Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Current issues and requests archive 70

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

This is an enwiki copy but an IP user is repeating QD tag removal, please take care of this page. MathXplore (talk) 14:53, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Deleted as A3 by Eptalon --Ferien (talk) 16:51, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Nuking edits

Special:Contributions/50.225.158.38. Please consider nuking the edits (all of them promotional). 46.15.99.83 (talk) 16:40, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

It's not a real spambot, just a vandal who likes to do some spamming sometimes. Either way I've blocked. --Ferien (talk) 16:46, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Nuking?

Special:Contributions/208.45.237.114. Vandal, as far as I can see. 46.15.99.83 (talk) 18:21, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Move page request

Requesting to move Tamannaah to Tamannaah Bhatia to sync with English Wikipedia. Anoopspeaks (talk) 05:42, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) This is already  Done without admin permissions. MathXplore (talk) 05:54, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks @MathXplore Anoopspeaks (talk) 06:02, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Télétoon+

I think this is a possible QD A4 case but an IP editor is repeating QD tag removal. There are many stuff not related to the subject and the statements at here should not be counted as claims of notability for the page's subject. Please have a look at this page. MathXplore (talk) 03:21, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Please protect March 5

• Temporary semi-protection for March 5: Persistent block evasion, LTA target. --Leonidlednev (talk) 20:12, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

   Done by Fr33kman --Ferien (talk) 20:17, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Please switch between Template:Poland squad 2018 FIFA World Cup and Template:Poland squad 2022 FIFA World Cup

The author put 2018 squad on 2022 template, 2022 squad on 2018 template, an exchange is needed between them. MathXplore (talk) 07:19, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore: Done, but since they had no meaningful history I just edited them to switch the content. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:38, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

I was expecting the usage of supress-redirect, but thank you very much. MathXplore (talk) 08:39, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

In the move process? To do it that way, I would have had to move 2018 to a dummy name, 2022 to 2018, then the dummy name to 2022 (or start with 2022 instead, but you get the idea) -- unless there a procedure I'm not aware of to switch names. If they had had any history that needed preserving I would have done that, but the only history was the creation and they were created at the same time. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:01, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Christian denomination

{{Infobox Christian denomination}} should be moved to {{Infobox religion}}. I recently got it moved on enwiki because it is used for many non-Christian religions also. The current version of the template should be imported from en:Template:Infobox religion and the doc page should be updated too. Kk.urban (talk) 17:36, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

ChenzwBot forced me to do almost all my edits again!

This bot thinks I am a vandal and it should be shut down. It is misbehaving! 2603:80A0:17F0:250:6DA0:B600:2E93:B61A (talk) 14:30, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Bot looks to be working fine.. I would suggest the I̪P is the one misbehaving here. Going to have a go at cleaning up all the crap it has added that the bot didnt get to.. Pure Evil (talk) 00:10, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll review it's contribs fr33kman 00:19, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

I had the same problem editing Bird!!! 88.110.38.249 (talk) 13:06, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

RfDs with no votes

I saw some people say that RfDs get closed as delete if there are no votes. Is this written anywhere? Because some RfDs with no votes were recently closed as Keep: no consensus. Kk.urban (talk) 02:54, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

I know that they can be soft-closed as delete, with the proviso that they would deleted restored without question upon request. I don't know that there's anything written about it one way or the other. Maybe it's in an enwiki guideline that we follow here? -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:58, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

So the curiosity has got the better of me and I was intrigued to know as to why RFDS weren't being soft deleted, Turns out this is partly the reason why - Both articles aren't even at EN so I've renominated those,

To my knowledge there is nothing in writing at EN that says "RfDs with no votes get deleted" but yes 9 times out of 10 (as Aof6 notes) they all get en:WP:SOFTDELETED, It basically lies at the admins discretion. –Davey2010^Talk 16:23, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Rfd is about discussion; if no one wants to discuss for a week, the admin takes a decision. Note however, getting such articles undleeted is likely very difficult... Eptalon (talk) 17:57, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

The problem here is that there is always an opinion to say delete. Unless the admin is stating that the OP has no valid reason to request, that request is the reason. After that, it comes to the point that no one opposed that reason. There is less the onus to state "me too" than to say "I object". If a person does not object, there is no reason to pile on unless to offset objections. I have no idea often I looked at an RfD and did not see a reason to try to affect the out come one way or another because I was in perfect consensus with the current (and likely future) outcome of the post. If no one posts, no one feels the need to add to the situation. as it stands, they are in consensus with how the RfD stands. If they were opposed to the consensus, they should say so else they must not be opposed enough to care about it. Pure Evil (talk) 19:57, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

What do you expect? - The request is up for one week. If within that week you don't think it is necessary to respond one way or another, don't complain about the outcome, whatever it is.... Eptalon (talk) 21:39, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

I expect if someone opposes something that they will either not sit on their hands and say something or they will let it go. If they can not be bothered to say they disagree, it is no ones place to think for them and ignore the request for apparent personal reasons. I do not expect people who agree to pile on with "per nom" votes.. yes vote, not !vote as nothing is served by saying Me too other than fake consensus to bypass soft deletes. If there is no opposition to an RfD, why do we need to validate the person and stroke their ego with "good call on this request. you did well!" But as you need for people to have their egos stroked for whatever reason. I hereby !vote "per nom" for every RfD from now on. If I am active, unless I specifically vote other wise, I vote Delete per nom on every current future RfD so there will never be one without at least two delete !votes. (me and nom) Pure Evil (talk) 23:10, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

If you are going to go ahead and !vote per nom for almost every single RfD, then that's still minimal participation, and it'd still count as soft delete. --Ferien (talk) 15:58, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

I took a look at two of them and changed my mind to softdelete. fr33kman 21:49, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

If RfDs did not get any !votes, it can be deleted, at admin discretion, but can be recreated and is not eligible for G4 if this happens afterwards. This is for two reasons. 1) because it is established in policy. G4 says about being discussed in requests for deletion, and if no-one else commented on the request, and an admin just closed it, that's not a discussion. It is a valid request, absolutely, but can't be called a discussion because no interaction between users occured. And 2) because that is what is done on enwiki, that we follow. I also agree with Eptalon's comment directly above me. --Ferien (talk) 21:48, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Protection request

Jacinda Ardern (change · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete)
Recently unprotected. Disruptive changing. Could also use a range block. it appears that the same range vandalized the page before its protection and came back after it was unprotected. Bobherry Talk My Changes 02:20, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done for two weeks, let's see how that goes. I will agree to range blocks if it continues after protection lapses. fr33kman 02:30, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Rangeblocked 119.155.128.0/17 fr33kman 02:35, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Module:Citation/CS1

When an admin gets time, could they reflash the current English version of the subset of modules for Module:Citation/CS1? Djsasso tends to keep an eye on them but a couple are several revisions off. As they handle the errors in the citation system, every little update can help Pure Evil (talk) 21:52, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

I've imported that page and all the transclusions on it, so it should be resolved. Sorry for the somewhat delayed response. --Ferien (talk) 20:18, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Turns out importing that main one actually caused a few errors, that I couldn't find the source of. So I've reverted my import on the main page as the references on literally every page on the site were broken. --Ferien (talk) 20:28, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Pol Pot

