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Patroller

Hello.

Your account has been granted the patroller userright. This permission will allow you to mark edits and page creations as patrolled, view recent changes patrol marks and also quickly rollback consecutive revisions of an editor on a particular page. For more information on the patroller right, please see Meta:Patrollers. Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. If you no longer want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. Happy editing! ❄️Mykola❄️ 18:02, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

GSR

Hi EPIC please note that GSR is intended for wikis with no (or almost no) active sysops. Preferably we want to leave deletion decisions to the local community if there are active sysops. You might want to use User:Hoo man/Scripts/Active sysops which helps you deciding when to request deletion at GSR. Johannnes89 (talk) 20:26, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, will check that one out! I use Twinkle which has a box for requesting at GSR, and I haven't really checked each wiki that carefully, but I'll consider being more careful in the future. EPIC (talk) 20:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Clarification regarding your advice

Hello EPIC, I would like some clarification regarding the advice you gave me on User talk:ChrisWx#Edit war with 2 things:

1. I used the IRC channel and used the admin ping noted on m:RFH to report. Does it usually take a while to respond, or was there an error with sending the message? How do I know whether the message sent or not? I have had no response so I am wondering.

2. Can I still revert the LTA, but not as much as I did earlier, or should I start avoiding them as a whole and let others deal with him?

Thanks in advance, ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 00:53, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Nvm, got a response on IRC, though the 2nd question stands. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 01:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

I would say, you can revert vandals of course, but if it is clear that every time you revert them, they will revert you back - in that case, it should preferably be left to a sysop. EPIC (talk) 08:00, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I will definitely keep reverting vandalism, but thank you for clarifying, it's good to know the best way to handle those situations, especially on less active wikis than enwiki (where I usually do anti-vandal work as a rollbacker). I will keep this noted. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 17:15, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Great! Regarding enwiki, they also have an essay about this (en:WP:NOROLLBACK). EPIC (talk) 17:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! That is a helpful essay that clears up some things I was previously wondering about. It's the kind of the approach I'm now trying to take with situations like this. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 17:57, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

GRN

Hi, please don't process request in language that you don't speak or from project in which you aren't active (or if you don't know the policy), at least until you get some experience (or, if you want to process a request but you have some doubts, just ask!). This is completely wrong. Remember that quality is more important than speed and keeping the queue empty and you shouldn't process a lot of requests - from different projects and languages - so rapidly! Thanks :) Superpes15 (talk) 01:18, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

@Superpes15: I know - that's why I declined the request, I usually reject users with blocks on other projects if nothing else. I didn't notice however, that this user's talk page access was revoked and that they could not request an unblock. I should have checked a bit more carefully before adding that into my statement, but either way a different global renamer would likely have declined the request due to the block. EPIC (talk) 09:19, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

For clarification, I usually check four things before accepting renaming requests;

1. is the user blocked on one or more projects, or is the rename sought to conceal or obfuscate bad conduct in a different way?
2. has the user already been renamed in the past six months?
3. has the user requested an inappropriate username?
4. is the username too similar to an existing username, which the system reacts to?

If the answer to all of these are no, I'll usually accept their request. So, I do check before renaming, but yes, it might seem rapid sometimes. EPIC (talk) 09:54, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

"Either way a different global renamer would likely have declined the request due to the block". Absolutely wrong. The block is for "nome utente inappropriato", so they need to be renamed, otherwise they can't be unblocked... As I said, please, avoid performing rename in a language that you don't speak or from a project with particular policy that you don't know! Thanks Superpes15 (talk) 23:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Okay, thanks - I'll try to be more careful in the future, but in this case, the talk page access is revoked on itwiki according to CentralAuth, and thus I was unsure whether the rename could be performed as the user could not request an unblock even if they were renamed. Their only contribution on itwiki also seemed to be an advertising userpage. EPIC (talk) 00:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Indeed, itwiki has a particular policy, it's the only project in which the user talk is automatically blocked (and can't be technically unblocked). Following the practice (and the local policy) the unblock can be performed immediately after the rename (but a local sysop needs to be contacted). Usually, as local sysop on itwiki, I rename and then unblock :) No problem, we all learn by mistake, and if you don't try to perform renames, you can't be wrong, but you will never be experienced :P But remember to just ask when in doubt, there's nothing wrong, we all can learn more and more every day here (and this is one of the reason why Wiki is so beautiful) :) Superpes15 (talk) 00:11, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

I'll take that into account, thanks! This is my second week as a renamer so I'm still not entirely familiar with everything, but feedback is of course appreciated as it does help me improve. EPIC (talk) 00:16, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

Something a little related; I saw the Steward requests/Username changes#שומר הזכויות, And the number of edits of the user who wants to change his name is small (20). I suggest (as they suggested to me) working according to this this policy proposal, so that there are no unnecessary problems. Thanks, Neriah - 💬 - 22:23, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

I also reacted to the fact that it was a little low, but, the user registered over three years ago and the edits they have made are serious. So yes, it was a bit on the border, but I'll give the benefit of the doubt since I don't believe the user, for example, will start vandalising out of nowhere, and we don't really have a clear policy regarding usurpations either. EPIC (talk) 22:31, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

re xwiki

As you have provoked the LTA by responding, and they are now getting at you xwiki, I have added you to one of the global defensive filters that will give you some pseudo-page protection. I have curated it to match your editing/sysop profile though it may overly protect certain wiki pages in the user nss complex. Please let me know if it is overly protecting and I need to tweak that filter. Typically it would be comms from newer users where you are semi-active on the wiki. You can track global-181 if you wish, and I do keep a light eye on it when a newbie added, typically it has been working well for each user added.  — billinghurst sDrewth 22:43, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Unsure what you meant by provoke in this case, but thanks - I'll let you know if it's too harsh. EPIC (talk) 22:59, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

wikt:provoke: with this LTA anyone joining the game of any attention is a provocation and a cause to get you to play their trolling game. Be it xwiki talk page edits, username mimicry, repeat deletion requests or reversions on a page, etc. they will try it all to get you to react. The one who reacts best to their pissant efforts gets their focus. Best to yawn, be bored with their efforts and not feed the troll.  — billinghurst sDrewth 02:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

I knew what provoke means, I was just a little unsure how you meant. But that explains it - and yes, I usually abide by en:Wikipedia:Don't edit-war with vandals or sockpuppets and use RFH or IRC if it's case of an obvious LTA. EPIC (talk) 09:55, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

@Billinghurst, d:Special:AbuseLog/28185573. This should probably not be done on a wiki where they are an administrator. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 16:34, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: and it shouldn't have as I have excluded wikidatawiki, so not certain why it has missed. I am going to have to explore and play, though no time at the moment. On the actual hit, that ICareBilling lot (w:en:Draft:ICareBilling) have been spamming us for a while xwiki, and my vindictive response to them is to give them the bird. <shrug> Also noting global search  — billinghurst sDrewth 22:17, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

@Billinghurst, Special:AbuseFilter/history/181/diff/prev/5792. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 15:57, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@Billinghurst, as a steward, their Meta talk page should probably not be protected either. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:06, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

@1234qwer1234qwer4: Everything changes "as a steward". I don't typically put stewards into that filter, nor even direct them towards that filter as its purpose is to stop the abuse of those who cannot defend themselves in those spaces, and they are typically not active in those spaces. Stewards, with their big pants on, can edit that filter, or make requests on edits to that filter.  — billinghurst sDrewth 19:59, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Comment: If you do find it appropriate to remove me from the filter, feel free to do so. EPIC (talk) 20:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

cc @Billinghurst. I've not been monitoring as closely lately, but I believe there have been quite a few cases like Special:AbuseLog/2692948, so I assume a change would not hurt. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 17:52, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Done  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:41, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

AGF

With metawiki, it is useful to AGF in certain cases where people make inexplicable edits, and to put a {{welcome}} message on their talk page. Rollback is useful, though it also can be confronting and challenging to some, so having the welcome message to point to if they escalate is helpful. Thanks.  — billinghurst sDrewth

I have used {{welcome}}, but I usually wait with using it until I have seen that the user has made a few edits and thus likely are good-faith editors. I've had cases on my home wiki where admins have welcomed users before they have really made edits, and later instead prove to be vandalism-only accounts. So, yes, I have used the welcome template, and will likely do so in the future too, but I usually use it with caution. EPIC (talk) 09:55, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Forced renaming for a dirty name

Hi EPIC, hope you're fine. I just notice your restore here, Thx for that, and found that you are a global renamer, so you may help. The account name is so dirty in Arabic, and he uses that name to insult an active user for his anti-vandalism contributions. Could you help with an informal forced renaming (to any arbitrary name), because I don't want to put his name here (at formal request), Thx --Mohanad ^Talk 22:58, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

@Mohanad: Hello, thanks for your concern! I'm not really sure about this situation as I do not speak Arabic, but the best thing to do if it's a pure vandalism-only account is to hide the username from the logs, and maybe contact a steward if it's a case of cross-wiki abuse, as they have the ability to lock accounts globally. For example, we have علاء, who is a steward and is native in Arabic - he would likely be the right one to contact in that case. EPIC (talk) 23:10, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Thx again, hope علاء could help -Mohanad ^Talk 23:14, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

I just saw that Tegel locked the account. Thus this can likely be marked as resolved. EPIC (talk) 23:31, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello EPIC and Mohanad. I guess you can't see the edits/account now, right? This is a long term abuser. Regarding such accounts, please apply request at SRG with {{LockHide}}. Best --Alaa :)..! 18:30, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Nope, the username is now suppressed for me. As mentioned I don't speak Arabic, but I'm certain Mohanad was right about the name being inappropriate. EPIC (talk) 18:40, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Thx @Alaa, the name is suppressed now, but still appears at restore revision summary, is there a mass hiding solution, or should hidden one by one? --Mohanad ^Talk 21:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately, one by one. In my opinion, it's better to ignore --Alaa :)..! 13:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Your feedback is requested

Hello EPIC, We are conducting a poll of global renamers and stewards regarding some future toolings related to some rename requests. Your feedback is requested at the poll on VRT WIKI. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 00:18, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi there Xaosflux - I happened to see that survey yesterday, so it's done, except for one question I apparently had forgotten, so that is now also answered. EPIC (talk) 06:56, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you

Hey EPIC, wanted to drop a note of appreciation for the fantastic job you are doing as a renamer. Thanks! – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:02, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi DreamRimmer, and thank you - I'm happy it is appreciated! EPIC (talk) 12:07, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Renombre de usuario

La página a la que me había movido por el renombre de usuario que pedí a Wikipedia ya no aparece como tal, he vuelto a utilizar Christhian Oliva y no ChristhianOliva.

Quiero volver a utilizar la nueva página que creó y no la que ha redigirido @LuchoCR que sale siendo la misma que había dejado Christhian Oliva (talk) 14:15, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I will let LuchoCR handle this, as I do not speak Spanish. EPIC (talk) 15:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations

Congratulations on being elected as a steward! Your dedication and commitment to the community have been recognized, and I'm confident you'll excel in your new role. Wishing you all the best as you embark on this important journey of service and stewardship. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:33, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcome! I will be happy to serve the community. EPIC (talk) 06:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Kage

Thank you. :) -Manchiu (talk) 16:17, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

No problem, thank you for reporting. EPIC (talk) 16:18, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Heartiest congratulations on your stewardship! Best regards, ─ Aafī ^(talk) 18:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! It's been fun serving in these first days and it will be fun to continue in this next year too. EPIC (talk) 19:02, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Congrats

Hi, EPIC! Congrats for the selection. Nicely done! Julius 12345 (talk) 12:12, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the welcoming! EPIC (talk) 12:35, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Implementing community consensus in Belarusian Classical Wikipedia

Hello, dear EPIC! How are you? Could you, please, as a steward implement the consensus of the community in Belarusian Classical Wikipedia in terms of: 1) my election as an administrator (be-tarask:Вікіпэдыя:Адміністрацыя#Удзельнік:W), 2) enforcement of the rule on 3-year term limits for admins & bureaucrats (be-tarask:Вікіпэдыя:Галасаваньні/Правіла абраньня адмінаў) based on the results of the vote (6 for & 2 against)? (-1 against as inelligible) Best wishes,—W (talk) 06:56, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, we can't really implement a consensus if there isn't a consensus. The discussions are quite old (5 and 8 months each) so I don't know how well it reflects current community views. I would recommend opening new discussions on this, perhaps? EPIC (talk) 07:44, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

It looks like the Belarusian community consensus has become wider with the second discussion. And in the 1st vote even the only voter against my adminship called the obstruction of vote results on the side of the bureucrat - a "dictatorship". I would also like to draw attention to the abuse of the same bureaucrat with blocking my account without any corresponding reason, based on the rules of Wikipedia. That abuse happened during the 2nd vote, that was rigged. I guess that makes the next vote problemtic & demands for the implementation of the previous ones. To put things into perspective, that same bureucrat blocked the forum for a year after my further criticism. Would it be advisable to ask for Office actions? Best wishes,--W (talk) 06:36, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, like mentioned I don't know exactly what happened here. But, we can't really act without any consensus, so it would be best trying to gain some kind of new consensus here. EPIC (talk) 06:53, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Admin actions

Good day. Thank you for your contributions as a steward, but I noticed that you are doing administrative stuff that isn't covered by Meta:Meta–steward relationship#Administrative actions on Meta. Such as incorrectly classified G1s, G7s and some erroneous translations. Please either apply for local adminship or leave it for local admins. Thank you. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 03:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, have I missed out on something here? I was of course aware of the MSR, but I've gotten the impression that stewards can take local admin actions on Meta in obvious/non-controversial cases (e.g. for vandalism or spam). I have consulted with other stewards about this before, who have given their OK (and for example, see also here.) EPIC (talk) 07:15, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Left a note there as well. G7s and other non-vandalism stuff should only be dealt with by local admins, unless they contain PII, which should be deleted and suppressed under the oversight policy. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 01:34, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@Minorax: I would disagree with you here as well - my reading of MSR is that G7 is covered under that rule. I personally don't like your comment, because it creates unnecessary friction with stewards who already have to be conservative with things like these. Leaderboard (talk) 04:37, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm actually asking EPIC to refrain from doing administrative stuff that is not urgent enough for a non-admin to act. The only 2 points covered are blocking vandals and deleting vandalism. G7 is a speedy criteria for out of scope content, it may or may not be vandalism, if it's vandalism, it can be deleted under G1. I also stated that EPIC is free to request for local adminship so that their actions doesn't go against MSR. --Min☠︎rax^«¦talk¦» 04:50, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

