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"Not convincing and largely irrelevant"

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I would like some clarification, please, because you saying that is akin to calling my report frivolous.

1) Two weeks ago, an Administrator had said: Asking another editor whether English is their first language is an inappropriate personal attack. [1]. So how is asking an editor Do you speak English? not a personal attack?

2) WP:UNRESPONSIVE is Wikipedia policy. Then, isn't it against policy to write edit summaries that are personal opinions and comments that do not explain the edit? TurboSuperA+[talk] 07:24, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm saying that evidence of things that happened 6-12 months ago is not helpful in determining whether there is currently an problem with an editor. Other editors had presented evidence of a more recent things which is what was needed in that thread. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:19, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oops?

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I saw this note after I edited; I re-arranged the flow of the lead and removed a sentence that was installed on the 11th and did not have consensus. Do I need to self-revert? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:30, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

PS, would it be wise to have a note on the article talk page for others who might miss an edit summary? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:34, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Past my bedtime, so not yet hearing from you, I reinstated the sentence I removed, leaving the flow re-arrangement. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:51, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The provision started when I implemented it so your edit is the challenging something by reversion. However you can of course just leave it reverted if you wish. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:53, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'll leave it because a) tired, bedtime and b) if I'm confused, others will be as well. There are two confounding factors, which I need to understand. First, the question I raised on talk about why a third editor considered that the "consensus" version went unanswered. And then, when I added an UNDUE-inline tag, an editor removed the maintenance tag. I think I'll stick with my general feeling about that article of ... not worth the hassle ... and go to bed. Thanks for the help, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:57, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. Hope to see you on the talk page tomorrow. I'm sure people with experience will be good for the discussion. :) Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:59, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the kind words ... but too much going on in my life, and I need to focus what editing time I have on articles that aren't stressful ! G'night, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 05:17, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It would be helpful if SandyGeorgia is going to discuss other editors' edits (in this case mine, Candidyeoman55 and at least one other editor), that she have the courtesy to notify us of that discussion. I did respond to her before she made the comment above. I have since responded a second time, now that I understand she was talking ONLY about the one sentence rather than the sourced material in the infobox and how that sentence matches the material in the infobox. I'd rather we discuss these concerns at the talk page rather than here. Can we agree on that?--David Tornheim (talk) 09:54, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that seems like a better place for you to comment than here? Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:56, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. I put the diff there. And for the record, I think the consensus requirement was a good idea. I'll put that on the talk page as well. --David Tornheim (talk) 10:08, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Protection at 2025 Africa Cup of Nations

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I noticed that you had protected 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, but the protection is about to expire. I was about to negotiate if for the time being we could use pending changes protection, as it will mean that passing reviewers can easily review whatever happens since they can find whatever changes there are at Special:PendingChanges, the talk page won't get clogged with edit requests from all sorts of people, and we won't have to worry about the protection expiring, no one reacting thus allowing there to be vandalism/Moroccan fans fooling around with the results etc.

Kind regards, Theeverywhereperson talk here 09:53, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Unless the rate of edits lessens a bit I don't think pending changes will work effectively. We might need to see how it goes when the semi protection expires and decide from there. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:58, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'll get back to you in a few hours (i.e. 4-6 hours from now) with some feed back. Theeverywhereperson talk here 10:00, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
But I also want to note that the administrator-only move protection might not be needed, as no one is going to move the page, and thus, you could easily infer that the move might need downgrading but it's your call once I get back to you in a few hours. Theeverywhereperson talk here 10:32, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
After a check, I have noticed no vandalism at all on the page, and there is a low edit rate of about 5-8 edits per day, so protection wont be necessary and even then, Pending changes is the way to go if there is a trickle, rather than a torrent of vandalism. Theeverywhereperson talk here 04:10, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

proxy block

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Hi, can you explain this block? It looks like a normal mobile range to me. -- asilvering (talk) 09:30, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The post to AIV about MdsShakil reminded me of a longer term pattern, not that I can find it now, plus the previous blocks of ranges around that for open proxy pushed over the edge to go that way rather than a normal rangeblock. Looking at it again I can't see a reason to leave it as a proxy block so I've changed it to a range block. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:42, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks. Found it checking up on a good-faith contributor asking for IPBE. -- asilvering (talk) 16:43, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tech News: 2026-07

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