GRP target, please protect. #prodraxis ^connect 16:06, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

I've avoided protecting the talk pages in the past. I don't want to go into too much detail for obvious reasons, but I think adding off-topic messages to article talk pages (that are often reverted quickly) are preferable to email harassment and threats, that often happens to many users, not just admins, after protection. --Ferien (talk) 16:50, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

I'd say there are a few "sensitive" articles, which have been vandalized by 1-2 POV-pushers earch. These are usually easy to spot, as the scope of their edits is very narrow (focused on the one POV they want to push). If an article is (semi-protected), its talk page shouldn't be. How else do you want new editors to suggest possibly reasonable changes? Eptalon (talk) 20:25, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

I'm waiting to be able to use blocking someone from editing certain page or namespace ;P fr33kman 21:24, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Murders of Linda Gibson and Cody Lee Garrett blocked accounts

Be aware multiple accounts that commented on this are obviously SPAs but several have been blocked on the enwiki for sockpuppetry indef. User:ImLovinIt101 User:WackaDoodleDude User:NBAFAN1017. User:Greater02578 is also blocked indef on the enwiki as a VOA. Bobherry Talk My Changes 21:07, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Don't worry, the closing admin will likley take care of it. Eptalon (talk) 21:35, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Yeah. Bobherry Talk My Changes 21:38, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

This was put up for Checkuser attention, should they chose to do anything about it, and has been noted on the RfD itself. Pure Evil (talk) 23:12, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Just as information: I ran a cherck, and IP addresses overlap. It is therefore likely that the accounts are the same person. Accordingly, I have blocked those that weren't already. As to the decision of counting their vote, that's up to the closing admin.... Eptalon (talk) 11:26, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Konno Yumeto

Obvious hoax but an IP user is repeating QD tag removal. Please take care of this page and their talk page. MathXplore (talk) 05:18, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Although I am a passerby, I think it is not a hoax, for a lot of references are provided. 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:20, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

If you persist it is a hoax, give me some reasons 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:21, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

None of the references refer to the subject. MathXplore (talk) 05:22, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Why? Explain it in detail pls 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:23, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

The references do not look like having relations with the subject, cannot be used as references. MathXplore (talk) 05:25, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Hmmm, I referred to one of the references just now. Maybe BBC’s report reflects Yumeto, but I am not sure whether it is extremely related to Konno Yumeto or not 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:32, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

About the said page, this IP address might have made an attack page. Signed, 64andtim (any problems?) 05:22, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

I estimate this as a remake of Yumeto (already deleted hoax). MathXplore (talk) 05:24, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

I don’t know the former pages, if it is vandalism, please delete it 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:25, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Yumeto does not exist, so I don’t know whether it is vandalism 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

In conclusion, I am not the creator of this page, I just clarify the facts. Please take action to deal with this page according to the rules, thanks a lot. 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:40, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

I believe it is a hoax - intended to annoy User:Yumeto. Kk.urban (talk) 05:41, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

You should to ask the creator user:201.150.35.76 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:45, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Maybe, but the creator doesn’t join the discussion. 2A0D:5600:11:20:D89A:8C9D:78E:B (talk) 05:46, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

IPv6 user and IPv4 user blocked. This is clearly an attack page towards User:Yumeto. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 07:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Deleted by Fehufanga --Ferien (talk) 16:37, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Atikur Rahman Mahi‎

Possible QD G4 case but one user is repeating QD tag removal, please check the deleted versions. I estimate this incident as possible block evasion and already reported to WP:VIP. MathXplore (talk) 05:20, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Deleted and protected by Fehufanga --Ferien (talk) 16:36, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Possible LTA issue

At Talk:Chess there is what looks to be an LTA issue.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:43, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

You are very correct. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I will block the most recent unnamed accounts and semi-protect the article. I have also placed the page on my watchlist. fr33kman 11:12, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

That is w:WP:LTA/GRP --Ferien (talk) 16:35, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Yumeto

An IP user is repeating QD tag removal of this attack page, please take care of this page. MathXplore (talk) 12:52, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Deleted by Fr33kman --Ferien (talk) 16:36, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Message creation request

Hi, can an administrator create MediaWiki:Wikibase-otherprojects-foundation with "Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki"? The message is empty and is currently wrongly being shown as ⟨wikibase-otherprojects-foundation⟩. $uperTraveler (talk) 22:31, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done fr33kman 01:15, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Maneken Brand

I requested QD G5 to this page (also reported at Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#Maneken_Brand_accounts) but a user is repeating QD tag removal. Please have a look at this page and their deleted revisions. MathXplore (talk) 06:03, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

The page was once deleted by Fr33kman, creator was blocked, and then created by a different account. This is why I nominated it for QD G5. MathXplore (talk) 01:57, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it's originally a A4/G11 now it's a block and G5. Thanks fr33kman 07:02, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

RFPP

Please fully protect Main Page/Article 26 (the redirect). Kk.urban (talk) 17:36, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done fr33kman 17:49, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Jupiter PAD

Now that the {{Pvgademotion}} has been removed from the page, doesn't that mean there is consensus to close the WP:PAD discussion for Jupiter as "not demoted"? Shouldn't the discussion be marked as closed? Kk.urban (talk) 03:50, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Pope John Paul II

grp target please semiprotect 45.147.246.82 (talk) 06:37, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) Ask one of the admins to semiprotect. 88.110.38.249 (talk) 07:12, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Done by Fehufanga. Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 17:33, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Oh. 88.110.38.249 (talk) 07:30, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

User talk:2A0D:5600:8:192:44E9:37F1:2F04:1F

Please take care of this attack page, QD tag removal is repeated so I'm forwarding this to here. MathXplore (talk) 12:58, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Dropped a large range block and revoked tpa on that /128. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:12, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

今好きになる

Please take care of this attack page, QD tag removal is repeated so I'm forwarding this to here. MathXplore (talk) 04:06, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Yumeto (Terrorist) should also be deleted, same status as above. MathXplore (talk) 04:07, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Both are now  Done. MathXplore (talk) 04:55, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

IPs failing responses to Category talk:Countries at association football competitions

Since the beginning of this category cleanup suggestion, I have been sending talkbacks to every IP that has been involved in the agenda (See Special:WhatLinksHere/Category_talk:Countries_at_association_football_competitions, Wikipedia:Simple_talk/Archive_153#Discussion_about_categories_for_countries_at_association_football_competitions). Despite these efforts, none of the IPs have joined the discussion. Instead they continue to increase the number of CFD candidates. Should I continue to send talkbacks and indefinitely allow their debated category creations, or should our admins need to consider about enforcements? MathXplore (talk) 05:31, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

You can't force people to take part in a discussion. Also as there is no guideline in place at this time (consensus if being formed still) on how to deal with the issue, they do not seem to be in violation of general guidelines on categorizing at this time. Once consensus is established and how the issue is to be handled is decided, then you can warn them of the issue with their actions and steps could rightfully be taken to enforce the consensus. It can be aggravating, but get the rules first then go about getting them enforced. It gets sticky trying to enforce rules while they are being developed. Pure Evil (talk) 06:29, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the feedback, I will continue to join the discussion over there. Is there anything else that I have to do to comply with your expectations? Should I stop sending talkbacks or should I continue sending them? MathXplore (talk) 06:54, 26 September 2023 (UTC)