I do understand what Minorax is trying to say here, and I will be a bit more restrictive with local admin actions here in the future to take it safe. EPIC (talk) 06:01, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hej--I saw you blocked 204.191.56.227. I think it might be a good idea to block the range, 204.191.56.226/31. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:48, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Good idea, I checked the cross-wiki contribs so I rangeblocked for a week as well. EPIC (talk) 16:52, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

hi

I sent you a friend request but you didn't accept it :-( Lionel Cristiano (talk) 22:15, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Where did you send a friend request? EPIC (talk) 22:16, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

discord Lionel Cristiano (talk) 22:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Ah, I don't really check my friend requests there that often, but I usually don't accept requests from people I don't really know either. EPIC (talk) 22:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

I am Turkish-Argentine, I supported Sweden's accession to NATO. And I supported u in choosing the steward.1 U made me sad bro :( Lionel Cristiano (talk) 22:44, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

i just want to be friends. Lionel Cristiano (talk) 22:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

No worries :) I don't have anything against anyone, and my messages are always open - it's just that most of the timr I have a hard time evaluating friend requests. EPIC (talk) 23:03, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

no problem, good night :) Lionel Cristiano (talk) 23:12, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

my love @EPIC Heiseneberg (talk) 12:23, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

• Since this is a new account I can't make changes. Heiseneberg (talk) 12:27, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

  OK, but do you confirm the 2FA tester request? EPIC (talk) 12:28, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

  yes sir. Heiseneberg (talk) 12:30, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

  my love @EPIC - Lionel Cristiano (talk) 12:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Global block

Hi! I saw you blocked the IP 2402:7500:4E8:7B01:BBB6:5B03:796:DCF3 globally. The IP wrote a message on my discussion page (Norwegian wiki). About 11 hours later, the IP 2001:B042:3808:858C:D635:A621:1C6E:3D53 wrote the exact same message. Perhaps consider the same block on that IP too? Best regards. 1000mm (talk) 07:16, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I've blocked that one as well. (also, you might get a quicker response if you report on SRG) :-) EPIC (talk) 07:56, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

A global edit filter can help

Hi. I recently noticed that you globally blocked User:Jack99232 for cross-wiki spam (actually "Spam-only account", but the spam is ongoing on multiple wikis including Persian Wikipedia (fawiki) for a month or so). As an admin on fawiki, I created an edit filter to prevent spam only accounts from creating spam pages and block them when they try to create the page. The filter has been active for about 3 days and correctly blocked 6 users. I was thinking that this filter can help stewards to fight the recent spam, at least by creating some useful logs. I don't know if you can see the filter itself (It's private) or its logs on fawiki, let me know if you need local access to edit filters. Best wishes, Jeeputer (talk) 08:12, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the help! (even though I'm not the most active when it comes to developing abuse filters) EPIC (talk) 08:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks from SWMT member

		Thanks for your quick respond in SRG
		It`s kind of annoying seeing the cross-wiki VOA/LTA flooding the SWViewer`s RC queue, especially when I`m waiting for the block after the report. Your quick block/locks are impressing and this Steward Barnstar is for you. Thanks for your work! ChasingAir (talk) 10:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the appreciation! I'm glad I can help. :) EPIC (talk) 11:24, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Avoided

Hi EPIC, Steward requests/Global/2024-w11#Global lock for Deutsche Bundesregierung is definitely not LTA Avoided. Even without LWCU that's quite obvious because the account was created using a mobile device [1], while Avoided usually doesn't use mobile devices (and Avoided usernames are usually offensive, e.g. nazi/racist/sexist hate speech or some kind of toilet „humour“). Looking at the CU Log [2] neither the provider nor the geolocation resembles anything I've ever seen from Avoided (e.g. [3]).

@Kleshkreikne I don't understand why you linked the dewiki sockpuppet investigation page for Avoided? That's hugely misleading, the account was never checkusered at dewiki (for obvious reasons, every dewiki admin could have easily told you that this is not Avoided). We've had multiple non-dewiki users falsely reporting accounts as Avoided in the past couple of months, please leave it to dewiki admins/patrollers who are familiar with Avoided to report them to SRG (if needed at all).

I suspect this account was created as a joke, perhaps by a student. The account was blocked at dewiki because the username could mislead people thinking its an official account of the en:Cabinet of Germany, but that's usually not a reason for global locking. @1234qwer1234qwer4 fyi. Johannnes89 (talk) 07:28, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

My bad. Well I thought the username implies that this was indeed Avoided. I know Avoided has been known for their inappropriate usernames in German but sorry, I’ve never dealt with a sockpuppet from other than en.wiki. I realized my inexpierence somehow has led to this problem. So okay, unlocking it is completely fine even if I might not be familiar with other language Wikipedias. I’ve never dealt with this guy, nor even ISECHIKA. So let’s deem it as a false positive. kleshkreikne. t 07:34, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, my bad too, I've usually been able to recognize Avoided (the usernames usually makes it quite obvious), but I suppose I just made a mistake. I will leave that account locked simply because it's not really worth unlocking and the username is not appropriate either (it's the name of Germany's federal government), but I'll be more careful. EPIC (talk) 07:44, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Account creation was disabled, so they might theoretically still want to rename themselves. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 11:42, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't exactly remember this lock since it was a few days ago, but I think looked at the pattern with German usernames and IPv6 addresses. Not sure it really was Avoided now that this came up three days later, but given that the autoblock on dewiki has expired they have the ability to register a new account. EPIC (talk) 12:01, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

item to check

Hi EPIC, would you please check on this: https://w.wiki/9ZxT ? Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 22:23, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, done and left a note there. EPIC (talk) 22:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

User request

EPIC, please can you semi-protect my user subpage that ate very important for me and that page are include User:Aviram7/SimpleStatus/Install and User:Aviram7/SimpleStatus. if you semi-protect my both usersubpages on my request per WP:UPPROT, then I feel more happy ;if you feel free, so please protect them. :)~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 06:44, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I'm not an administrator on Meta-Wiki so in accordance with the MSR policy I can't place page protections. You might want to ask the administrators through Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat. Thanks :) EPIC (talk) 06:56, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for you're response, I'm not in rush and I'll wating for time when you receiving admin rights on metawiki, so, please hold my request until you didn't not receiving administrator rights. :)~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 07:10, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

EPIC, Hello and congratulations for successfully receiving adminship on meta, now can you protect my two subpages that are mentioned by me was on first paragraph.😊~~ αvírαm|(tαlk) 03:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello, given that I'm still quite a new admin and I'm not really aware if we also have such a policy here on Meta I still think I'm going to leave this to the other administrators. In other words, you can request on RfH, and other admins will be able to evaluate it. Thanks :) EPIC (talk) 06:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Block User IP 114.10.139.104

This user vandalized cross-wiki pages by placing tags carelessly without providing information. I find this user very annoying. Djuminten Rahmadani La Overview (talk) 12:04, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Hello. I don't see any particularly further abuse? They made three edits cross-wiki some hours ago where they tagged pages for speedy deletion, but I can't see that they made any more edits after that, so I'm a little hesitant about placing a global block. Also, preferrably keep global block requests to SRG, thanks :) EPIC (talk) 12:11, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

EPIC, I suspect this anonymous user is using the same IP. Make edits by placing random tags personally on the Tommy Jonathan Sinaga Wiki page.

• 114.10.139.198

Djuminten Rahmadani La Overview (talk) 18:17, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

This doesn't seem like the same user to me? One tagged the page for speedy deletion, one removed the tag. EPIC (talk) 18:22, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm afraid an anonymous user made a careless edit. How can such an anonymous IP address come from Indonesia (edit style) and edit the page using the same mobile device? The perpetrator is the same person using a different IP address. It seems like he has a personal grudge against the page he edited. Sorry in advance, I was just making sure. :) ~~~ Djuminten Rahmadani La Overview (talk) 18:50, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

[+] This page was created 9 months ago, how can stealth users put SPAM tags. If you wish, please see here ~~~ Djuminten Rahmadani La Overview (talk) 18:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations, dear administrator!

Congratulations, EPIC! You now have the rights of an administrator on Meta-Wiki. Please take a moment to read the Meta:Adminstrators page and watchlist related pages (in particular Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat, and Meta:Requests for deletion, but also Talk:Spam blacklist and Talk:Interwiki map), before launching yourself into page deletions, page protections, account blockings, or modifications of protected pages. The majority of the actions of administrators can be reversed by the other admins, except for history merges which must thus be treated with particular care. Please feel free to join us on IRC: #wikimedia-adminconnect. You may find Meta:Admin handbook to be useful. Please also check or add your entry to the Template:List of administrators. You're also allowed to subscribe to the metawiki-admins private mailing list (subscription instructions on that page). Again, congratulations and welcome to the team. --M/ (talk) 19:09, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks to the community for the support! And like I've already mentioned, I do promise to take the feedback into account :) EPIC (talk) 19:37, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Congrats! I didn't know the RfA was taking place, but if I did you would have had my support. --Ferien (talk) 20:08, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Haha, no problem :P and thank you! EPIC (talk) 20:15, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Attention please

EPIC, It is very clear that he is openly doing SPAM on Tommy Jonathan Sinaga BBC page. I suspect he has a grudge against the page. If you wish, see user contributions below :

• 114.10.139.132
• 114.10.139.212
• 114.10.139.198

Djuminten Rahmadani La Overview (talk) 19:50, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi again. I'm mostly going to refer to Johannnes89's comment on SRG. I'm also not too sure these pages are notable, but either way any speedy deletion requests should be handled by local administrators. EPIC (talk) 19:57, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Removal of access

In the case of Steward_requests/Permissions#Mtodo@jawiktionary, the Japanese term "対象者" as in ja:wikt:Wiktionary:管理者#信任投票 (de-sysop policy) means "target person" (in this case User:Mtodo), rather than "the person concerned" (the machine translation you showed is wrong). Prefuture (talk) 05:44, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, but I'm still rather leaving this to another steward. EPIC (talk) 07:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

You're welcome. Prefuture (talk) 07:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, There!

EPIC, View this user's contributions. Seems like a personal attack on an article. There is no local administration on the Toba Batak Wikipedia, so IP Vandalism users carelessly edit articles without checking the appropriate reference sources. Can you handle IP Vandalism? This IP user edits the page carelessly. I suspect he deliberately edited the page to lower the quality. then he put a SPAM tag.

Check out the biography of Tommy Jonathan Sinaga (Toba Batak Figure) covered by RCTI Television

Batak News: en: Tommy Jonathan Sinaga, Author of Toba Batak Inspirational Stories

Take a look at the contribution style of the vandalism users below, is it worth it?

• 14.10.139.214
• 14.10.139.121
• 114.10.139.132
• 114.10.139.91
• 114.10.139.212
• 114.10.139.198

If you pay attention to his contribution, the edit is only on 1 page. very clear personal attack.. Regards! Clara Simamora (talk) 19:06, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

As I already mentioned further above, I will refer to Johannnes89's comment on SRG. I'm not sure either whether the pages are actually notable, but adding a speedy deletion to a page is not an attack and either way you should let the speedy deletion requests be handled by local administrators (or global sysops if there are none). EPIC (talk) 19:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hello @EPIC, a user has committed vandalism on Turkish Wikisource. The user made changes containing swearing and insults in Turkish. The versions have not been deleted because there is no active administrator on the project. Can you please unregister this version and other changes made by the user?

https://tr.m.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Topuz&curid=7116&diff=166545&oldid=153092&title=Topuz&diffonly=1

YG01 (talk) 22:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, done so. EPIC (talk) 22:21, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you @EPIC… YG01 (talk) 23:02, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

IP range global block

Hi, is it appropriate to the IP address range 1.128.16.0/20 xwiki-contribs • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye to be globally blocked? It's being used by the Australian childish vandal to create accounts on wikis for vandalism. He has been repeatedly making accounts on Wikidata and Wikivoyage so I think this should warrant a global block. But, I feel like some good-faith editors will panic upon seeing that their IP has been blocked across all wikis. TheWikiCyclone (talk) 06:51, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Not sure it's the best solution given that it's a big range which will cause collateral damage if blocked, and it's not the only range ACV uses. If needed, abuse filters would probably be a better solution (which there already are some). EPIC (talk) 06:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Yeah there are filters on Wikidata that automatically block for LTA bad replacements, but recently he has been mass removing links to articles on there and there is unfortunately no filter for that. So, the admins have to deal with that themselves. TheWikiCyclone (talk) 07:01, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Long term abuse block

Greetings @EPIC, I noticed your block on my account for long term abuse. Kindly explain more about this to me. Thanks. Sayvhior (talk) 22:46, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello, your account is not and has never been globally locked. Might it be that your IP address was globally blocked, or something similar? EPIC (talk) 23:34, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

934C Block - don't understand the reason

2806:101e:a:b0f9:549b:a2e:35e0:8ce8 and the block ID is #579755. Greetings - I got a message that I have been blocked by EPIC as per this message, "Your account or IP address has been blocked. 2806:101E:A:0:0:0:0:0/48?, you have been blocked by Johannnes89". The reason given by EPIC: "The block was made by ?EPIC? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EPIC). The reason given is Long-term abuse."

