance of an administrator or bureaucrat for some particular task, it is not always easy to find one. This page helps users find one when they need one; asking specific admins directly via their talk pages is one way to elicit a fast response. It is only for assistance required at Meta-Wiki, help for other wikis needs to be requested at those wikis.

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(as of 17 April 2025)

• Assistance with Meta-Wiki maintenance is always welcome.
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(as of 17 April 2025)

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Is it possible to locate a user by an old nickname?

Hello! I have a nickname "324324324323c" related to a WMF projects. However, I failed to locate any mentions and any edits of this nickhame. They were, probably, in Russian encyclopedic articles. I know that I've probably filled a rename request for this user to stewards due to inactivity, but I am not sure.

I even have a password, but I can't post it publicly. That was my old account.

Is it possible to somehow find out what was the new nickname for this user? If that's the wrong place to request this, where should I do the request? Thank you. QuestioningSomeone (talk) 11:44, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@QuestioningSomeone: If by nickname you mean username, then it is possible to find any renamed user's new username from Special:Log/renameuser by entering the user's old username in the Target field. However this is not possible for very old usernames such as those before SUL finalisation. – Svārtava (tɕ) 12:06, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks.

It might be that my data is somehow wrong, and, while I posted the nickname, I don't remember something important about it. Maybe the nickname I mentioned was never registered actually, somehow, despite my data. I edited approximately in 2018 and after.

If there is no other way to locate the account, this can be closed.

For Russian citizens and other affected people (legal notice): I've accidentally posted a link to a WMF Page of a Project. Please never think that the information at the Page was "accurate". The information doesn't represent my opinion and should be viewed as an example of "WMF's problematic/wrong information" (according to Russian government). I disagree with the information. I view the information with criticism. The information wasn't proven/confirmed by Russian governmental sources and may be "inaccurate". Posting of a link to a page of WMF's site was a mistake that I regret. The link was never meant to commit any unlawful actions and was quickly removed from the last page version when problematic content on the page was noticed. According to the current Russian law, we can't say that information about any so-called "wars" or "invasions" is "accurate and correct", we can't say that the terms used on the pages are "accurate and correct", that the political events are described "correctly", and we can't say that the data about any so-called deaths and so-called causes of political actions, or any other political events is "accurate, correct and proven by Russian governmental sources". Please do not rely on any such information anywhere worldwide where Russian law is in force. Also note that, regardless of the WMF's opinion on the matter, posting of such information may be a violation of WMF's terms of use, even when WMF doesn't regard it as a violation. At WMF's projects, it's technically not possible to hide an edit from public view without people with extended rights. I also hereby demand a hide of all edits of this account from public view, if possible. QuestioningSomeone (talk) 13:40, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

If you find any page you edited, you can look at the page history of the page, and it will show all the edits, and who made them. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:25, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

MassMessages request for campaign

Hello! Is it possible to request here help with MassMessages for the list of wikis and for the list of users?

1. Wikis list: here's text of the message, and here's the list of the pages.

2. Users list: here's text of the message, and here's the list of receivers.

Thanks a lot for assistance! OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk) 15:07, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Done – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 16:14, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

@Hide on Rosé Many thanks! OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk) 16:43, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 16:14, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Event organizer for E mln e

Global user: E mln e (talk • contribs • User rights • global contributions • CentralAuth • block log)

Reason for request: I'm the coordinator for Bay Area Wikipedians User Group and we have received a rapid grant for 15 events this year.

Criteria met:

• No active blocks: No active block
• Global edits: 979
• Additional Criteria: Also have event coordinator status on en.wiki

--E mln e (talk) 21:33, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Done Ternera (talk) 21:34, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Ternera (talk) 21:34, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Request for Removal of Private Information from Turkish Wikipedia

Hello,

I am writing to request assistance regarding the Turkish Wikipedia article about Aylin Kotil, who is a living person. The article contains personal information such as her date of birth, place of birth, and marital history.

Despite my attempts to reach out to the local administrators and request the removal of this private information in accordance with Wikipedia's policies on biographies of living persons (BLP), my account was blocked without explanation or resolution.

I kindly request your support in reviewing this situation and helping ensure that the personal data of living individuals is handled with appropriate care and privacy.

Thank you for your attention. Buzutku (talk) 22:11, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

• The meta admin's can't do anything about content or blocks on tr.wikipedia. For help with suppression requests on trwiki, see w:tr:Vikipedi:Gözetmenler. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:20, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

 This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. — xaosflux ^Talk 22:20, 16 April 2025 (UTC)