Special:CentralAuth/Jobzaiay13

An account that has been declared as a lock evasion LTA at w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kimley Labasan has already made many enwiki copies (QD A3 cases). With respect to the concept of WP:ONESTRIKE, our admins should decide how long the user should stay here. MathXplore (talk) 07:19, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Unauthorized return of Juiceslf creators

Special:Contributions/Barryalive and Special:Log/Barryalive suggests that the creators of Juiceslf has returned to this project without official permissions (Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2022/Juiceslf, Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Archive20#Juiceslf_accounts). Since this case seems to be outside the range of the 90-day CU time limit, I'm forwarding this information to here instead of WP:RFCU. MathXplore (talk) 02:42, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

my fault, i was unaware of this when dealing with him fr33kman 03:32, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

is there anywhere on this wiki that this documented? fr33kman 03:36, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

You can check the links I provided as above, also see [1], [2], Special:WhatLinksHere/Juiceslf, Special:WhatLinksHere/Juiceslf (rapper). MathXplore (talk) 03:39, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

yes but how was i supposed to know at the time this was a problem? i've since read the CU archive fr33kman 03:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I do not aim to blame someone. On the other hand, {{QD}} says "Administrators, remember to check what links here, the page history (last edit), and the page log, before deletion." It sounds like admins are expected to check incoming links when deleting pages. I apologize if my interpretation is unreasonable. MathXplore (talk) 04:07, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

i did check but the editor said they had new stuff so i undeleted into their userspace and gave them one hour to work. they failed. see my tp fr33kman 04:11, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

problem a) page recreated, solution b) i deleted it fr33kman 04:08, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Mass redirects

80.189.202.192 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) went on a streak. In addition to many changes to decades pages, they created redirects to the decade pages from unlikely search term (1000s millenium). I reverted the changes en mass (no time period falls under the title "is a decade in the anno domini") and started tagging the redirects as R3 (newly created/ unlikely). I stopped partway thru the list and just tossed it up here for someone to look at the situation. Pure Evil (talk) 08:06, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Redirects gone. -- Auntof6 (talk) 12:11, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Block this immedietly

Block this IP address immedietly: 195.96.144.16

He targets the Simple English Wikipedia, but his trend is putting pictures of his penis on articles.

He did this on:

@Fr33kman's user page

My user page AND my talk page

The Pol Pot article

This is a petition to globally block this IP address. He also does sockpuppeting quite a bit, and I suspect him of using a VPN.

He also submitted a global block against me. 𝕂𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕂𝕚𝕕 (talk) 18:24, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

done fr33kman 18:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

active vandals can be repoted at WP:VIP in future. as for the global block request , ignore it. it is best just to revert vandalism, not talk to the vandals and leave it for admins fr33kman 18:30, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

SALT Waveguide

This page has been deleted as vandalism three times this month. Salting it may help prevent further disruption. QuicoleJR (talk) 18:58, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done for 1 month fr33kman 19:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Edit filter

Maybe you could make an edit filter to prohibit non-autoconfirmed users from blanking/replacing Wikipedia namespace pages, or otherwise just WP:ST and WP:AN. I can't think of any reason that it would be helpful. Kk.urban (talk) 19:06, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

That would probably be a good idea. There is no good reason for an IP or brand-new account to black a project page. QuicoleJR (talk) 20:32, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I thought I already made one for this. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:17, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I've (hopefully) made a filter that warns and disallows a new user from blanking a project namespace (index 4) page. (https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/138) Could someone check my work just to be sure? Thanks! fr33kman 22:21, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

I tried blanking this page while logged out and as an IP it was denied. Pure Evil (talk) 23:22, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

New account got shut down as well Pyre Evil (talk) 23:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

cool, thx fr33kman 23:33, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

why did that last wipe work? did you leave at least 11 characters ? fr33kman 00:17, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

try it again pls fr33kman 00:20, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

I think it might be better for admins to discuss this offwiki. Vandals could read this and figure out how to get around it. Kk.urban (talk) 00:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

yeah, i'll do that fr33kman 00:23, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

I agree. Bobherry Talk My Changes 00:34, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Protection for Pol Pot

Please protect this page, as there is an edit war between 2 LTAs there. --Leonidlednev (talk) 09:10, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done by Fr33kman. --Leonidlednev (talk) 06:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Removing revisions from history

Is it possible to remove a lot of revisions and their reverts from the history of a page if it's highly offensive vandalism against a person, which is clogging up the page's history? Kk.urban (talk) 18:36, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Kk.urban, if it's really flooding the history then yes. Personally, I only do it in serious cases where RevDellable content has been edit warred over. Is there any particular example you would like me to look at, or is it just a general question? --Ferien (talk) 18:42, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes it is. Want to drop a line to the oversight list? Eptalon (talk) 18:42, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

@Eptalon I sent you an email. Kk.urban (talk) 18:48, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you, I received it... Eptalon (talk) 19:08, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done this is resolved --Ferien (talk) 19:22, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

RFD count off...

We currently have 12 RfDs. In the listing they are numbered from 1..10, so the counter is off by two... Eptalon (talk) 07:52, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Found the problems:

• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Shane Hawkins: closing admin didn't remove the in progress template and surrounding noinclude tags -- fixed
• Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/List of security hacking incidents -- not transcluded on main page (I don't know if it ever was, so editors might not have had a chance to see it). The specified date has passed and I think there are enough comments to close. However, since I commented on it, I request that another admin evaluate whether it should be listed on the main page for a time or proceed to close. Thanks.

This happens once in a while, for various reasons. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:12, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Shane Hawkins, that was my fault, sorry! fr33kman 09:51, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

For reference, I closed the open RfD listed above, as keep. Almost a year after the last one (also closed as keep)... Eptalon (talk) 10:08, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Franjo Tuđman

Please protect Franjo Tuđman: Persistent vandalism. --Leonidlednev (talk) 08:18, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

I semi-protected the page, for three months. When I look at the page history, I mostly see edit warring/vandalism removal. Eptalon (talk) 08:23, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

今好きになる‎

Please take care of this attack page, IP is repeating QD tag removal so I will forward this request to here. MathXplore (talk) 14:56, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

(Comment from uninvolved editor) IP has been blocked locally and globally blocked by Vermont for cross wiki abuse and as a open proxy. Bobherry Talk My Changes 15:36, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Copyvio revdel needed at Bangladesh Agricultural University

Hi - looks like a revdel is needed at Bangladesh Agricultural University, in the range Special:Diff/9098168/9098172 (inclusive). The relevant URL is [3]. Thank you. Tollens (talk) 07:50, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Black people

Please protect Black people: Frequent vandalism. --Leonidlednev (talk) 07:14, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Y I've placed a 6 month semi-protection on the page as almost every edit is either vandalism or reverting vandalism. It should be reviewed every 6 months as ideally we should not have long protections for pages although there are rare cases such as this one where it is needed. In point of fact, I can see this as one of the rarest of cases where it will need to be semi-indef'd. thx, fr33kman 08:24, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Are there other pages which lend themselves well to racist slurs? Also, always important, if the page is (semi-) protected it's talk page must not be. It should also contain some explanation... Eptalon (talk) 09:52, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

May I have my user talk page semi-protected again?