Starting in 2009 I made some contributions to Wikipedia for a few years. For the last several years I have not done anything until the end of March when I noticed an error for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Bocho%C5%99%C3%A1kov%C3%A1-Dittrichov%C3%A1

10 of the 15 novels were listed as Wordless Novels whereas only 5 were wordless. I adjusted the list so that the ten were listed under "Other Novels/Cycles". Given that this is the first contribution/change I have made in years, I am unclear as to the basis of "long term abuse". None of my earlier contributions have been challenged. BTW I spend half the year in Mexico (where I am right now), and the other half in Canada - I am not sure if this has anything to do with the matter.

Please explain. Regards, Ken 934C (talk) 23:57, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@934C: The IP range was blocked for abuse, and might not have been directed against you. I would suggest sending an email to stewardswikimedia.org with information, and then we can take a look at it. EPIC (talk) 05:07, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Problems on tt.wikipedia

Hello! Today I marked cross-wiki spam from Papa2004 on tt.wikipedia.org, but was blocked by the local administrator. My edits. What should I do? Thanks, regards. Кронас (talk) 15:34, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi - different wikis have different criteria for what can be speedy deleted and I think that what one wiki considers to be falling under the speedy deletion criteria might not fall under the same criteria for another wiki. Spam or not, the speedy deletion request was declined by the local admin, and in that scenario it's best to just leave it like that instead. EPIC (talk) 15:40, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

I understand, but the question is about removing the global cross-wiki advertising. All other wikis have already deleted spam (example), but this wiki pointedly refuses to take any action. They have accumulated more than 10 spam articles from one abuser (globally locked). Also, blocking for one useful edit (setting a template with a deletion request) is obvious abuse. The administrator does not want to engage in dialogue or answer my questions. Кронас (talk) 15:49, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Кронас there is no universal rule that projects have to delete articles created by LTA like Papa2004. My homewiki dewiki (one of the largest projects) doesn't have a rule like en:WP:G5 and frequently decides to keep such articles, unless they are of such bad quality that they can't be fixed by our community (or if the article subject is simply not notable). While I would personally like my homewiki to adopt a rule like en:WP:G5, there is no community consensus for doing that – and just like dewiki other projects (like ttwiki apparently) sometimes decide to keep those articles which we have to accept, even if we do not like it.

Regarding your block: A ttwiki admin removed your deletion tag [4] and instead of discussing their decision with them you reverted them [5]. They therefore blocked you for repeatedly inserting deletion templates without adhering to local policy, something which you could have been prevented by discussing with them first before eventually reintroducing the deletion request. Personally I don't think a block was necessary and is quite a hard decision, I'm sure you would have stopped when given a proper warning, but given that the block is only for one week and just for the article namespace I wouldn't say it's „abuse“.

I would just ignore what Papa2004 is doing at ttwiki if they decide not to delete the spam articles. There are plenty of other projects who are grateful if you help them fighting spam/vandalism. And in one week this block is gone as well. Johannnes89 (talk) 16:15, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for such a detailed comment! After the first edit, I wrote to the administrator, trying to enter into a discussion with him - see tt:Kullanuchy_bәkhәse:Frhdkazan#Tendence (in Russian, you can translate via Google). But he chose to remain silent on 2 of my questions.

At the same time, on Wikipedia itself there is an increased activity of the spammer Papa2004, who actively rollback the placement of any templates on articles and also writes offensive comments addressed to me - examples in the edit histories [6] [7]

Administrator of this wiki make rules about significance at their own discretion. Other users also submit advertising articles for deletion, but administrator do not respond to their requests in any way - examples [8] [9] [10]. Is real big problem. Is it possible that the admin can act together with the offender?

I understand about the insignificance of that blocking, but why is it worth leaving it just like that? The spammer is laughing at us. Кронас (talk) 16:32, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

+1 to what Johannes said here above as well. I also think that a block was too harsh and I might not agree with their decision, but like it was already mentioned here, all wikis do not have the same criteria for speedy deletions. If a local administrator declines a request for speedy deletion it is better to instead just leave it as it is and let their decision be. EPIC (talk) 16:35, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Please explain

Why did you remove VRT permissions? They have nothing to do with being an admin or crat on Wikipedia. ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 03:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I removed them on request by a VRTS admin, so it's probably them to contact in case of any questions (volunteers-vrtwikimediaorg). EPIC (talk) 06:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Tips

You can use some of mass rollback scripts (for example I'm using Selective Rollback) that has "Mark rollback(s) as bot edit(s)" option. Phạm Ngọc Phương Linh ♥

(T · C · CA · L · B · UR) 13:06, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Yep, I have that script, but I think I had clicked the button for another mass rollback script instead so my rollbacks were not marked as bot edits. EPIC (talk) 13:09, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Global IP Block

Hello @EPIC Myself Nexovia I am active contibutor of Wikipedia I have an rollback right also then I decided to contribute on WikiBooks but I was shocked by seeing that my IP has been globally block but strange I haven't literally made non edits in any projects of Wiki so I was pretty shocked by the Global block so please I request you to review it 27.34.108.148. Nexovia (talk) 10:34, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Nexovia: the IP in question is not globally blocked, and has never been globally blocked either. Might it have to do with a local block or an autoblock? EPIC (talk) 10:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

But it is saying that my IP has been blocked this is the IP 2400:1a00:b1e0:a172::/64 This is what written Your current IP address is 2400:1a00:b1e0:a172:536:f00e:118f:91da. The blocked range is ‪2400:1A00:B1E0:A172:0:0:0:0/64‬ Nexovia (talk) 10:41, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Oh. Well, that IP was blocked by another steward, so I would probably suggest contacting them. EPIC (talk) 10:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Have your Discord account If yes can you give me your username. Nexovia (talk) 10:48, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Like I mentioned the block was placed by another steward, not me. The best would probably be to contact them instead: User talk:Hoo man. EPIC (talk) 10:49, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I am only asking your discord account not for this block for other purposes. Nexovia (talk) 10:53, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Is it some kind of personal matter? I normally don't contact others through Discord. EPIC (talk) 10:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes I want to ask you many things so it would be better me to talk with you you're the most active and friendly one. Nexovia (talk) 10:57, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Would it be possible to contact through email, for example? I also currently don't have access to Discord. EPIC (talk) 11:01, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Hoo man never replies to anyone I had looked through his recent Talk request so I don't think he is too active so I have send message to him but He hadn't replied any comment so Please could you do anything now I have to do many things on WikiBooks please. Nexovia (talk) 11:04, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

He was active as recently as today, I'm sure you will get a response. EPIC (talk) 11:05, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Not really I reccommend you seeing his talk page he has never replied a single message you can see. Nexovia (talk) 11:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

So please could you unblock me as the blocking admin not really replies. Nexovia (talk) 11:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Like mentioned the best thing to do is at least to wait first. EPIC (talk) 11:16, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok as mentioned I will wait. Nexovia (talk) 11:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Check User

I am heavily involved at English Wikinews. There, I am an Accredited Reporter, a Reviewer, and Administrator and a Bureaucrat. One of our 2 Check Users (Cromium) is pretty much gone. I would like to become a Check User. How would that work?--Bddpaux (talk) 15:39, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: Hi, if you would like to become a CU at enwikinews, en:n:Wikinews:Requests for permissions#CheckUser and Oversight seems to be where you can apply. EPIC (talk) 15:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Global blocks

IP: 206.84.236.121 – cross wiki spam in section External links. I reverted most (all?) of them in different languages.

en:User:Vikaasa_Public_School in en:User:Vikaasa Public School/sandbox, and sandboxes in other Wikipedia languages. Already deleted and locally blocked by me on Norwegian Wikipedia.1000mm (talk) 12:11, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, blocked it for three days (and like last time, reporting at SRG might give you a quicker response sometimes, so other stewards can see it as well :) ) EPIC (talk) 12:18, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

An IP editor changed your talk page archive

Please check special:diff/26641431 that was added to your talk page. Thank you for your attention. MathXplore (talk) 02:22, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the information, moved it from there and gave a response here. EPIC (talk) 03:35, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

EPIC

Hello EPIC, in the Turkish Wikibooks, this sysop has been inactive for 1 year. According to the policies, the sysop rights must be taken away. 176.55.193.33 02:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

you need to look here. 176.55.193.33 02:25, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm not a vandal, calm down. 176.55.193.33 02:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi. If you want to request removal of sysop access for a user, then please do so at SRP for transparency. EPIC (talk) 03:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

You have email

I just sent you an email via the "Email this user" function here at Wikinews. Thank you, Michael.C.Wright (talk) 23:41, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, taking a look. EPIC (talk) 02:28, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. It's a noticeable difference! already. Michael.C.Wright (talk) 00:06, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

IRC channel

Is the #wikimedia-checkuser channel on libera open to all, but invite-only? If so, can you invite me? I am registered as MichaelCWright on IRC. I don't have any immediate CU needs. This would be for future requests. Thank you in advance. Michael.C.Wright (talk) 16:12, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, the #wikimedia-checkuser channel is invite-only, but as that channel is intended for private discussions between CUs, and not for CU requests, only those with CheckUser access can get invited. EPIC (talk) 16:17, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Ahh, okay. I'll ask that en.wn update their info. Do you know of a channel that is available for such requests? Was it open in the past and changed maybe? Michael.C.Wright (talk) 18:39, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

Disregard. I misread the local policy at en.wn. Michael.C.Wright (talk) 19:01, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

You could perhaps try one of Wikinews' IRC channels (see IRC/Channels, there are many Wikinews related channels in the list so at least one of them should be fitting). But, we generally do not perform checks on wikis with local CUs, so to begin with, leave a notice on the CheckUsers' talk pages (and perhaps poke them through email at the same time). Please also note that it can't be publicly declared whether an IP has been used by an account, and you need to provide at least one other account to check with, otherwise it will be "fishing". EPIC (talk) 19:02, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

The Special Barnstar

		The Special Barnstar
		Hi EPIC, Just wanted to drop by and say thanks so much for your swift action dealing with those trolls, I probably shouldn't use Meta for a local thing but I have always found Meta to be extremely efficient and quick (and I love your no-bs approach :)), Thanks again EPIC, your help and swift actions are very much greatly appreciated, Warm Regards, –Davey2010Talk 18:32, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for your words! I am happy that my work is appreciated :) EPIC (talk) 18:33, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, You're very welcome, Your work is always greatly appreciated :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 18:47, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

2600:3C01::/64

Hi EPIC. I thought I'd let you know that I've disabled this global block, locally on enwiki, due to the collateral (as seen in the global block log). It's a longstanding situation and I think the /96 is usually the relevant part. Let me know if there's an issue. Might want to keep an eye out for global collateral problems. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:17, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Zzuuzz, no problem. If I remember correctly I blocked it when I was taking care of some LTA accounts, but if the block would cause collateral damage, I would be happy to set it to anononly as well :) EPIC (talk) 12:30, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

I think you'll probably want anon-only at most, though anon editing is not generally a problem (we also have it anonblocked). Also consider /96 subranges at Linode. Over at en:WP:SIP it says there's only one IP in the range used by Wikiedu, but I haven't checked how accurate that is. I don't have any idea about global activity, but on enwiki Wikiedu puts hundreds of accounts through their Linode range in an average week. I think they're all logged in, but I think there's also a lot of account creation (I'd have to double check). I should mention when I say this that I happen to be familiar with the LTA that I think you're talking about (if so, they have a cuwiki page). It's one of those things we've learned to deal with, and in the grand scheme of things isn't overwhelming.. That's what I know, so I leave it up to you. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 13:14, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Well, I was not aware of the collateral when I blocked the range, but I'm also not the most experienced when it comes to Linode or rangeblocks of IPv6 in general (and usually haven't blocked IPv6 ranges smaller than /64). I think you are thinking about the same LTA (to be precise it was this one: revid link), but I've also not approached them too much and was not aware of the CU wiki page. I'll take a look at it, and also going ahead and setting the gblock to anononly in case of any collateral damage. EPIC (talk) 13:39, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

SRG abuse filter

Hi, the abuse filter prevents me from writing "GRP" on SRG and says to use IRC instead. Instead I was using the person's actual name. Is this really necessary? You are responding to these reports almost immediately, so could this abuse filter be removed? Kk.urban (talk) 18:02, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, it was not me who created that filter in the first place, but if I'm not mistaken, the reason for the filter in the first place is because the LTA in question IP hops and usually doesn't stay on the same IP for long before moving on to the next. Now, I'm at SRG quite frequently and can usually quickly handle them anyway if they are recent, but if we imagine the scenario that there would be no steward available to assist at SRG, it would instead leave the stewards with a big batch of reports for stale IPs for them to handle. That is what we want to avoid, and that is why we primarily want GRP reports to be submitted to IRC instead.

So, that is the reason why the filter exists, if I'm not mistaken. Like I mentioned, I didn't create the filter, and if you want to discuss removing it, I suggest taking that with the creator of that filter, AmandaNP. However, I'm not too sure Amanda would be very willing to remove it either, given that she created it for a reason. EPIC (talk) 18:10, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Kk.urban: While EPIC is responding to them immediately - this is the work of an overactive steward at the start, that usually calms after a few months. It's not usually a sustainable level. The problem is, even within 10-20 minutes, the IPs are abandoned, and a new one is obtained. People have told me "oh he will come back on it", which I haven't seen in at least 6 months of looking. Given these are P2P proxies, that means that anyone else on that IP will be affected by colleterial for the block period, while we actually aren't blocking GRP because he moves on after a few minutes to a new IP. In my opinion, we are still currently overblocking GRP, and we are feeding the trolls in doing it. So evading the filter makes no sense to me and is frustrating to see.

