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The page Nucci is being reverted back. I'm telling that person that rapper is mentioned in the title page but the person isn't listening. 2600:1700:EF20:960:CC1E:846D:153D:5061 (talk) 18:32, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. The title of the article mentions that they are a rapper. Changing one piece of information in the article to singer is not enough. You must request a page move and edit everything in the article stating he is a rapper, to singer. (If its true).

But you only changed one sentence to singer while all other information in the article stated rapper. CocaPopsRather 18:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CocaPopsRather Hi, I would like to ask you if you know someone who reviews my article because it is starting to take a long time and no one has tried to review it even though it is a small article. Thank you. Kozioğlu (talk) 16:39, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, @[[User:Kozioğlu|Kozioğlu] I may not be the right person to ask about this as I have no experience in publishing. But I believe you need to request someone to review it? Not sure, hope this helps CocaPopsRather 17:06, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A cup of tea for you!

thank you for your contributions!! :D xRozuRozu (t • c) 06:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! CocaPopsRather 06:25, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for taking time out of your day and reviewing my request; and I have read and agree to all the above CocaPopsRather 14:39, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank you for reviewing and accepting my request, I will follow all guidelines and policies. Thanks CocaPopsRather 14:58, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Signature contrast

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Hopefully this works. CocaPopsRather 15:55, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Much better, thanks! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 16:24, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It’s a place

But it’s a place it doesn’t need citations Blobian75 (talk) 22:31, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Even though it’s a place per WP:V and WP:BURDEN the claim needed citations. Thank you CocaPopsRather 22:37, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah alright i’ll put citations on stuff Blobian75 (talk) 22:48, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for contributing! I hope you decide to stay! CocaPopsRather 22:54, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Impact for administrators

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Videos

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How to use IP Info
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Questions re use of AI

Hi CocaPopsRather, I saw your request at PERM and before granting or denying it I have a couple questions about how you use AI here on Wikipedia:

Have you used generative AI tools to write contributions in your voice on Wikipedia?
Do you use generative AI tools in the process of patrolling edits on Wikipedia?
Did you use generative AI tools in the process of developing VandalHandle? If so, how much manual review of the code did you do afterwards?
For background, when you say that you're a software engineer, AI researcher, and AI analyst, can you give me a sense of what you're referring to?

Many thanks, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 04:16, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@L235 Hi L235. Yes I have used Gen AI to assist in writing VandalHandle, not to fully write the code, but to debug errors and code has been manually reviewed fully.

I do not use AI when reverting vandalism/patrolling edits.

I have used AI on my userpage, to format and speech it.

In my Job-, we analyse how our employees are using ai, their efficiency and how it can help them further.

Thanks,

Sent from my Phone. CocaPopsRather 09:51, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've decided to write a reply from my Computer, so I can format this better.

1: Generative AI has been used on my User page.

2: I do not use generative AI, when patrolling or reverting vandlism.

3: Yes, inside of where I wrote VandalHandle, I have used Github Copilot to assist in debugging, fixing errors. Code has been fully manually checked.

4: Where I work, I changed departments not too long ago. I recently was a Software engineer, helping for the MacOS development of the companies frontend. I changed Job titles, and now my main sort of tasks are reviewing the percentage of employees using our ai tool, and how often. And seeing how much overall it boosts their efficiency.

Thanks, CocaPopsRather 09:59, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

OK, understood. The reason I ask is that patrolling edits and especially producing tools requires the exercise of human judgment. I'm going to take it on good faith that your use of AI isn't crossing the line, but I would note that your userpage and the documentation page for VandalHandle both show ample artifacts from AI usage, and I would encourage you to be very careful when using AI to assist in wiki-related tasks. One good principle is that if others can tell that you're using AI, you might be using it too much. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 21:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Kevin, I realise that I may have been using ai tools a bit much, I will rebuild the VH docs, and my userpage. I want to assure you I under no means would intentionally misuse AI- so thank you for your advice, and I will keep that principle in mind.

Thanks, CocaPopsRather 21:58, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Arcticocean ■ 14:51, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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