I will allow any admin to decide the semi-protection term. MathXplore (talk) 09:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done for two weeks. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Protection request

Can I have my talk page semi protected for the time being?- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 11:58, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done starting at one week. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

semi-protected request

can I have my user talk page semi-protected by any of the admins DJ 5437 (talk) 11:58, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done starting at one week. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Template:Official website

I think {{Official website}} needs to be updated from enwiki. It's displaying incorrectly at the bottom of the infobox on Democratic Party (United States). Kk.urban (talk) 21:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

@Kk.urban: Was displaying two URLs. Fixed by changing the Wikidata item. The item gives two URLs; I made the English-language one the preferred one. -- Auntof6 (talk) 22:20, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

The template is working fine. Your changed forced it to use the dual entry wikidata as well as adding the multiple reference issues, Change it back to the old listing rather than the wikidata entry and fix the broken references and it will be fine,. Pure Evil (talk) 22:22, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

There is also the issue of an unknown parameter that is now in the infobox. Governing body is not a valid parameter for the infobox here. Pure Evil (talk) 22:26, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

@Pure Evil After my edit, the infobox was the same on enwiki and here, and was displaying the website correctly on enwiki but incorrectly here, so I assume there was some difference in either Template:Official website or Module:Official website, or some other template, that caused this. I don't know if this is important, and in any case Auntof6 resolved the issue here by changing the Wikidata item. If you still think it matters, I can change the infobox back to using the direct URL rather than Wikidata.

I have also fixed the reference and unknown parameter issues. Kk.urban (talk) 23:57, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Main page double redirect - 2nd attempt

I put up this request a while ago and the bot cleared it at time out and it is still an issue.

1. Main Page/Article 15 (change) →‎ Wikipedia:Very good articles/Gothic architecture →‎ Wikipedia:Very good articles/Gothic cathedrals

Pure Evil (talk) 23:19, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Okay now? fr33kman 23:31, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

struck off the list now. Thanks. Pure Evil (talk) 23:47, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

There are also still several userpages from Vermont;s name changes on there. Pure Evil (talk) 23:21, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Can you give examples please? fr33kman 23:49, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

@Fr33kman: Special:DoubleRedirects Kk.urban (talk) 23:58, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

今好きになる (again)

Please take care of this attack page as well as the creator, IP is repeating QD tag removal so I'm forwarding this to here. MathXplore (talk) 08:38, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Please also delete Talk:今好きになる‎. MathXplore (talk) 08:43, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

In addition, 今好きになる(Terrorist)‎ needs to be deleted. MathXplore (talk) 08:45, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done The pages are deleted. MathXplore (talk) 08:48, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Vinayak Wadile

I already sent warnings, but editors are repeating QD tag removals at this page. Should we consider temporary protection? MathXplore (talk) 14:16, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Those involved have been warned. Let's wait and see if that works first. fr33kman 18:16, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

I would like to report that the warnings are still ignored, please see special:diff/9110448. MathXplore (talk) 11:53, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Chessvicky19 quickly removed the deletion discussion tag a second time today. I've reverted and warned. Ravensfire (talk) 13:25, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

And again [4]. Maybe just snow delete the article based on the deletion discussion? Ravensfire (talk) 14:58, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

User:Chessvicky19 blocked for 2 weeks. fr33kman 20:47, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Page protection request

Hi, Could Google‎, Microsoft Bing and Twitter be protected if possible please as socks are coming on every day changing the logo to older non-used logos, Been going on since April, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:36, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done both for 2 weeks. fr33kman 15:38, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Fantastic, Many thanks for your help @Fr33kman it's greatly appreciated :) Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:40, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

No probs, thanks for reporting it fr33kman 15:42, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

the logo history on Bing could be re-added as this is a consecutive change like on the enwiki, and if possible also on the google page. Best regards Hellomoto83 (talk) 15:54, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Could be but the article(s) aren't long enough to justify logo galleries, but either way I don't compromise with socks anyway. –Davey2010^Talk 16:07, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Dancingdot

Dancingdot created the page Adela Lami. The page was put up for deletion (here). The page was soon deleted as "Creator requested/blanked" The OP then created Adel Lami with the same information as was on Adela Lami , hense bypassing the RfD. Adel Lami, btw, is a male sportsman of some notability, not an little known female actress. As they know that Adela Lami and Adel Lami are not the same person, this is both a clear hoax and completely vandalism. Pure Evil (talk) 22:29, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

(Note) Sent AN notice. MathXplore (talk) 03:10, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/80.189.202.192

The IP user whose redirects have been deleted, has restarted redirect creations that were deleted before. Should they be deleted again? MathXplore (talk) 06:53, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

(Note) The previous discussion about this user can be seen at special:diff/9096623. MathXplore (talk) 06:57, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Block vandal

• Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)
• 103.148.140.195 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)

–See the contributions. Tanbiruzzaman (talk) 19:19, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

@Tanbiruzzaman: The user is globally locked. Please use WP:VIP for similar cases of vandalism. --Leonidlednev (talk) 19:22, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Faisal71945

I have been watching Faisal71945 for a while now. Their edits have ranged from questionable to down right wrong. Today they tossed up Leo Lovich which is a hoax of en:Lene Lovich. They also replaced Lene with Leo on the New Wave page. I got 100 ish edits from them on the 30th to look at still and am not expecting to avoid reverting most of them.. And there are a couple more new pages that will likely be issues. Pure Evil (talk) 03:03, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Have you warned them or spoken to them at all? fr33kman 03:54, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

i have indef blocked them for now due to the bad pages they've created. We still need to talk about this though as I'd rather have community sanction for a ban. fr33kman 04:06, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

I pretty much just let them run wild and gather enough rope to hang themself. I did toss up a van3 today at the start of my run. As expected, there were quite a few reverts. As usual, they did get one or two things right so I had to hand check the work rather than instantly reverting everything so it took a bit longer. Several bad edits for no apparent reason at all. Huge copy paste and changed one date. or removed all the refs. Then the next was completely faked. Never know what to expect from edit to edit. Thin I got them all for today though. Pure Evil (talk) 05:07, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Well, I've put this up so other's can have a say, but they're blocked for now so no more problems. Thanks for your vigilance. fr33kman 05:37, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

this one seems to be active again as 176.17.136.117 (talk · contribs · 176.17.136.117 WHOIS). They have added Leo to another article as well as the creation and changes to the article Don Snow (keyboardist) which is based on en:Don Snow but has their flair for fake info added in. Pure Evil (talk) 22:38, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Dealt with, Thx ... fr33kman 23:41, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Nileshpatelxyz (singer)

Possible QD G5 case per deletion logs ([5], [6]) and Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Nileshpatelxyz (musical artist). Since an IP user (already reported to WP:VIP) is repeating QD tag removal, I'm forwarding the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 08:23, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done – No reason to not suspect that this is block evasion given the previously deleted revisions. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:36, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

RfD backlog

There is, again, an administrative backlog on RfD. There are now 8 nominations overdue for closure. Can any admin please sort this out? Thanks :) fr33kman 20:17, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

I will close them now, but I don't think it is a major problem - the worst one on there is just 3 days overdue. --Ferien (talk) 20:20, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks Ferien, it's just my eye starts twitching after 2 days, lol fr33kman 20:39, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Heh, no worries. Now we only have 9 RfDs left. Quite a few less than usual. --Ferien (talk) 20:40, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

TWINKLE

• Mediawiki:Gadget-Twinkle.js
• user:기나ㅏㄴ/test.js(permanent link)

Hello:) I fixed TWINKLE in my test.js page. I tested it on simplewiki and test2wiki. I would appreciate it if you could check it out and modify the Twinkle.js.