That said, EPIC is correct about the number of reports that would sit on SRG. Should EPIC ever have a medical situation, life change, be on vacation or be occupied for any period of time, we'd be foobarred by this reporting. Last year, we were over the template transclusion limit on the page it was that bad. That is why one of my points in the election was steward sustainability. So no, it's not good that these are reported to SRG for those reasons. -- Amanda (she/her) 23:13, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@AmandaNP I see your point somewhat. However, are you saying that it's actually bad to block this user's IPs? Because if it's not done immediately, it's not done at all. I have seen dozens of reverts from a single IP address from GRP. Kk.urban (talk) 01:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

If he's going to insanity (10+ reverts required in 10 minutes or so) then I can definitely see the point in blocking - though for a maximum of 3 hours. If it's 3 edits and it's all in 10 minutes, yes, it does more potential harm than good. I am not saying you are reporting all the ones with few edits, thats just the majority i've personally seen at SRG. I'm happy for us to handle the mass editing after we get to that point - just not preempt it. -- Amanda (she/her) 01:47, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

strange notification on wikilokal

hello sir sorry for bothering you, can you help check a page on wikilokal which is showing a strange notification which is thought to be a hacking action [11] I've tried to contact the interface administrator but he's probably busy. I captured the picture here [12] 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 09:31, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm seeing the notice on the mobile site too, however, I have no idea what it is. EPIC (talk) 09:35, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Is this an Android-only thing? I'm not getting it on my end. --SHB2000 (t • c) 09:41, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Well, I use iOS and saw the notice when I opened the idwiki page linked above and switched to mobile view in Safari, but I didn't see it again. EPIC (talk) 09:43, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Strange – normally, if I saw that, my mind defaults to "remnants of a vandal", but I can't see that being the case here. --SHB2000 (t • c) 09:46, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Those are insulting sentences and words, of course they shouldn't be on the wiki. what's the way out? 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 11:50, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

It seems to have to do with this page (where the same notice is showing), so I think it just might be something transcluding it on the "Pengurus" page. EPIC (talk) 12:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@SHB2000 try on this page [13] 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 11:48, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't see that message on that page. --SHB2000 (t • c) 12:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@SHB2000 there is a delay of a few seconds/minutes, try waiting 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 12:03, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@RamzyM (WMF),Bennylin Mohon maaf sebelumnya dan mohon izin untuk memanggil disini untuk menyelesaikan permasalahan. ini mengenai idwiki ada notif yang tidak pantas dan saya tidak tau sumbernya. Terima kasih 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 12:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Once again, it rather seems to have to do with a notice on this page. It seems to have been transcluded for some reason, but it's likely caused by that. EPIC (talk) 12:09, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Oh yes, same, I will try to contact the person concerned. Thank 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 12:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Done problem solved. Thanks a lot. 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 15:39, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Spambots

Hi, as you know, the usernames of spambots usually follow a certain pattern. Is it okay to report to SRG just because of the usernames. For example, I am almost sure that Special:CentralAuth/Simonmohing0072458 is a spambot because of the username alone. Seawolf35 (talk) 18:29, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

And thanks for all the quick responses! Seawolf35 (talk) 18:30, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Well, the best thing to do is that if unsure, it's best to check the filter log and/or spam blacklist log beforehand, to see if any there have been any spambot-like activities from the account. I'm not sure that's a spambot - they usually have the first letter of the last name in uppercase, and there is nothing in the logs from that account. The most typical spambot pattern is registering at small wikis with "NameLastname" (and maybe a number after that too) as the username pattern, and then trying to create the classic NTSAMR user page (which, if not published, is logged in the filter log or spam blacklist log). And if it's still unsure, LWCU can be of help, but given that the account doesn't really look like the usual spambot pattern I'm not sure about locking it. EPIC (talk) 18:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Seawolf35 (talk) 19:08, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Complicated thing

I ask for opinions and help regarding this problem. So I was trusted to be one of the management selection committee at IDwiki [14]. It was going well until there was a fairly complicated problem. my colleagues resigned [15] this was quite complicated where the committee only had 3 people left and the only one who was quite active was me. an examiner is also less active and an administrator is also in the running to become an examiner. [16] Meanwhile, the election must continue because it has been agreed on the schedule, etc. previously at (warungkopi). I am quite overwhelmed and limited regarding this where there are limitations such as needing page protection and announcing info on protected pages. so if possible I ask for administrator rights, temporarily until the event is over, because there are many tasks that I need to do. Of course I know the policy regarding this tool. I don't want this event to be canceled because this includes the election of new administrators and checkuser too. I don't want to disappoint many people. so what do you think? 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 07:16, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, if I understand you correctly, you want to request temporary administrator rights during the elections in idwiki? If so, idwiki has local bureaucrats, so I would recommend asking one of them and see if they can grant you. EPIC (talk) 07:23, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

@EPICLocal amendments should not be possible yet, and there are no regulations regarding this matter. I don't mean to badmouth the performance of bureaucrats because that's a personal matter. where permission to grant rights (Pending Changes reviewer) requires quite a long time. Please understand the shortcomings of local wikis. 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 07:45, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

please help me in this urgent time. 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 07:46, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Well, once again, since idwiki has local bureaucrats, they are the users responsible for granting adminship there. So, please contact them since there isn't much stewards can do in this case. EPIC (talk) 07:48, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC usually bureaucrats rarely respond to sir, I believe you can help. because my reasons are grounded and can be justified I think until July 15 2024 is enough.

I looked at SRP This page is used to request that Administrators grant or revoke the access rights of Administrators, Bureaucrats, user reviewers, and supervisors on Wikimedia projects that do not have a local access rights request procedure. 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 08:14, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes, we are responsible for granting permissions on Wikimedia projects that do not have a local access rights request procedure. Idwiki does not fall under that category because they have local bureaucrats, in other words, a local procedure for granting rights. I will say this one more time - please contact them, given that most of them have edited in the last few weeks (and one of them was even active as recently as today), and that this isn't exactly uncontroversial, given that there is no local election. EPIC (talk) 08:32, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC okay fine i will find a way out. Thank you for your time. sorry i like to bother you. 🍃Zulf🍃^talk 12:09, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

No problem, but I hope you are able to resolve it in the end. EPIC (talk) 12:11, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi

can you please tell me where did my request go? Thanks. Zoglophie (talk) 11:48, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

I moved it to Steward requests/Global permissions, as you had posted your request at Steward requests/Global, which is meant for requesting global blocks and global locks, while your request seemed to regard requesting a global IP block exemption. EPIC (talk) 11:51, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Abusive username

Can you hide this user?

• name hidden (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • gblock • ST • lwcheckuser)

Because In our language "Pukimak" is a harsh word. Regards. :) Fazily (talk) 13:51, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Done, but also, note that these requests can be published at SRG for transparency. EPIC (talk) 13:55, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Alright, thank you. Fazily (talk) 13:57, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks from Lookruk

		Thanks for your work as a Steward
		Hello, EPIC. I'm sad to see you submit your resignation from Steward and all rights to another project. Actually being a steward isn't easy. It's difficult to get. Including collecting work from various projects and more, but I'm glad you were a steward. I know you have worked hard since you were elected. Thanks for considering the steward requests from me and from others. I understand your reasoning and hope you get through it. And we always welcome your return. Thanks you very much. --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 02:36, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the apprecation, and I'm happy the work I've done over the past few months has been of use. It was of course not easy, but, I have done a lot and gotten to know a bunch of good people, which I am thankful for. EPIC (talk) 02:49, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Solving script

Hi. I would like to offer you my script for closing reports instead of SRG.js. It has more features, it links to a section in the summary (which makes it easier, for example, for those looking in watchlist or RC) and it works the same as SRG.js but on several pages. You can also test it in the sandbox by configuring it for yourself as given to see if you want to use it. I'll be happy to help if you need anything. AramilFeraxa (Talk) 12:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the information - I will take a look at it soon. EPIC (talk) 12:52, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Steward's Barnstar

Thank you for all the incredible steward work, I have been highly impressed with the way that you quickly handle reports on SRG and have removed the backlog that was previously present for multiple months. While I'm glad to see that you've chosen to stick around as a steward, if there ever is a time where real-life issues get so prevalent that they feel the need to make you have to step back for a while, then, as M7 put it, I will second any decision that you make, as what's best for you is what matters the most. All the best, ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 20:45, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your appreciation, and I am glad that my work is still valued. I do indeed feel quite a bit better than I did a few days ago, but I will take a break when I feel like I need it (which is yet to see when that happens, but I hope to be able to stay active for some time). But, once again, thanks a lot :D EPIC (talk) 20:53, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

You're very welcome, and of course it's still valued, you do a wonderful job with quickly handling requests, while also taking the sufficient time to evaluate more complicated requests. Of course, absolutely take a break when you feel like you need to, take care of yourself first. All-in-all though, you simply are, as the name suggests, an EPIC steward. ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 21:13, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I will, and thank you once again :) EPIC (talk) 21:28, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

You're very welcome again! ChrisWx 🌀 (talk - contribs) 21:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Wow, I'm glad you won't leave. Keep working happily. --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 09:51, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the appreciation :) EPIC (talk) 09:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Item to check

Hi EPIC, please check on this. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:34, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Thanks - I responded in the UTRS appeal. EPIC (talk) 10:54, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I actioned that. — xaosflux ^Talk 11:12, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Persian wikivoyage

hello. The situation in persian wikivoyage is really bad. The project's only admin (User:AFlorence) hasn't been active in project since 2021. Because of that no new access like rollback, autopatrol, patroller, etc has given to new members. In addition there are dozens of pages that nominates for speedy deletion and somebody should delete them. AmSiDeAth (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, if the main problem is that there is a large amount of pages needing speedy deletion, you could consider leaving a request at SRM or applying for adminship on the project. EPIC (talk) 17:59, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

thank you. AmSiDeAth (talk) 18:03, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Impossible deletion

I saw that you tried to delete this page, but it didn't work. I managed it, but I had to use the API interface because I couldn't do it directly either. Weird MediaWiki stuff. ━ Albertoleoncio Who, me? 22:17, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Johannes had brought it up in the stew channel earlier and I suggested to try phab, but glad that won't be needed then :) EPIC (talk) 04:39, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikidata block

Can you tell me why I have been blocked on wikidata? The reason given was long term abuse, I don't know what I've done to cause being blocked?

This is the message I get:

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by ‪EPIC‬. The reason given is Long-term abuse. Start of block: 09:47, 20 May 2024 Expiry of block: 09:47, 20 June 2024 Your current IP address is 1.146.43.2. The blocked range is 1.146.32.0/20.

Thanks Mhaining89 (talk) 08:21, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

The block was not directed towards you but another user. I am trying setting the block to anononly instead. Are you able to edit now? EPIC (talk) 08:25, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, yes I can edit now. Is there any way to prevent this happening again? It seems to happen periodically. Mhaining89 (talk) 00:09, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I don't think there is much more to do about it now, the block is now changed and no further action is needed. If it becomes more of a problem in the future you can consider applying for a global IP block exempt or a local IP block exempt at Wikidata. EPIC (talk) 01:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Cross-wiki LTA again

• 180.242.68.0/22 xwiki-contribs • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye He start to vandalise mswiki.

Fazily • 📩 10:44, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Wait, wrong IP Fazily • 📩 10:45, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

I blocked the 180.242.69.12 as that seems to be the address in that range that has been going on today. EPIC (talk) 10:47, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Well, thanks by the way. :) Fazily • 📩 10:48, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Removal of Permissions

I've contacted you before. We have a user at English WN (TUFKAAP) -- voted to have his sysop/admin. privs removed -- I am an Admin and Bureaucrat there. Can you take that action for us, please? Bddpaux (talk) 15:45, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: Hi, local bureaucrats on the English Wikinews are able to remove sysop rights. Have you tried contacting one of them first? EPIC (talk) 15:50, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Did you realise that @Bddpaux: is a bureaucrat himself - so he can remove it yourself via wikinews:Special:UserRights. Leaderboard (talk) 17:28, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

@Leaderboard: Bddpaux is actually not a bureaucrat at enwikinews anymore - they resigned that role in October last year [17]. That is why I directed them to one of the other three bureaucrats. EPIC (talk) 17:30, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Oh apologies; he said above that he was. Leaderboard (talk) 18:26, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Actually: You're right! I most certainly did! Brain cramp! How can I get Bureaucrat back?--Bddpaux (talk) 19:41, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: Hi, I do not know if this applies to the English Wikinews, but some wikis have a system where if you resigned your user rights uncontroversially and in good standing, you can request your rights back. If this is not the case at enwikinews, what you will have to do is submit a new candidacy for bureaucratship. EPIC (talk) 20:24, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Right. Yes. Problem is: Our 3 'crats are pretty much in the wind at present. That is the sticky wicket. I am trying to put some kind of infrastructure back together again, if possible. I have been voted to become a CU (as we are hurting for CU's)... but I think I should get 'crat back and then worry about CU. See? And, for the record: there was no controversy -- I just retired, and now am trying to UNretire. So: Can you turn on a switch or two?--Bddpaux (talk) 22:44, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

@Bddpaux: Well, I also noted their inactivity, but to begin with, you should try contacting them. For example, Gryllida edited globally a little over a month ago, so that might be a hope. In the case a new bureaucrat candidacy will still be required, we would also leave that to local bureaucrats first, but it can be processed by us in the case that the local bureaucrats do not respond, as long as it meets the general voting criteria. So, yes, try to reach the crats first (and perhaps also send an email notification about it to one of them, which a lot of the time does give a quicker response time even if they are less active). EPIC (talk) 01:02, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Check User at English WN

So: Can you take action on my CU nomination, please? Hopefully, my 'Crat nomination will move quickly.--Bddpaux (talk) 21:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi again! Well, as per the global CheckUser policy, the vote will need to reach at least 25 votes for us to be able to action on it (which can be a bit difficult, but, sadly, it is the policy). EPIC (talk) 21:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

For the love of Holy God -- there aren't 25 people within 700 miles of English WN on a yearly basis who would even comprehend voting! Again: Our are pretty much COMPLETELY in the wind. There has to be some kind of work around. 25 is ABSURD for a project our size.--Bddpaux (talk) 15:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

The policy has a high requirement since it's a sensitive right (and the same requirement is mentioned in the local policy for appointing CUs), but I too agree that 25 votes can be somewhat too high (which is why multiple wikis have had trouble being able to appoint local CUs :/). However, the two CU candidates in 2021 did manage to get 25 votes, so it's not completely hopeless either, and it might be easier now that it is in the sitenotice (and advertised at the water cooler too, I assume). EPIC (talk) 15:14, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Reasons

So, you are comfortably aware of the kerfuffle at English Wikinews. My words have absolutely been an incendiary component within that whole mess, no doubt. I am passionate about Citizen journalism and have given many years to that project. I've done some notable soul searching over the past 18 hours or so. This week, I've been accused of all manner on non-sensical stuff (novel news to me), including various forms of weirdness about some of my edit summaries (I write the most boring edit summaries to be found anywhere, when I actually write them); it is a sizable bunch of oddness. Since about December 1st, the vandalism at that project has been an exhausting tsunami (you may've worked some magic recently to help out with that, not sure) and have sought to encourage and maybe develop some reporters/Reviewers when/if/where I could. This has impacted my mood as far as interacting with others, and I suspect maybe even my blood pressure: that is utter madness for a volunteer wiki. I acted a bit too quickly on an RfP -- I did. Things could've been worked on/tweaked, but my action was utterly overruled. It takes hardly a light wind to run people away from that project, and I got a little too excited that someone wanted to hang out for longer that 2 hours.
A little time and a little distance can often be good medicine. I talk about how much I value Citizen journalism. My behavior needs to show that, or else I'm just a cheap hypocrite. There are some people there who show up, pot stir a wee bit, behave in an oppositional manner and then aren't seen again for 3 weeks. All these things lumped together, lead me to this: You guys huddle up(heck, you're a Steward -- you are essentially Darth Vader around here), and do whatever it is you deem appropriate. My current RfP's? Whatevs. Do as thou wilt. User George Ho has literally launched a counter-campaign on those -- I mean burning the midnight oil to work against me(I'm telling you: that dude breaks more than he fixes). I'm not retiring. I'm not quitting. I'm not vanishing. But: I am entering a period of self-exile. To that end:
*Between this moment, and the end of December, I may offer about 40 key strokes over there (aggregate) -- but no more. I need some distance to figure out where I am and where that project will land.
*During that time, as an Administrator, I might zap a few 'speedy delete' articles, but no other actions whatsoever. For 52 weeks from today, I will not push a single button (comments or otherwise) for one single RfP -- not a single one -- those will be a no-fly zone for me.
*For the remainder of this year, I will not offer a single word (vote, comment or otherwise) about policies, or attempt to bring in old users or anything like that; over here OR over there. I received some bizarre and strange criticisms in that department, let me tell you.
My mentoring as a new Administrator (quite some time back) spanned about 10 seconds. Generally, my interest in 'Crat or CU is just simply because they are so darned difficult to find over there -- nothing more. During my exile, people there can call me a vegetarian pirate and I will not respond. That is unusual for me. Generally I do NOT lie down when people disparage my words or actions -- and 2 users there have sprained their ankles this week to do that very thing: and I didn't leave it untouched. -- but I will for the rest of this year.
If you want to comment here -- please do so! I won't say anything ugly to you -- I won't. Heck, you're probably one of the most innocent parties involved in this! Thanks for your time. I'll see you down the road.--Bddpaux (talk) 15:28, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi again - I did note what happened but I don't know this whole story. That is why I did not change my vote, but rather that I needed more time to think about it. EPIC (talk) 15:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

It is critical that I dont paint myself as an angel —- I wasn’t. But this has proven to me that, at WMF projects, one can be “mean and bad”, without being “wrong”. User George Ho is, with surgical precision, engaged in a counter campaign against my RfP’s. He tosses words like ‘civility’ around, while strolling about with 2 gallons of gasoline and a blowtorch. He most probably isn’t violating policy per se, but he has destruction in his eyes, I promise. I mean: I would bet he is the kind of guy who brings a handful of darts to a hanging. I see what defense lawyers mean when they use the term, “charge stacking”. It is largely wicked when one considers how little he HAS EVER DONE to push a broom or a mop around that project. The egalatarianism at WMF projects doubles as poison. It is demoralizing at a basic level.—Bddpaux (talk) 21:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Retired user

Hi, I'm from Portuguese Wiki, and don't speak English...

Please, insert the {{Retired}} in user:Lcarsdata? Since 2009 this user don't edit, but informe he's "Commons administrator"...

Tks André Koehne (talk) 14:19, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi - most of the time we leave placing retirement templates to the users themselves, if they want to make it clear they have retired. EPIC (talk) 14:21, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

I need help

I responded on Wikipedia Tiếng Việt but was banned, maybe by mistake. Please help me. Henrydat (talk) 14:37, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi - stewards do not have any special authority in other projects, and what would be the best thing would be to contact the administrators at viwiki about the issue. EPIC (talk) 14:39, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi EPIC

You locked global the User:AdmiralDonSchneider with the notice "Cross-wiki abuse: CommanderInDubio". Do you have please any concrete facts? In the German CU have been made some wrong conclusions, they write there "probably". "Probably" is no reason to ban or lock. By the way the user has no edits. As a bureaucrat on sourceswiki and formerly admin in some more projects I know the matter a bit. Cheers. Answer pls here or at sourceswiki. -jkb- 20:30, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi -jkb-, I locked AdmiralDonSchneider and DerWizzard after CommanderInDubio was locked, based on the CU results at dewiki which had indicated that both accounts were likely operated by CID. I had not seen any concerns about the results possibly being incorrect when I had locked, but in the case scenario they are not related I wouldn't have any problems with unlocking them. EPIC (talk) 20:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

There are no „wrong conclusions“ and they didn't write „probably“. They are certain (as certain as CU can be) that AdmiralDonSchneider and DerWizzard are related to each other. And they say it's "very likely" (not just „probable“) these accounts are sockpuppets of CID, based on the technical evidence, the abusive mails (which have been turned over to stewards as well) and the editing behaviour of DerWizzard, all of which leads to no other likely explanation rather than them being sockpuppets of CID. There is extensive documentation regarding the technical evidence on CU wiki, which dewiki CU and stewards have looked at.

And regarding AdmiralDonSchneider having no edits: The account was involved in an abusive mail + crosswiki sock puppetry and has already been blocked at dewiki -> more than enough reason for global locking. Johannnes89 (talk) 21:11, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi Johannnes89, I didn't ask you anything. -jkb- 21:15, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

As the responsible check user I can confirm that Johannes' remarks are correct. - Squasher (talk) 21:33, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi -jkb-, I'm a bit confused as to why you're standing up for CID here after he put you on CC in his harassing mails and you actually know exactly why the lock is appropriate here. --Icodense (talk) 22:03, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello

Good day, can I patrol epic ota, thank you in advance. @EPIC Selamiben (talk) 15:21, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Huh, what do you mean? EPIC (talk) 15:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Autopatrollers I meant it @EPIC Selamiben (talk) 15:25, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

It's still not too clear to me what you want to say. I assume you are requesting autopatrol rights? For the most part they are not given on request but rather mostly sua sponte by administrators. However, you can still try making a request at Meta:RfH. EPIC (talk) 15:37, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I request auto patrol, I made a request on the page. @EPIC Selamiben (talk) 15:48, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

@Selamiben: autopatroller only affects your ability to edit in a very marginal way and not in the way you probably think. What's your specific reason for requesting autopatroller rights? --SHB2000 (t • c) 12:43, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't have any special reason @SHB2000 Selamiben (talk) 12:48, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Welp, you've explained for yourself why that request on RfH was declined. SHB2000 (t • c) 12:55, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

MidAtlanticBaby

Hey Epic, you blocked one of their socks, globally--I don't know if you're a CU, but it is probably a good idea to hardblock their IPv6 /64 range. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 15:23, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, indeed I have CU at loginwiki but unfortunately most accounts I found were already staled there (they had used old sleepers). However I had gblocked one of the /64 ranges they used, which I assume is the same range that you are referring to here. EPIC (talk) 15:35, 19 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey EPIC--this guy showed up again, but through the French wiki: User:IEditArticlesAboutMusic. I can't tell if your global block of that range was a hardblock--maybe they used a different IP? There was one regular IP in the list I saw, so maybe they do get out of the house sometimes. Would you mind having a look again? Thanks! Drmies (talk) 16:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Never mind--I see you already blocked a range. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 16:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

No problem. It was a softblock, yes (since it was a big range), but it expired today. Reblocked it and locked another sock I just found. EPIC (talk) 16:51, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Help

Hello, I applied for the Epic Global Blocking Exemption. Can you review? I can't edit this. Selamiben (talk) 11:19, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Your request will be soon be reviewed by a steward. EPIC (talk) 11:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

I don’t really know why my IP adress was blocked

Hello I am writing this because recently, when I wanted to see if I can edit articles, I noticed that I am globally IP blocked to 2025 for something called “Long-term abuse” (don’t really know what this means). Maybe I actually did something wrong, I don’t say I’m holy but the notification didn’t show me what did I write or what page did I edit that I’ve got banned. I just don’t know for what actual reason I am blocked. I just want to know that’s it. I really hope that You will reply to my question, thanks for taking time and reading this! MrPenguinzzz (talk) 15:40, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I don't know what IP or range you are editing from. In either case, please email us at stewardswikimediaorg with more information and we will assist you. EPIC (talk) 15:42, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thank you! MrPenguinzzz (talk) 17:43, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

FYI: ticket:2024062010009273 (currently pending customer). — xaosflux ^Talk 18:22, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

w:User_talk:POSSUM_chowg#June_2024

You may be interested in that discussion about your "unlock under ONESTRIKE". Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 01:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Anyway, shouldn't you consider Steward_requests/Global#Global_lock_for_Genggi_Tetomu to be re-opened? There are potentially new evidences to support my "lock evasion" claim. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 11:44, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I've taken a second look, but I'm still not entirely sure whether this actually indicates lock evasion. EPIC (talk) 12:54, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Again EPIC if my sock is locked can I contribute using my main account Exphainet? The policy is not clear at all. 14.170.194.78 14:47, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Nope - if your account is locked you simply have to appeal by emailing us at stewards-appealswikimediaorg. Using another account to circumvent the lock is lock evasion. EPIC (talk) 14:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

aihi

Sorry, I added two while you were confirming :) --Mtarch11 (talk) 05:36, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks and no problem, just locked those as well. EPIC (talk) 05:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

I need help

Hello, @EPIC I am trying to apply for VRT but I cannot submit the application. Can you help me? Ben Selami 🌍🇹🇷 Vay canına 18:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

I would say it is still a bit too early, but when you want to try you will need to follow the instructions at Volunteer Response Team/Volunteering. EPIC (talk) 18:46, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

I can't post it here, I completed everything but it can't be posted. Ben Selami 🌍🇹🇷 Vay canına 18:48, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't know what the error was so I can't really help you, but like I mentioned I would still advise you to wait. EPIC (talk) 19:01, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Reply button

The reply suddenly disappeared and I need to manually source edit to reply. Could you please help me?--Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:13, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Might have just been a regular glitch perhaps? But I don't know what to help you with if the reply was already posted. EPIC (talk) 12:18, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

No problem, an admin helped me. Thanks anyway Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:34, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Global lock for Assifbus

Hello, EPIC, User:Assifbus was blocked by the sysop of Chinese Wikipedia, Chinese Wikinews as well as English Wikipedia due to long-term abuse, would you please lock the account? I am a new user(not autopatrolled) in Meta Wiki and don't really know how to submit a request, thank you!--Allervous（Talk） 08:04, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

I would generally say that TwinkleGlobal is the best to use for reporting to SRG, although regarding the specific user you are mentioning, given what has already been said on the last SRG requests for the same user I would recommend opening a request for a global ban instead. EPIC (talk) 09:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Special:AbuseFilter/345

This filter seems to have some false positives. Can you address this issue? Thanks. —MdsShakil (talk) 12:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Any help is always appreciated, this likely happened to a temporary measure of mine since this situation had been going overboard recently. It seems like they have mostly moved their bother to Discord instead, so I will go ahead and re-edit the filter shortly. EPIC (talk) 12:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

ChanComThemPho

After some investigation, I believe that - is ChanComThemPho's main IP range. You should do some checkuser on the IP range to catch sleeper accounts. I've blocked hundreds of his socks over many years. Thanks! Nguyentrongphu (talk) 00:52, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, just did, and locked the accounts where the UA matched since it's a big range. EPIC (talk) 01:01, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

What does UA stand for? Thanks! Nguyentrongphu (talk) 04:05, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh, sorry for being a little unclear, UA means user agent. EPIC (talk) 04:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Reminder to vote now to ratify the Wikimedia Movement Charter

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You are receiving this message because you previously voted in the 2021 Movement Charter Drafting Committee (MCDC) election.

This is a reminder that if you have not voted yet on the ratification of the final Wikimedia Movement Charter draft, please do so by July 9, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.

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Your RfCU

Hello EPIC, your RfCU has been closed successful, welcome to the checkuser team. Processing of your access has been requested at at SRP. — xaosflux ^Talk 10:48, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for all the support, I hope to do my best! Assuming no further complimentary accesses are to be handled (since I'm already subscribed to checkuser-l). EPIC (talk) 10:53, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

That should be it, we don't have a local VRT queue or mailing list. You should watchlist Meta:Requests for CheckUser information (which is very low volume), and if you don't already you may want to patrol Category:Requests for unblock. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 11:03, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, going ahead and adding that one to the watchlist. EPIC (talk) 11:27, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Global blocking request

Hello, because the Steward requests/Global page is protected, I could not submit my request there, so I entered the conversation directly with you. Please globally block the following accounts that are user socks "S-M-T-AA (talk · contribs)". These accounts have been identified and closed in Persian Wikipedia.