1. First, I fixed a bug on contributions page. Please see Wikipedia_talk:Twinkle#Major_bug?. There was a revert bug on contributions page because it couldn't receive any information about the diff.
2. Second, I fixed a bug when there is no change or didn't fill out a CAPTCHA. For example, when reverting on special:diff/9109863, the original version says "completed," but the fixed version says "Revision we are reverting to is identical to current revision, stopping revert."
3. Finally, I fixed a small bug with the new vector skin. Please see Wikipedia_talk:Twinkle#twinkle_options_gap.

I ask Bureaucrats to review this change and update TWINKLE.js. Please paste the following code into Special:MyPage/common.js to test it.

mw.loader.using(['mediawiki.util', 'jquery.ui']).then(function() {
	importStylesheet('MediaWiki:Gadget-morebits.css');
	return mw.loader.getScript('https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-morebits.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
}, function(err) {
	console.log(err);
}).then(function() {
	return mw.loader.getScript('https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:기나ㅏㄴ/test.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
}, function(err) {
	console.log(err);
});

Thank you. --ginaan(T/C) 03:09, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

기나ㅏㄴ, this is now  Done. Thank you for your patience, as I know you have waited a few weeks overall for this to be implemented since when you first suggested the change. --Ferien (talk) 19:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

No problem! Thank you for fixing it:) ginaan(T/C) 23:39, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Circle

A new user is distributing possible original research at this page while ignoring WP:MOS, depending on a paper which cites English Wikipedia, YouTube etc. I count 3 users (including me) reverting such changes. This is a possible content dispute so admins may need to consider protection for a while. MathXplore (talk) 14:38, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Recently published a paper that deals with negative numbers and circles. This paper looks into previously unseen geometrical aspect of circle. Key takeaways from this research paper are:

For Circle:

1. Pi is not constant and its value changes with change in angle.
2. Area and circumference of circle can vary for same length of radi
3. "Extension of side", a previously unknown attribute of circle is discussed here. its shown how its different from 'Tangent of circle'.
4. Total number of sides a circle can have
5. Maximum no of sides a circle can have
6. Length of one side of circle
7. Why squaring a circle is not possible
8. Pi as irrational number
9. it's impact on Euler's equation (inaccuracy of Euler's equation.

For Negative Numbers:

1. Why minus * minus must be minus and not plus.
2. it's impact on complex math.

If possible, I would suggest you to support me to make these changes to make this development reach to Wikipedia users to maximize the benefit of using this platform. I believe, I could say this because I am active user of wiki, its one of the main source of information for me, and its my responsibility to keep it updated, if i find or publish something useful. RohitMatihani (talk) 15:15, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

link to the above mentioned paper : [7], also present on page being edited as a reference. RohitMatihani (talk) 16:15, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

You confirmed the problem with your first few word and again at the end. Your edit is based on a paper you published. That means it is the actual definition of original research. Wikipedia is not for publishing and distributing your research. Original research is not acceptable here. We are here to aggregate information from reliable sources, not promote individuals research on a topic. While it is possible for someone to refer to your work, self referral brings up a host of issues that bring the validity of the entire situation into question. Pure Evil (talk) 21:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

I am delighted to know that rules of Wiki restrict the flow of current updates in scientific community. This got further confirmation when either research or personnel information of Russian Physicist P.M. Kanarev is not found in Wiki. Let me enlighten you about him on 1 sentence, he proved 100 year old Schwarzschild Radius incorrect in 2010, while Wiki still relies on a theory that is 100 year old. Its a great achievement from wiki. I am relieved to know Bharat \ India is building its own WIKI and the work is being done by professors of IIT, so I anticipate this will give higher flexibility to update the current research.

I considered of updating this because of rule that reads " If an editor has published the results of his or her research in a reliable publication, the editor may cite that source while writing in the third person and complying with our neutrality policy. See also Wikipedia's guidelines on conflict of interest." Here there is no conflict of interest.

Looking further can you or anyone here explain any equation that is written here or anywhere, was not published or documented before. and how that as a source is found to be reliable?

Anyway thanks, from my end I am putting this communication at halt. Thanks. RohitMatihani (talk) 02:23, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Yes, this is Wikipedia, which is one of many wikis. Wikipedia has its own rules, and other wikis are free to do as they wish. Kk.urban (talk) 02:51, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

2603:9000:D100:617C:0:0:0:0/64

2603:9000:D100:617C:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · block user · block log) is some kind of vandal, I think, but I haven't checked whether all their edits are wrong. Kk.urban (talk) 18:04, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

51.255.121.45

51.255.121.45 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Vandal + Open proxy --Korail7409 (talk) 01:05, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Users are reported on the WP:VIP page. Bobherry Talk My Changes 01:07, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Protection Request

I request administrators to protect this page: '2023 Israel–Hamas war' as some Unknown IP accounts are reverting edits and constantly adding bias info (without sources) one IP adding Palestine POV the other adding Israeli POV instead of Neutral POV. Faraz Sualeh (talk) 04:51, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

I disagree. Some users are probably adding biased info, but I don't think autoconfirmed users are any less likely to be biased than other users. You are blocked on enwiki after several warnings related to Arab-Israeli disputes, for example. Kk.urban (talk) 04:58, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

if the page is protected I can't edit either! Yet I'm asking... Faraz Sualeh (talk) 04:59, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

If it's semi-protected, you could edit it. If it's fully protected, only administrators could edit it. The enwiki page is extended-confirmed protected, but we don't have extended-confirmed here. Kk.urban (talk) 05:00, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Oh ok, i didn't know that...🫠 Faraz Sualeh (talk) 05:02, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Administrator note: Protection declined. At this point IPs are adding lots of good edits and yes, some are not helpful but I think the good outweighs the bad in this case. fr33kman 20:57, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Navbox

I am sorry to say that I've messed up big time. I imported Template:Nobel Peace Prize laureates and I must have ticked something by accident and now the {{navbox}} shows an error that I don't know how to fix. Instead and me messing about and probably making things worse, can someone who knows what they are talking about kindly look at it. I promise to do better in the future. Sorry!! fr33kman 20:50, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Fr33kman, the error's now fixed, after reverting a couple of your imports. Of course as you know I am no stranger to making stupid mistakes with import, and it's now fixed so no worries! :) The reason you also imported some modules was because you also had the "Include all templates and transcluded pages" box ticked. If you're just importing one template, especially navboxes, it's best to just import the single template. --Ferien (talk) 20:55, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah I've done this action loads but this is the first one I effd up. Oh well. Thx :) fr33kman 21:00, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Protection Request

Deaths in 2023 is looking like it should be given a padlock.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 12:13, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

A bit of an awkward case, because non-confirmed users will sometimes edit that page constructively. Unfortunately, over the past few months or so, we have seen a lot of disruption from the same person, flooding the history by making false edits that they will then revert. However, the IPs they have been using seem to have been more constant than they were. I have blocked two IP ranges from editing the page and hope this helps the problem, at least temporarily, though I feel at some stage we will have to protect it. --Ferien (talk) 17:45, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, I'll keep an eye on the article just incase.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 10:44, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

176.221.120.32

176.221.120.32 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) has been on a streak these last two days for 150 some edits. The problem is the content. While some of the edits are valid, there are way too many with incorrect date changes and a flood of complex text. I noticed the issue after they added 10 or so broken images and caused articles to hit error cats. I then checked their contributions and found the rest of the issue.