• Haft Sabz (talk · contribs)
• Linclinc7373 (talk · contribs)

CaesarIran (talk) 11:18, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Done for Haft Sabz, pending with Linclinc7373 since that one doesn't seem to be blocked at fawiki. Note that you can place requests for global lock on Talk:Steward requests/Global, which will then be moved to Steward requests/Global. EPIC (talk) 11:41, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Please check your e-mail

Thank you very much for your attention. MathXplore (talk) 13:55, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, checked and replied. EPIC (talk) 13:58, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

I have sent one more e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you. MathXplore (talk) 07:56, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, also replied and handled. EPIC (talk) 08:00, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Potential Sock of Jefferyhhh

Hello EPIC,

Local user Jefferyqqq has recently submitted an unblock request. Some users have pointed out that their username is very similar to Jefferyhhh and Jefferymmm, both of which you have locked. Please perform a check if possible to determine the relationship between Jefferyhhh and the two users listed prior. As a local SPI clerk and admin, I recognize that this request is a bit informal, but I still think it deserves to be looked after. $\int$（☎） 22:13, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I will look into it in a while. EPIC (talk) 22:14, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

@ATannedBurger: Just took a look through LWCU and they are  Confirmed to the two others, along with multiple sleepers. All related accounts locked, and the unblock request can be declined. EPIC (talk) 22:41, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Dölja

Hej EPIC, hoppas allt är bra. Skulle du kunna dölja posten från den 2 januari 2024 i våran missbrukslogg här? https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Missbrukslogg&wpSearchFilter=123 Estrellato (talk) 19:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

@Estrellato: Tack för att du informerade. Steward policy tillåter mig inte att utföra detta på min hemwiki förutom i nödsituationer, men jag fick tag i en oberoende steward på IRC som tagit hand om det. EPIC (talk) 20:07, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Tack. Noterar dock att det ligger en massa PII i loggen längre tid tillbaka. Jag är helt övertygad om att jag begärt OS på allt detta förut via IRC och att det utförts men det är som att det har dykt upp igen. Kanske finns någon teknisk förklaring till det. Jag funderade på ifall det gick att radera hela filtret (och därmed loggen) och återskapa samma filter som nytt, för att bli av med loggen, men jag vet inte hur man bär sig åt för det. Estrellato (talk) 20:21, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

@Estrellato: Att radera filtret raderar tyvärr inte loggarna, så stewards får kontaktas för att dölja loggposterna. En rimlig förklaring till att du kanske inbillat dig om att ha begärt censur är för att vad jag kan se har tidigare döljningar varit för filter 122 (där det mesta om inte allt PII har dolts), däremot verkar filter 123 ha missats. Givetvis kan det vara värt att begära censur på loggposterna i filter 123 också, antingen genom IRC eller genom att maila (till Special:EmailUser/Wikimedia Stewards (Oversight) eller till stewards-oversightwikimediaorg), e-post brukar däremot föredras för större förfrågningar. EPIC (talk) 20:40, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Så är det givetvis. Tack. Jag har mailat. Estrellato (talk) 20:55, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Engelleme gerekçesi

Merhaba EPIC, IP adresimin 1 aylık süre ile "uzun süreli istismar" gerekçesiyle tarafınızdan engellendiğini öğrendim. Şu anda Wikipedia sayfalarında hiçbir değişiklik ve katkı yapamıyorum. 87 günlük serim bozuldu diyebilirim. Engellleme gerekçesi ile ilgili bugüne kadar hiçbir uyarı gelmedi ve nedenini gerçekten anlayabilmiş değilim. Eksiğim ve hatam ne ise, bilmek isterim. Bu konuda geri dönüş yaparsanız sevinirim. İyi çalışmalar. Cemil Yaşar (talk) 23:53, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Excuse me for not being able to respond in the correct language. Since I do not know what IP you are using, could you please email us at stewardswikimediaorg with the relevant information? Then we will be able to assist you. EPIC (talk) 00:01, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Teşekkür ediyorum. Şimdi gönderdim. Cemil Yaşar (talk) 00:07, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Steward requests/Permissions

I send u a message on the topic Bernardo Botto@pt.wikivoyage, requesting a review of the decision. Bernardo Botto (talk) 18:06, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I responded there. EPIC (talk) 18:25, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

active steward

sir your enthusiastic contributions piqued my attention. and i really want to thank you for the effort that you're showing. 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 23:48, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm glad to hear that (and I'm glad I could be of use)! EPIC (talk) 02:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Request for Unblock surahalmulk

Dear Wikipedia administrator EPIC,

I am writing to request the unblocking of my account "surahalmulk," which was blocked for "cross-wiki spam," and also my website link, "surahalmulk.net." I assure you that any actions interpreted as spam were unintentional, and I am committed to adhering to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I value my ability to contribute to Wikipedia and understand the importance of maintaining the integrity of the project. If there were specific edits or actions that led to this block, I would appreciate more information so that I can address these issues directly and avoid similar mistakes in the future. I am willing to take any necessary steps to demonstrate my commitment to constructive editing, including: Reviewing and following Wikipedia's policies on cross-wiki editing Limiting my edits to areas where I have specific knowledge or expertise Engaging in discussion on talk pages before making significant changes Participating in any required training or mentorship programs I assure you that, if unblocked, I will be more careful in my editing practices and will strive to make valuable contributions to the encyclopedia. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to the opportunity to resume editing and collaborating with the Wikipedia community.

Here is the reason, in my opinion: When I created my first page on the Wikipedia page, "Surah Al-Mulk," me and my other partner added content and a link to the original website, surahalmulk.net. Everything was OK. But after one month, a user named Malikhammad—I don't know who this is. This guy massaged me on my talk page and said, Give me your account; I will paste your link on every wiki page related to Surah Mulk. Then I said, "Okay, it can help other users read in-depth content who are interested. But I don't know that this guy just passed a link to every wiki without any content or information. Then, I said to this malikhammad, Give me my account. They said no; I will give you your account when you give me money. Then I created another account. After creating an account, I see that the user is blocked, as is my website link. Then, I take time to think about what to ask the wiki admin. That's the truth about why an account is banned. My request is to unblock my account and link. If you think that the account is not able to unblock then please unblock the link. Once Again Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, surahalmulk Hammadbhipro1 (talk) 07:26, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi - happy to hear that you don't plan on repeating what led to your account being locked, but unfortunately, this is not the way to appeal. If you want to appeal your lock, please email us through stewards-appealswikimediaorg with an appeal and it will be handled in a timely manner. Creating a new account after your first one was locked is lock evasion, which is equally lockable, so please don't do so - I will therefore also lock this account, at least until your main account is unlocked. EPIC (talk) 07:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I have send a 50 + email but no one replay me. every day i write a new appeal and send, but no one help me, i have write a request to so many admin, but no one helping me. 154.80.105.14 03:43, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Your request will be handled once there is time. We get a lot of lock appeals, thus why it can take time. EPIC (talk) 06:32, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Finally, a person responded to my email and asked me 5 important questions. I have answered it, finally. Now I'm waiting for their response. Thank you 154.81.247.103 04:16, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of my page

Hey!

I recently published a page Grace Charis https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grace_Charis it says you deleted it. I am not sure why, can you help me and restore it? Everything on there is true and owned by me. Thanks. Gracecharis (talk) 23:39, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi, like I noted on your talk page the page was deleted because it was out of scope for this wiki. See Meta:Scope for more information; this wiki does not host original encyclopedic content, and that is the scope of Wikipedia. EPIC (talk) 23:45, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Possibly hoax across project involving a "Joseph Williams"

Hi EPIC! I'm an editor primarily working on English Wikipedia, and I'm unfamiliar with the procedures for handling suspected hoaxes across multiple Wikimedia projects. I apologize if this isn't the most appropriate venue to raise this concern.

There appears to be a coordinated effort to create entries (likely a hoax or possibly just a non-notable person) about a "Joseph Williams" across various Wikimedia projects, including English Wikipedia. Recently, I reverted an article hijack attempt on the English Wikipedia for "Joseph Williams (music publisher)" (revision history: [18]), which appears to be part of this attack. The attempt originated from a new user ("Aka4627"), who changed a redirect into an article and used a false edit summary.

Further investigation reveals a corresponding Wikidata item (Q126122910) containing the same (likely fabricated) information. I noticed many of the edits on Wikidata pages seem to originate from group users that you globally blocked (potentially sock puppets) who only edit these related pages. The Wikidata revision history shows user "Removevandasalim" for most of the recent edits perpetuating the hoax and has not yet been locked.

According to the Wikidata item, similar hoax articles appear to exist on other language Wikipedias.

I'm bringing this to your attention because it seems you've previously globally locked some of the users involved in this hoax attempt. Thanks! Wikipedialuva (talk) 05:34, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, this is an LTA, to be specific their name is Kashisaz. Another steward has locked the accounts in question. EPIC (talk) 07:12, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into it and letting me know! Wikipedialuva (talk) 10:47, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You are, indeed

——SerialNumber54129 09:02, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Well, I'm glad I can assist :) EPIC (talk) 09:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you

For the name change of my bot and dealing with the troll. Really appreciate it as always. Estrellato (talk) 12:04, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, not a problem :) EPIC (talk) 12:16, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Odd account creations

I am trying to understand the odd creation of my account at the Kiswahali Wikipedia as Ldm1954 on July 23rd. I am on the English wiki as Ldm1954 and have a reasonable number of edits so I am not at newbie, but do not know the inner workings. A beaurocrat on the Kiswahili wiki _Muddyb^Longa has given me admin right for 24 hours so I can look. I see that you recently did a block for abuse that might be similar, or not. At the moment all I can see is a large number of user creations similar to here which just say "created by machine" or "was created". In almost all cases these new accounts have zero edits, so many to most are spurious. Maybe you have more expertise to investigate; I will have a bit more of a look later. Ldm1954 (talk) 13:41, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Excuses but I don't really understand your question; what are you trying to ask? EPIC (talk) 13:46, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Can you look at the creation list I indicated "here" above and see who created those accounts. For at least one you did a global block recently. The question is why were they (mine is only one of 20 or more) created without permission. Ldm1954 (talk) 23:42, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Copy pate of content from above:You did a block for abuse that might be similar, or not. At the moment all I can see is a large number of user creations similar to here. Ldm1954 (talk) 23:44, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Ah, no, the lock in question was for an LTA who generally has a habit of registering at a lot of projects. They are likely unrelated to the other user creations at swwiki. EPIC (talk) 00:50, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

That account was one of those created at swwiki "by machine", the same as my account. I think there was more than one which was blocked/locked.

I dont know how to find out who/what created the accounts. It was at a minimum an unwarranted software glitch, at a max deliberate vandalism, sockpuppet or something. Ldm1954 (talk) 01:22, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Addendum. What has happened is that accounts/pages from Wikipedia have been copied to the swwiki, see sw:Mtumiaji:Muhammed amine benloulou, and similar on the list.

"What you see on this page was copied from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Muhammed_amine_benloulou"

Either someone released a bit on wikimedia to do this or on swwiki. Ldm1954 (talk) 08:14, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

What that means is that there is no local userpage, and therefore it shows the global userpage instead (the Meta userpage) if there is one. EPIC (talk) 08:24, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Spambots by username?

Hi, EPIC. I was wondering if an account with a spambot-like username registers on a project that spambots target, can they be reported?

For example, the user "Wyatt73P43944598" from cswikiversity. ClumsyOwlet (talk) 18:14, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

I would say the answer is sometimes. I do remember now, that I got a similar question not too long ago (User talk:EPIC/Archive 2024#Spambots), I think I could apply the same answer here as well. EPIC (talk) 18:19, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

(Regarding the specific account, looking at LWCU that does indeed look like a spambot, so I locked that one) EPIC (talk) 18:21, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

A quick question

Hello and Greetings, I am wondering if you could guide me in the right direction. Our wikipedia's logo text is very old and in an outdated font. I would like to change it. dv:wikipedia

-Glacious (talk) 22:57, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Judging by previous cases you would need to open a local discussion proposing a potential logo change - if there is consensus to change to the relevant logo you can create a Phabricator task to have it implemented. Superpes15 is likely more familiar with this than I am, but I think that this would be the way to go. EPIC (talk) 23:10, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

User talk:Maryam AlAkini

Why did you lock me globally even though my account is unified and knowing that I have no relationship with CW24 News? 154.236.143.130 16:20, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Because you were evading a lock, and having a unified account has nothing to do with that. If you would like to appeal then please feel free to do so either through emailing stewards-appealswikimediaorg or through UTRS. EPIC (talk) 16:24, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Help unblock account Globally

Hello @EPIC, I’m user @Madeforall1, I was blocked globally by a check user and you, please check my edits on Wikipedia and help review my account, I’m no longer a sock and I’ve checked and I don’t misuse my editing privileges, 5 years ago I was afflicted with an account through my colleagues but not anymore, help unlock my account so Atleast I can respond to messages on my user talk page. Thanks 105.113.8.90 19:44, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately you will have to appeal your lock, either through emailing us at stewards-appealswikimediaorg or through UTRS. EPIC (talk) 19:52, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Global block

Hi. I'm about: Steward_requests/Global/2024-w31#Global lock for HOMIEZAVR.
I wanted to clarify how to achieve global blocking of this user. Does my request not comply with the practice of global account blocking? Or in this case, will it be produced as part of the Threats of harm process? Thanks for the help.

Regards Bosogo (talk) 11:49, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

I forwarded it to the WMF who will evaluate it and take appropriate action. I'm not too experienced in dealing with cases like this, but since WMF has staff trained to deal with them, they will assist. See Threats of harm for more information. EPIC (talk) 11:57, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Question

Is it possible for a globally locked user, who acknowledges his mistakes, and declare the be willing to return to constructive contribution, to get unlocked? 37.161.179.243 12:05, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

It is. They are able to appeal their lock either by emailing us at stewards-appealswikimediaorg or submitting an appeal through UTRS. EPIC (talk) 12:09, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for your answer. 37.161.179.243 12:12, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Mở khóa địa chỉ IP của tài khoản Nuocda

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis.