I hand checked the first dozen or so then said screw it and reverted the rest of the first 50 so there could be some false positives in there. For page 2, I shifted back to hand checking and validation each date to the en version. A few passed but many do not.. reverting still in process. Pure Evil (talk) 22:32, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Blocked the IP and another one which seems very ducky for a week. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 22:59, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Seems like this problem happens on enwiki too, and they apply two large rangeblocks there. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 23:00, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Nileshpatelxyz (singer) again

As I previously pointed out in a section above, this page is a possible QD G5 case per deletion logs ([8]) and Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Nileshpatelxyz (musical artist). Since an IP user (already reported to WP:VIP) is repeating QD tag removal, I'm forwarding the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 07:53, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 09:25, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Protection request

Can my user talk page be semi-protected, at least for some length of time, if not indef? Someone whose unblock request I denied on enwiki UTRS has decided to contact me about it here because of their block there, and that's led to other IP discussions on my talk page that have no relevance either to this project or me. Daniel Case (talk) 03:36, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

@Daniel Case  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 04:07, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

List of programs broadcast by Universal Kids

As many of our "programs" lists are low maintenance but draw heavy action and can be a pain to weed out routine vandalism, at times it is best to limit some of them. This is the case with List of programs broadcast by Universal Kids. The list is almost exclusively links with very little prose that would need simplifying. It is all about where we point the links. Once the list is set up, there should be little to know changes as the programs do not change often, One he intro is set and a bit is added to explain things, there should not be a lot of editing needed until the realatively yearly programming changes.

This is not the situation here. An IP is routinely reverting to past versions which do not match what en. is listing. As well are the terms linked in the intro and the extra prose explaining the list. And then there is the list itself. For example, their "current programs" includes Where's Waldo? (2019-2021 - S1 U kids, S2 peacock), "Top Chef Junior (2017 - 2018), Get Out of My Room (2018) American Ninja Warrior Junior ( 2018-2020 U Kids, 2021 peacock) and The Voice Kids (UK version - 2017 - 2023 on ITV)

I have returned it to base line 3x 7x in the last 3 4 days and warned the IPs 2x many times for adding false info before tossing the situation up here. Pure Evil (talk) 07:57, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

 Protected Semi protection indef. Thanks for raising this as an issue. fr33kman 22:26, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/92.38.133.52

Please delete all pages made by this user, QD tag removal is repeated so I'm forwarding the request to here. MathXplore (talk) 12:59, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 00:51, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

User talk:Sandeep Manikpuri, block evasion and threats

Sandeep Manikpuri (talk · contribs) was blocked back in August, but has continued to use IP's to edit their talk page page. Their last post [9] though has crossed the line from asking/begging for unblocks to threats. Yeah, I know this is probably a younger editor that doesn't know better, but I think this has gone on enough time. It looks like nearly everything from this range is from SM, so maybe a range block for a bit to stop the nonsense? Ravensfire (talk) 18:39, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

I've been monitoring the situation and have blocked that IP address and now the range. I've also semi-protected his talkpage and have placed the page on my watchlist. Let's hope this helps. fr33kman 18:44, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

I have now also emailed the ISP and asked them to investigate the situation and shown them diffs of the threats. Thanks for raising this as an issue. fr33kman 18:47, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for that. Ravensfire (talk) 19:09, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/185.142.236.251

Please delete all attack pages made by this user, QD tag removal is repeated so I'm forwarding this to here. MathXplore (talk) 02:24, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 02:58, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Please update Wikipedia:Administrators#List_of_administrators

Due to steward resignation (m:special:diff/25751621), I think this part needs to be updated. MathXplore (talk) 03:11, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Updated the list. --Bsadowski1 03:19, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the response. MathXplore (talk) 03:20, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Paanie Kashyap

I think this is a QD A4 case as well as the former deleted version, but a new user is repeating QD tag removals. I request admins to take a look at this page. MathXplore (talk) 09:24, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

(Note) Discussion moved to RFD. MathXplore (talk) 06:46, 14 October 2023 (UTC)

I mean Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Paanie Kashyap. MathXplore (talk) 05:00, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

@MathXplore Just Asking; Is it necessary that the new page that's created must have a page on English Wikipedia? Faraz Sualeh (talk) 04:58, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Not needed. MathXplore (talk) 04:59, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Fine👍

Faraz Sualeh (talk) 05:05, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/72.87.240.123

Please delete all pages made by this user, QD tag removal is repeated so I'm forwarding the request to here. MathXplore (talk) 04:30, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 12:12, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Md Sunnat Ali Mollik

The deletion log of this page suggests that this page is a QD G5 case, since a new user (already reported to WP:VIP) is repeating QD tag removal, I'm forwarding the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 04:48, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Md Sunnat Ali Mollik The personality person is a Bangladeshi freedom fighter journalist please check the page if you find the freedom fighter proof tell me if you can't find it on google thank you. Priyo Moni (talk) 04:53, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Admins may want to compare the author's edits with Special:Contributions/Md_Sunnat_Ali_Mollik. MathXplore (talk) 05:02, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 14:24, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Hamza Chahi

I think this is a QD G11 case but an IP user (not the author) is repeating QD tag removal, so I'll forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 12:38, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

(Note) The IP repeating QD tag removal seems to be a xwiki vandal, already reported to WP:VIP, not the author of this page. MathXplore (talk) 12:39, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

A vandal has blanked the page, which version should be restored if we are going to start RFD? MathXplore (talk) 14:03, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

(Note) There is one more IP (author) repeating QD tag removal. MathXplore (talk) 12:50, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Done.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 14:25, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

List of programs broadcast by Disney Channel

I editing Disney Channel best special preview of live-action sitcom teen a Disney's Heart Blue Rose Out Kids Saturday Morning Preschool television program block Coming In November 4, 2023 on Disney Channel at 5:30am-3:30pm.

Disney's Heart Blue Rose Out Kids Saturday Morning Preschool shows including

*Bratz Rockstar

*Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own

*Franny's Feet

*Lalaloopsy

*The Berenstein Bears

*Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

*Julius Jr.

*It's a Big Big World

*Jake and the Never Land Pirates

*Make Way for Noddy

*The Octonauts

*Ella the Elephant

*Gaspard and Lisa

*Sandra the Fairytale Detective

*Dive, Olly, Dive

*The Hive

*Pajanimals

*Polly Pocket

*Goldie & Bear

*Special Agent OSO

*Henry Hugglemonster

*Dinosaur Train

*Martha Sparks

*Jane and the Dragon

*The ZhuZhu

*Elliot Moose

*The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!