The block was made by ‪EPIC‬. The reason given is Long-term abuse.

• Start of block: 17:16, ngày 26 tháng 7 năm 2024
• Expiry of block: 17:16, ngày 26 tháng 8 năm 2024

Your current IP address is 14.167.167.49. The blocked range is 14.167.167.0/24.

Xin hãy cung cấp tất cả các thông tin trên vào thư yêu cầu của bạn. Nếu bạn bị cấm do sự nhầm lẫn, bạn có thể xem thêm thông tin và hướng dẫn tại quy định toàn cục Không cho phép các proxy mở.

Để thảo luận về vụ cấm này, xin vui lòng yêu cầu kiểm tra lại tại Meta-Wiki. You could also send an email to the stewards VRT queue at stewards@wikimedia.org including all above details. 14.167.167.49 00:22, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Do địa chỉ IP ảnh hưởng nên tôi không sửa đổi và tạo trang được, vui lòng mở khóa cho tôi. 14.167.167.49 00:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

The IP range has been blocked due to abuse. I have however changed the block so that it is set to only affect logged out users, so you can register an account from a different IP range and use that account to edit from this IP range.

[Dịch máy] Dải IP đã bị chặn do lạm dụng. Tuy nhiên, tôi đã thay đổi khối để nó được đặt thành chỉ ảnh hưởng đến người dùng đã đăng xuất, vì vậy bạn có thể đăng ký tài khoản từ một dải IP khác và sử dụng tài khoản đó để chỉnh sửa từ dải IP này. EPIC (talk) 00:29, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Bạn có thể vui lòng liên lạc với Bảo quản viên địa phương giúp tôi được không? Vì tôi không liên lạc được. 14.167.167.49 02:15, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Bỏ cấm cho tôi

{{bỏ cấm-tự động|1=14.167.167.49|2=<nowiki>Bạn bị tự động cấm vì địa chỉ IP của bạn vừa rồi đã được “Sarah2123” sử dụng. Lý do đưa ra cho việc cấm Sarah2123 là ”Rối ”</nowiki>|3=‪Nguyentrongphu‬|4=121447}} Nuocda (talk) 00:56, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Do dùng chung địa chỉ IP nên bị ảnh hưởng, vui lòng bỏ cấm cho tôi. Nuocda (talk) 00:57, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately we have no authority to perform tasks in wikis where there are local administrators who are able to do it. Therefore, please ask the local administrators at viwiki for an exemption.

[Dịch máy] Thật không may, chúng tôi không có thẩm quyền thực hiện các nhiệm vụ trong wiki nơi có quản trị viên địa phương có thể thực hiện việc đó. Vì vậy, vui lòng yêu cầu các quản trị viên địa phương tại viwiki được miễn trừ. EPIC (talk) 01:02, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@ EPIC Bạn có thể vui lòng liên hệ với Người quản lý địa phương để giúp tôi được không? Vì tôi không liên lạc được. 14.167.167.49 02:16, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

You could make an unblock request on your talk page for a local administrator to notice.

[Dịch máy] Bạn có thể đưa ra yêu cầu bỏ chặn trên trang thảo luận của mình để quản trị viên địa phương thông báo. EPIC (talk) 02:29, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Nhưng tôi không thể chỉnh sửa trang thảo luận của mình, nó bị khóa rồi. Nuocda (talk) 02:32, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Your account is not blocked, have you tried editing vi:User talk:Nuocda while logged in?

[Dịch máy] Tài khoản của bạn không bị chặn, bạn đã thử chỉnh sửa vi:User talk:Nuocda khi đăng nhập chưa? EPIC (talk) 02:46, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Bỏ cấm cho tôi

Tôi không làm gì mà địa chỉ IP của tôi cũng bị cấm. Bỏ cấm cho tôi. 娜奥米 (talk) 02:53, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Địa chỉ IP của tôi là [redacted], tài khoản của tôi là 娜奥米 娜奥米 (talk) 02:56, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

The global block is only set to affect logged out users. Therefore, since you are editing from an account, you should be able to edit from your account using the IP range in question.

[Dịch máy] Khối toàn cầu chỉ được đặt để ảnh hưởng đến người dùng đã đăng xuất. Do đó, vì bạn đang chỉnh sửa từ một tài khoản nên bạn có thể chỉnh sửa từ tài khoản của mình bằng dải IP được đề cập. EPIC (talk) 03:00, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Don't feed the troll! This is LTA, ChanComThemPho. eunn · angustifolia 11:47, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

And I was not aware of that, thus why I assumed good faith and responded here. But OK, now locked. EPIC (talk) 11:50, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

Travels

Hi, hope you're having a great summer day. I just wanted to know if there is any equal template to sv:Mall:Bortrest that I could use for my Meta user page these 10 or so days I'll be gone? Estrellato (talk) 09:17, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello there! I think {{Vacation}} would be the equivalent here. EPIC (talk) 09:22, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Estrellato (talk) 10:57, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

Vandalism reverts

Hej, tack för hjälpen med återställningarna. Det verkar dock som åtminstone många av c:Special:Contribs/95.10.102.252 inte återställdes. Jag vet inte om det är fler redigeringar på andra wikier som inte heller blev återställda. Jonteemil (talk) 19:15, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Tack, nu borde allt som skulle återställas ha återställts där, med undantag för några redigeringar som var självåterställningar. Jag tror jag fick med det mesta annars. EPIC (talk) 19:27, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Hej igen! c:Special:Contribs/142.44.240.127 verkar göra samma sak, kan du återställa dess redigeringar också? Några har IP:n redan återställt själv manuellt men många redigeringar ligger kvar. Jonteemil (talk) 11:31, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Utfört EPIC (talk) 11:41, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

I got banned for no reason

I got banned from editing for no apparent reason as i havent edited in super long and it wasnt for malicious purposes, could i be unbanned? 82.132.235.177 14:17, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, the block on your IP range currently only affects logged out users (although the block may have been directed towards a different person than you). Therefore, if you create an account from a different unblocked range, you can use it to edit logged in from the range. EPIC (talk) 14:48, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Deletions

Hi! I noticed that you do many of the deletions I request on Global Sysops page. I always check the files before I request deletion. And I think that many of the files in scn:Catigurìa:Pruposti pi eliminazzioni lesta should be deleted (and many other files too) (unused and no license for example). But there are also some files there that I'm not sure about (put there by someone else long ago). So instead of just putting more files in there I would like to hear if you have any advice? Does "simple requests for deletion" mean files that we should only request deletions if we are sure about all the files in the category? And should I remove the files I'm not sure about or should I just go ahead and request a deletion and let the global sysop decide? I requested deletion of the NowCommons-files yesterday to reduce the number of files in the category so that helped a bit :-) --MGA73 (talk) 16:23, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi! As you say GSR is meant for requesting clear-cut/simple actions, so I would say it depends on the rationales for the speedy deletion requests. In the case of unused files with no license, the NowCommons stuff and other uncontroversial/clear deletions, I think they can go to GSR. In potentially controversial or unclear cases, at least in the case of scnwiki, I'd say to seek the opinion of one of the two local sysops (one of which is also a steward), for them to determine whether they should be deleted or not. Of course, this is not the case for all wikis (many of them do not have (active) local sysops), and in those cases such requests could best go to SRM. EPIC (talk) 16:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I will find a way to separate simple from perhaps not so simple cases. And if I ever list cases that could be controversial then I will make sure to write that in the request. It seems the local users are not really active (I wrote to them in May). On some wikis the admins do not wish to delete files because it would upset the community. So files I nominated for deletion 10 years ago are still not deleted. On some wikis it is the admins that upload the bad files. One day I might start a RfC about what to do (if anything) (as suggested on SRM). --MGA73 (talk) 07:21, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Jaimnk

Hello, you locked Jaimnk on July 24, however, nothing strange I found from that account, can you explain some about that? Lemonaka (talk) 18:41, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, the account was locked following an SRG report. See Steward_requests/Global/2024-w30#Global_lock_for_Jaimnk for more information. EPIC (talk) 18:46, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

This request seemed to be very strange to me, it looks like a common user instead of a vandal. And CP case may be forwarded to WMF Office instead of dealing by stewards. Can you check the deleted photo about whether it is correct? Lemonaka (talk) 08:45, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

It appeared to be correct as far as I remember, but Legal deleted it from the servers (our practice for dealing with CSAM is locking, suppressing if not already done, and informing WMF Legal to delete it entirely). I think they have appealed their lock and I believe Legal was informed about the appeal too, so it's continuing from there. EPIC (talk) 08:58, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Appeal for Unbanning of Account “alexio2727”

Hello,

I’m writing to request the unbanning of my account, “alexio2727.” I believe the ban was issued due to an incorrect association with abusive behavior. I want to clarify that I have not engaged in any disruptive activities, and I am not connected to the other accounts that seem to be linked to mine.

The block on my home IP has also affected my ability to contribute to Wikipedia, even though I have always acted in good faith. I kindly ask that my case be reconsidered, as I am committed to following Wikipedia’s guidelines and contributing positively to the community.

Thank you for your understanding. 2600:1012:B0C1:7431:7C45:927B:B2B8:1A02 12:47, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

The IP 71.136.234.212 should also be unbanned 2600:1012:B0C1:7431:7C45:927B:B2B8:1A02 12:50, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, but as you are evading a lock, your account cannot be unlocked. You will need to appeal through the regular process, either by emailing us at stewards-appealswikimediaorg, or by submitting an appeal through UTRS. Therefore, I will also globally block this IP - as long as you are locked, you cannot use other accounts or IPs to evade your lock. EPIC (talk) 12:58, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

IP 197.255.224.146

Hello. You globally locked this IP for 1 week (long term abuse, Asf Dine). For your information, as shown here and here, this IP is a proxy. I blocked it for 5 years on french wikipedia. Supertoff (talk) 06:53, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the information! I generally haven't relied on IPQualityScore since they sometimes can show false results, though no objections to frwiki blocking locally. EPIC (talk) 08:30, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

I always cross check IPQualityScore with ipcheck before taking the decision. Supertoff (talk) 11:36, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

About EnglishWashington

The main account User:EnglishWashington was blocked in 2020 due to sockpuppetry. During 2020-2024, he used a new account User:Togset to continue to vandalizing wikipedia. Now the new account was blocked in wikidata and zhwikipedia. EnglishWashington is abusing the talkpage and email at the present. Consequently, they must be locked now. 阿南之人 (talk) 04:57, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@自由雨日 阿南之人 (talk) 04:58, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

 Support. There has been at least one user @薏仁将 who has received a bothering e-mail from him. 自由雨日 (talk) 05:22, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

emend: @薏仁將 自由雨日 (talk) 05:24, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi! This account has already been reported to SRG, and was declined. See the reason here. EPIC (talk) 05:28, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

And we are going to overturn this result. 阿南之人 (talk) 06:56, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

The reasons why the global lock was not implemented was stated in that request. In case they start being abusive cross-wiki then we can absolutely lock, but outside of some edits to an unblock request two days ago there has been no edits from that account since 2020, the user already had their talk page access revoked and made no further edits since then. EPIC (talk) 07:29, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Add: I just got to know that at least one another user @ATannedBurger (who is one of the admistrators in zh-wiki) received a severe threathening e-mail from EnglishWashington (the e-mail contents were published on the ATannedBurger's Telegram channel). Dear EPIC, I understand your reason not to block him, and thanks to your reply and concern, but I don't know how to deal with users like him? 自由雨日 (talk) 10:24, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@自由雨日: Are the email threats verifiable? If so then I think I could lock the account (we had a similar case recently which also led to a global lock). If ATannedBurger could contact me with the evidence, that would be helpful (or I could try and contact them myself). EPIC (talk) 10:35, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@自由雨日 Which channel is the email content in? 阿南之人 (talk) 11:03, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

The ATannedBurger's Telegram channel. You may tap on his account to see it. Although the channel's public, I don't know if it's proper to make it public here, considering ATannedBurger may not want too many users to know. 自由雨日 (talk) 11:12, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

I could contact them privately for the evidence, in case they could provide it. EPIC (talk) 11:20, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

I just received a response, so I have now locked the account. So Done. EPIC (talk) 19:14, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Please check your e-mail

Hi EPIC, I have sent you an email. It would be a pleasure, if you could answer it. Best regards and thank you very much for your attention. --Mazbel (Talk) 19:51, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I will have a look in a moment. EPIC (talk) 20:37, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Piermark

Hello again. You just globally blocked user:Grundtvig Kirke. For your information, user:Den Danske Folkekirke is a sockpuppet. Supertoff (talk) 04:59, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, locked that one as well. EPIC (talk) 05:39, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Dear @EPIC. I am a (relatively new) CU on wp:fr. I see that you blocked globally many Piermark accounts recently, I am trying to understand the process. For ex. that one m:Special:CentralAuth/Radio Occitània jumelée Radio Beckwith, I don't see the corresponding investigations on en:Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/Piermark, where can I find them? I would also like to understand if we still need to do anything on the french side, of if everything has been taken care of. --Lewisiscrazy (talk) 16:39, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Most of them have not been found in any CU investigation, but most have rather first been reported to SRG (and some on IRC) for us to lock, and then checkusered by a steward through loginwiki (LWCU). Some of them are found in the LWCU investigation and then locked, but they are mainly found based on behavior.

Most of it has been taken care of, but it could happen that the frwiki CUs could find something that we haven't since LWCU only covers registration data. EPIC (talk) 17:29, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. Do we want to keep blocking junk accounts for ever? Is there a global discussion about blocking the IP range that is being used repeatedly ? --Lewisiscrazy (talk) 08:56, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

There hasn't been, but they mainly use large mobile network ranges, meaning it would unfortunately be too much collateral for longer global blocks. EPIC (talk) 09:02, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Blocking user which adds news about en:Kim Dotcom ?