*Poppy Playtime Jr. The School Kids Tryguraski

*Guess How Much I Love You

*The Lion Guard

*Kate & Mim-Mim

*The Rocketeer

*P King Duckling

*Elena of Avalor Top Games 8 (talk) 23:36, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

How can an administrator help you? fr33kman 00:00, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Just pointing out: A google search of "Disney's Heart Blue Rose Out Kids Saturday Morning" => top 3 results 2x fandom. the edit here. There is no evidence that this is not a complete hoax. Many of the individual series are old Canadian programs which tend to be the targets for the vandal adding fake programs to the various lists of children's shows. I have reverted this change in the past and am still certain this is vandalism. Pure Evil (talk) 00:52, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Well, if you QD it, I'll deleted it. I was on the verge as it is. fr33kman 00:53, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Just double checked. Seems he made the changes a short time earlier and I already reverted it. I keep several of the children's TV lists on my watchlist as they are all common targets so I revert regularly. Pure Evil (talk) 00:59, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I don't know what it is about Disney and Nick but they are common targets :| fr33kman 01:01, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

I mean, Bambifan101 is long gone! fr33kman 01:18, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

And it s The Berenstain Bears. The above spelling is a common Mandela effect. Pure Evil (talk) 00:55, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Fire engine

On Fire engine there has been an ongoing issue. An IP has been going thru the article for some time now removing links and typing with a heavy shift key. There have been other issue such as rather than examples of included gear on each variant they need to include the entire inventory. They are Pretty Much Capitalizing every Noun They see. Multiple users and the bot have taken turns reverting the changes but this has been dragging on for some time now. Partial protection may be needed for a spell. Pure Evil (talk) 20:57, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 1 month, let's see if this encourages them to forget about it. Thanks for reporting the issue. fr33kman 21:10, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Looks like they just moved over to firefighter, You can also see their hand (via quacking) at many of the other emergency service related article such as ambulance. Did you know ambulance take people to hospital? and they take people to hospital? Oh, they also take People To Hospital. They so seem to have issues with Hospitals as links are apparently evil.. Pure Evil (talk) 00:16, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

/64 range blocked for a month, seems like they were blocked on the English Wikipedia and decided to continue here. Let me know if it continues after the block or if they evade it. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 01:13, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Empty "other websites" sections

Nikolai Kurbatov has created thousands of articles, and many seem to have empty "other websites" sections. Is there an automatic way to delete these headers? Kk.urban (talk) 06:00, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

@Kk.urban: It looks like the user is actively removing them.

@Nikolai Kurbatov:: Please tell us what your plans are for these. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 09:51, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

protection request

• Yasser Arafat

I request administrators to protect above page. LTA/open proxy user continues to vandalise this page. --ginaan(T/C) 13:16, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

 Protected for 3 months fr33kman 13:42, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Revdel request

• Special:Diff/9141358

Reason: Copyvio (see here). --Leonidlednev (talk) 02:32, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 03:26, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Merge needed

Indigenous People of Biafra Worldwide needs to be merged into Indigenous People of Biafra so the whole lot can be c/e. cleaned up. wikified, etc at the matching en. title.

ie. delete APoB. move Worldwide (no redirect), undelete APoB, make most current worldwide version the current version, add all needed tags Pure Evil (talk) 06:06, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Bulk copy-paster

IP user at Special:Contributions/208.168.231.42 bulk created dozens of articles. The first half dozen or so I checked are all just copies of excerpts of EnWP. Tagged QD, but maybe they need a time out and it would be simpler to just nuke them all rather than tagging each and every one? Thanks. --Gotanda (talk) 23:19, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

 Deleted en masse and given31 hour block. fr33kman 23:26, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! --Gotanda (talk) 23:32, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

You are welcome. fr33kman 01:02, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Can somebody please mark the demotion request for Jupiter as closed?

Wikipedia:Proposed article demotion#Jupiter Kk.urban (talk) 03:29, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done by Fr33kman. Thank you! Kk.urban (talk) 19:28, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Bureaucrat Notice

I noticed that User:FehuBot still has their confirmed user right but they should have autoconfirmed by now so the confirmed right can be removed by a crat. Bobherry Talk My Changes 16:17, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Protection for Sundar Pichai

I think Sundar Pichai should be protected again. It was originally protected until January, but was deleted and selected revisions were restored, to hide the vandalism. Excessive vandalism/BLP violation was happening for a while and it could start again. Kk.urban (talk) 18:57, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done For 6 months fr33kman 19:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Please lock Imgflip

There is much vandalism on Imgflip. Please lock it. SIMPLEIST (talk) 16:24, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

I have deleted the page because it's too much vandalism to revert and it needs oversighting as well. I'll recreate it as a stub after it's been suppressed. fr33kman 16:36, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. SIMPLEIST (talk) 16:37, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

You're very welcome; thanks for raising this as an issue. fr33kman 17:29, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Protect User talk:Korail7409

Persistent vandalism. Can this be protected for a little while, please? XXBlackburnXx (talk) 17:23, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Semi protected for 3 months. Thanks for raising this as a problem. fr33kman 17:25, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Recent reactivation of horror film LTAs

The horror film LTA that I'm talking is Special:Contributions/152.86.164.35 (block log, previously blocked by 6 different admins including Ferien, Eptalon, IWI etc.). Recently, same kind of action has been found at special:diff/9150139 from the same IP. Then I found special:diff/9159178, different range but same area and same page. How can the block range and block term be set at here? MathXplore (talk) 11:08, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Both blocked. With two different IP type IPV4&IPV6 there's not much more we can do other than play whack-a-mole fr33kman 11:45, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Request protection for Genshin Impact

Persistent disruptive editing from socks and IP users. This situation has been ongoing for a long time. Can this page be protected for a short period of time?

Furthermore, there have been multiple similar users before, such as User:HualinXMN7 and User:HualinXMN2. Unfortunately, User:HualinXMN5 continues to vandalizing & harassing others. I'm more inclined to believe it's the related user creating a group of puppets for disruptive purposes, as it's very hard to imagine someone else consistently impersonating this user. Therefore, it might be necessary to conduct a user check on User:HualinXMN(I'm not sure if it's really necessary). Thanks. 今好きになる (talk) 11:33, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

If you say that I praise vandals on the Ko.Wikipedia, it is a mistake {{orz}} HualinXMN (talk) 11:37, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

 Protected for 6 months fr33kman 11:38, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I've added an abuse filter that should stop them creating usernames like yours. Let me know on your Talk Page or via email if it affects you. fr33kman 11:48, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

This is LTA, not User:HualinXMN, see ja:WP:VIP#原神関連を荒らすプロキシ群. 桐生ここ (talk) 12:49, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I was merely taking the opportunity to explain about the filter whilst I was here anyway. :) fr33kman 16:33, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Huston family

Facts are facts but a user insists on distorting them: [10], [11], [12], [13]. 76.89.194.44 (talk) 06:05, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Those edits are from the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org). This is the Simple English Wikipedia (simple.wikipedia.org). You need to talk to them. We can not help you. Pure Evil (talk) 06:51, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Requesting Protection for Ohio

Disruptive editing from a single IP. Should be protected until the IP stopped editing or was blocked. RiggedMint 14:48, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Autoconfirmed, for one week.... Eptalon (talk) 14:57, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Oversight request

Dear Simple wiki administrator, please hidden this revision from pubile view. Thank you :) Kind regards~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 05:25, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting this. It does not need oversighting or hiding via revdel as it's not true and I take no offence. It's just run of the mill vandalism and not good at that. Thx :) fr33kman 05:30, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Fr33kman Hello, Thank for replying. Thanks you :) Kind regards~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 05:36, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

@Aviram7 For future reference you can email me or another oversighter (see WP:OS) for actual oversightable requests. Thanks. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 12:59, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Revisiting UKRTELNET block evaders

I previously reported IP block evaders from this ISP, where their activities can be found at pages related to Microsoft Windows, and admin templates imported from enwiki (and their relevant RFDs). This report has been handled by Fehufanga (see here). I recently found another IP with similar interest (Microsoft Windows), and enwiki admin template imports (Template:Do not move to Commons etc.). What kind of action can be taken at here? MathXplore (talk) 10:59, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

I previously changed pages on Wikipedia 6 months ago. I see IPs you previously reported were both globally locked for a month. I don't know anything about those IPs. I recently reviewed their contributions and noticed that one of IPs your are talking about, 178.94.181.131 post an unblock request 2 months ago, saying that there was no block evasion. 46.200.83.77 was blocked for 31 hours for block evasion, and later was globally locked for a month. 37.52.240.23 (talk) 11:39, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Please compare special:diff/9159904 and special:diff/8943278 (unauthorized icon conversions), special:diff/9160015 and special:diff/8976802 (AN activity overlap). MathXplore (talk) 12:53, 29 October 2023 (UTC)

Obviously them, but looks like I missed this. Please ping me again later. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 13:22, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Kanyaputri Dolls

The page has been nominated for QD G11, but since an IP user is repeaing QD tag removal, I will forward the request to here. MathXplore (talk) 04:02, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thanks for reporting this issue. fr33kman 06:16, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Akhib Hasan Al Imran‎

I don't think a claim of notability is included in this page, nominated for QD A4 but the author is repeating QD tag removal. I request an admin to take a look at here. MathXplore (talk) 11:58, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Deleted by Fehufanga. fr33kman 21:30, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

PVGA issue

The Neptune nomination never got a formal closure. QuicoleJR (talk) 21:15, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

It was promoted by Eptalon and I have closed the nomination and moved it to the closed section. Hope this helps:) fr33kman 21:29, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. QuicoleJR (talk) 23:59, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Edits by Eexx20

Type in the order. Ggxx1996 (talk) 03:48, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/2323alex

According to enwiki CU, this user is equal to User:Biuc (w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Biuc), enwiki editor no longer allowed to make changes per "disruptive editing". The user mentioned in this section has already made several problematic pages with repeating QD tag removals despite several warnings (already reported in other threads at here, special:diff/9169409, special:diff/9169356). Admins should consider if this is an WP:ONESTRIKE case. Thank you for your attention. MathXplore (talk) 14:26, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Gladys II

I think this page is hoax (QD A6), but the author is repeating QD tag removal so I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 13:46, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 08:24, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

This page is an enwiki copy, possible QD A3 case, but the author is repeating QD tag removal so I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 14:13, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 08:24, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Did you warn them ?? fr33kman 08:26, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes I did, please see User talk:2323alex for a full record. MathXplore (talk) 08:28, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Request for indefinite semi-protection of policy pages

As policies are hard rules, I think they should all be at least semi-protected so new users and vandals can't edit them. I'm requesting indefinite semi-protection for the following policies:

• Wikipedia:Attack page
• Wikipedia:Be kind
• Wikipedia:Child protection
• Wikipedia:Consensus
• Wikipedia:Global rights policy
• Wikipedia:GlobalBlocking
• Wikipedia:Harassment
• Wikipedia:Importers
• Wikipedia:Inactive administrators
• Wikipedia:Interface administrators
• Wikipedia:Libel
• Wikipedia:No legal threats
• Wikipedia:No original research
• Wikipedia:Open proxies
• Wikipedia:Ownership of articles
• Wikipedia:Signatures
• Wikipedia:Transwiki attribution
• Wikipedia:Uploaders
• Wikipedia:Wheel war

Kk.urban (talk) 17:37, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Whilst I agree that most new users don't need to edit these pages, is there evidence that they are being vandalised? Blocking the vandal is usually the better way of protecting than protecting the pages. fr33kman 19:37, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

A few of them have been vandalized a lot, like Wikipedia:Attack page, but I thought this could be used as a precautionary measure, like protection of "highly visible templates". I don't think Wikipedia:Be bold applies to changing policies. Kk.urban (talk) 19:39, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

I#m willing to protect them all, but we're never really had a big problem iirc. fr33kman 08:33, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

 Done Apart from a strange transclution of the RFD template fr33kman 09:01, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Moscow Kremlin

Please protect Talk:Moscow Kremlin: vandalism by an LTA. --Leonidlednev (talk) 18:20, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

These pages should almost always be left unprotected. When those rarely viewed talk pages are protected, he moves to either mainspace pages or harassing users on user talk pages. So long as people don't revert back and forth, this disruption on talk pages is better than elsewhere. --Ferien (talk) 19:28, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

For a simple page it is better to block the user vandalizing it. Protecting pages is only for edit-wars involving many unnamed and named edits in order to force people talk talk on the talk page. No action need ed sat this time. fr33kman 22:09, 3 November 2023 (UTC)

Given a 2 week block to let them cool down and think about things. TP access left open so they can discuss the situation openly. Hope this help! fr33kman 08:32, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Considering this is a WMF-banned editor known for harassing people, TP access should not be left opened - and they will just use proxies anyway. --Ferien (talk) 11:59, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Susana Gutierrez Godoy

I think this is a QD A4 case but the author is repeating QD tag removals, so I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 05:49, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Comic-Con signers

A series of at least four articles were recently created that are scarce on information but do make a claim of notability. This has led to two of them so far being RfD'd as the claim prevents QD. In all four cased, the claim is a hoax. They state the person was at Comic-Con 2009 for either a signing or a panel. One even says they were there for the panel in October 2009 (ComicCon was July23-26). Those affected:

• Janet James (rfd)
• Keith Wickham
• Mandi Symonds
• Trevor Ricketts (rfd)

Pure Evil (talk) 21:54, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

Soumya Ranjan Pradhan (Producer)

Per Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2023/Soumya Ranjan Pradhan, I think this is a QD G4 case, but since the author is repeating QD tag removal, I will forward the QD request to here. MathXplore (talk) 10:58, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Cut out the usual paid sources, sources that refer to a different person with the same name and promotional drek and it's pretty clear deletion. Ravensfire (talk) 14:12, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

And in case any has any AGF left, creator is now blocked on EN as part of the Amansharma111 sock farm, who's also been spamming UPE and crap articles here for a while. [14]. Ravensfire (talk) 16:49, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

 Deleted fr33kman 19:06, 6 November 2023 (UTC)