I see that user Estrellato asked you to block an IP user Steward_requests/Global#Global_block_for_2A02:8440:7158:B276:1014:B8FF:FE4B:D5D7 due to cross-wiki abuse.

It came to my attention when Estrellato came to Serbian Wikipedia to revert IP's contribution, but it seems to me that it is a valid piece of news, from DW, none the less (sr:Посебно:Разлике/28366797‎)

It seems that block is wrong, and, while IP contributor went to several Wikipedias to add this piece of news to approprate articles, it does seem those are valid and useful contributions.

Ђидо (talk) 03:47, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ђидо The translations were bad quality (using machine translation software), and the edits themselves many times sourceless or using an unreliable source. Spamming across several Wikipedia languages (15+ in this case), especially if you are not using a source, is considered abuse.

If you want, you can restore the edit on srwiki, and right any grammar errors and use another source, or better yet write the news yourself. But most Wikis do not want machine translated text with questionable sources. If you've ever tried machine translating in to japanese for example, you would know that literally nothing will be correct. I hope this helps you understand. Estrellato (talk) 04:51, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

At least, in case of our Wikipedia, translation was quite good, I didn't even notice that it was translated, and source is Deutsche Welle, quite good and respectful source. I think you jumped to conclusion about "cross-wiki spam". Reverting bad translations is one, but blocking the /64 span for that is, IMO, a tad excessive. Ђидо (talk) 05:25, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

> But most Wikis do not want machine translated text with questionable sources

While that may be true, you should not assume policies of Wikipedias where you are not regular contributor. Ђидо (talk) 05:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

The block happened namely due to cross-wiki poor machine translations. When it comes to IPv6 addresses, /64 is not excessive - it is generally the standard when it comes to blocking IPv6 addresses (see en:WP:64).

Anyways, the good part of a global block is that local wikis are able to exempt the global block locally, which both srwiki and other wikis are free to do if they wish. EPIC (talk) 05:33, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ђидо While the Serbian translation might have worked out fine, I can guarantee as a native speaker that both the Swedish and Spanish versions were severely subpar, and the user also did not include the DW source in most of his edits. Estrellato (talk) 07:05, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Again, you are assuming that, because Swedish and Spanish Wikipedias got bad edit, all others got bad edit too? a) You do not need to know Serbian to see that source is valid. b) You should not be making judgements on quality of text in languages you are not native in. Ђидо (talk) 07:08, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

And you are free to revert the text if you want it, and as the steward has already explained to you - cross-wiki poor machine translations is considered abuse.

And you are right, I do not know Serbian, but if I see so many faults in edits in languages that I do speak, I think you could see why I would assume the other edits contain various faults as well. Estrellato (talk) 07:15, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

I refrain from reverting edits on other Wikipedias whose languages I do not understand, unless it is very clear vandalism (profanities in my native languages, and similar...). But you do you.

As for global lock, it still does seem excessive -- there were 11 edits, out of them 7 of them had DW source attached.

Global blocks should only be placed where a combination of page protection, local blocks, and other technical and non-technical measures would be ineffective or inefficient.

I will consider this conversation closed now.

Ђидо (talk) 07:20, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

First of all, it was a global block, that expires after 24 hours. Not a Global lock. There's a huge difference. Second of all I would consider the Global blocks guideline of "otherwise blatantly disrupting multiple projects" very applicable in this case. Estrellato (talk) 07:34, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

I do not particularly care for block status of this particular IP range, as I already fixed my Wikipedia to retain their contribution.

What brought me here is arbitrariness of ban. It seems a bit out of scope of guidelines in Global blocks: Machine translation is not specifically listed there, and I am not sure it falls under vandalism or spam.

Ђидо (talk) 07:15, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

QD script

Hi, I noticed that you have my QD script enabled so I'm letting you know that I've changed its behavior a bit: it now runs on Special:qd instead of Special:Blankpage. Regards, AramilFeraxa (Talk) 17:48, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! I haven't made use of the script yet, but will have use for it for MGA73's NowCommons stuff. EPIC (talk) 18:02, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Admin permission question

Hello. I recently decided to try to revive hsb.wikt. Project is dead for many years now, but hopefully when I update it's technical side, scholars will agree to edit it again (atleast one of the editors was scholar). I already made some changes, but I also need to edit common.css/.js. Is there any chance to get an admin even tho there is no discussion about it as there are no editors at this moment? Sławobóg (talk) 19:57, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Sławobóg: You can post a request for adminship locally. If there is a dedicated page for requesting adminship, then you should post it there, otherwise you can use the local village pump or the local equivalent to one. It should stay open for at least one week (but not for longer than about three weeks), there does not necessarily need to be any votes but as long as there are no objections then you can make a request at SRP once a week has passed. So, there does not need to be a local community, but there needs to be a local request. EPIC (talk) 20:05, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Additionally, I want to note that to edit common.js/.css, you will need interface admin rights. You can apply for them at the same time as applying for sysop, or you can choose to only apply for IA (depends on if you will have use for sysop rights as well, or if you only want to edit the interface). EPIC (talk) 20:06, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh okay, I thought admin can edit that too. Thank you for the answer. Sławobóg (talk) 20:17, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Can you check your e-mail

Thank you for your usual assistance. MathXplore (talk) 15:03, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Done, and responded. EPIC (talk) 15:08, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Long-Term-Abuse Ko.Wiktionary

Please search with CheckUser other Accounts. https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98:%EA%B8%B0%EB%A1%9D/block 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 19:01, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Locked what I found, also deleted some leftover pages. EPIC (talk) 19:17, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Fawikt vandal

I sent you a message in "Steward requests/Miscellaneous". I think you have not seen it. Nevisand (talk) 11:38, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

I did see it, I would still like to see further evidence/examples if possible? EPIC (talk) 11:41, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC I understand, but since you do not know Persian, I am unsure how to explain it to you without causing confusion. Let me just give one example, and if it’s not enough, we can review other examples later:

In Persian, like in English, verbs have two tenses: “present tense” and “past tense.” In our discussion, these English phrases can be considered equivalent to the terms “«بن کنون» root of present tense” and “«بن‌گذشته» root of past tense” in Persian.

On this page, you can see that a template for the verb “خواستن” (to want) has been provided (within the table). However, when introducing the tenses of the verb, three tenses have been presented for “خواستن.” This is while in Persian, all verbs only have two tenses, and the third tense introduced here is a construct of that user’s thoughts. We do not have a “«بن آینده» root of future tense” in Persian. I do not think his approach is wrong, and perhaps creating a new language can be a very good thing; however, this language is not Persian, and such content should not be written in the main section related to a Persian word. Wiktionary is not a place for writing personal thoughts and ideas (unless a separate section for this purpose is defined).

Our user in question has edited the template “Template:Persian Conjugation” in such a way that the “«بن آینده» root of future tense” is defined for verbs (completely mechanical).

This template has been used for many pages for various verbs like “رفتن” (to go), “دیدن” (to see), “خوردن” (to eat), etc., which are all among the most commonly used verbs in Persian, and secondary information should not be shown to the audience about them. He is personally using Wiktionary for his own ideas (without any respect for the rights of the audience and other users).

I hope my explanations are sufficient and have not tired you. Nevisand (talk) 13:38, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Is there a problem? Nevisand (talk) 05:17, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC The malicious user deletes his talk page, so that the moderators do not see his confessions of vandalism and personal abuse of the fawikt. See here. Nevisand (talk) 05:33, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

I could bring it up with the others to see what they think. EPIC (talk) 05:52, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC I am very grateful to you. I have one more request from you: Please also help about having a moderator for faWickt. There is an old user on Wikipedia and Wiktionary: "Darafsh". He is an administrator in Wikipedia. Sepas 🙏 Nevisand (talk) 06:00, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

In that case a local request for adminship will need to be opened for the community to vote them in. EPIC (talk) 06:02, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Block

You're blocking me because I wanted to have a user locked globally, but I withdrew his report? Isn't the duration a bit... excessive? I would also have formulated the reason differently! Justman10000 (talk) 09:58, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

I blocked you from editing SRG as you had showed several misuses of SRG after previous feedback as well as a warning, and you had gotten several similar criticism at your home wiki which showed that it is likely not language barrier being the problem. I am willing to reconsider or lower the block but I will have to talk to the other stews first. EPIC (talk) 10:43, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

However, misuse is exaggerated! It would be misuse if I did it maliciously, which was not the case! But for the record:

• Do not report IPs/accounts that show no, little or no recent activity
• Do not report just any LTA account
• Do not check for proxy/VPN with Spur, VPNAPI or similar services (only with Proxycheck)

So far correct? Justman10000 (talk) 15:28, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

But in the Russian Wikipedia in particular, masses of IPs are blocked because of proxies! Where Proxycheck also says that they are not! Justman10000 (talk) 15:35, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

@Justman10000: thank you for your interest in helping report vandalism, but we'll keep the duration for now. In the future, it'd likely be easier if you just didn't report IPs, and limited your reporting of accounts to those that are actively vandalizing cross-wiki. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 17:24, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

You know that I primarily report IPs? Justman10000 (talk) 18:19, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Justman10000: in part, that's the problem; many of your reports were of IPs which didn't need to be blocked. Would it be easier to limit your reports to accounts and IPs that are actively/recently vandalizing cross-wiki? Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 18:59, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Well, the primary IP reports are actually Proxys and VPNs Justman10000 (talk) 19:02, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Mostly correct. You don't necessarily need to use Proxycheck.io, there are other reliable proxy checkers as well (IPHub for example), just avoid the unreliable ones.

Anyways, like mentioned I will have to bring it up with the other stews before reconsidering, as this had been discussed privately and supported by several stewards, before the block was implemented, so the decision was not taken on my own. Like I mentioned I would be okay with giving a second chance, but it's mostly up to the others at this point. EPIC (talk) 15:46, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Can you give me an advice?

Hi!

I have tried to make bar.wikipedia update the list of suggested licenses per bar:MediaWiki_Dischkrian:Licenses but with little success.

I first suggested to remove GFDL as a suggested license. Local admin thought it should be up to users to chose a license. Okay I have to accept that.

Then I suggested to do something because right now when users uploade a file as GFDL they get GFDL + the license upgrade that was valid to files uploaded before August 2009 bar:Vorlog:Bild-GFDL). I think it is unclear if the cc-by-sa-3.0 license is valid but even if it is then I do not think it good practice to sneak in an extra license during upload. So IF they (or some of them) want to keep GFDL as an option they should at least chose bar:Vorlog:Bild-GFDL-Neu. They could also make it a dual license with both GFDL and Cc-by-sa-4.0.

Thirdly Wikipedia upgraded license from 3.0 to 4.0 and I suggested to add that license too.

My question is if I can request stewards to upgrade if I make a post at their village pump and either get support or if there is no response? Or is practice not to do changes from meta if there is an admin that is sometimes active? MGA73 (talk) 14:39, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi! If there are locals that can perform the task, standard practice is that we do not perform them unless they are inactive. If you obtain a local consensus it can of course be implemented, but at first hand it is up to the local administrators to do so, so in this case I think WikiBayer would be the right person to ask. EPIC (talk) 14:58, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I will make a suggestion and see what happens. --MGA73 (talk) 15:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello. You just gave me bot flag here b:ja:利用者・トーク:Tomzo#Cleaning_up_files. Thank you for that. You said stewards can edit if I get concensus or if local admins are inactive. What about cases where the admins are editing but noone answer (like with Tomzo)? There are a few wikis where comments about editing templates are ignored.

I noticed that Requesting wiki configuration changes says "In the case of a very small and low-activity community, it should be enough to show that you have tried to gain consensus, and that you have given an opportunity for objections." Would something similar apply if I posted on Village Pump, Admin notice board and/or admins user talk pages? And nothing happes for perhaps 1 month?

I'm trying to complete the en:Wikipedia:GFDL standardization and the Licensing update on all wikis. Thats why I give you a lot of NowCommons stuff :-) There are only 6 wikis left with disclaimers in the main GFDL template and 3 wait for admins to remove them. --MGA73 (talk) 20:30, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Correct, in that case it can be implemented by us. Although you should first try contacting the local community (and notify local admins) and waiting some time for potential opinions or objections. EPIC (talk) 20:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Request to delete a globally locked username

Hello EPIC, I want to join Wikipedia but my username is not empty. Multiple usernames match my name. But those users are globally locked or persisted. My name is Md Abu Sayeed.please delete locked globally users.I can create a user account in my names. 185.66.71.102 14:09, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello, you have already received a response to your question on the two other talk pages where you asked. Please refer to that. EPIC (talk) 14:16, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC MF-Warburg talk said steward nor a global renamer not. that's why I told you. I can create my name's Wikipedia user join. please provide a solution. 185.66.71.102 14:40, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Global accounts cannot be deleted. Your option would be to create an account under a different username instead. EPIC (talk) 14:43, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Mass machine translation of various new accounts. please checkuser.

In the FF Wiki there are mass machine translations (copy paste) there are many new accounts involved. Example: https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_page_Contents_Current_events_Random_article_About_Wikipedia_Contact_us_Donate_Switch_to_old_look_Contribute_Help_Learn_to_edit_Community_portal_Recent_changes_Upload_file_Contents_hide_(Top)_References_External_links_Peter_Aluma or https://ff.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrick_Akutaekwe&oldid=77616 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 17:19, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Which are the other accounts involved except for this one? (or, some of them) EPIC (talk) 17:22, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

ff:Special:Contributions/102.91.4.36, ff:Special:Contributions/Majalam, ff:Special:Contributions/Majalam Special:CentralAuth/Mariam_planner, Special:CentralAuth/Aishagmara, Special:CentralAuth/Peedy3274 ff:Special:Contributions/Special:Contributions/197.210.227.66 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 17:42, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

I had a look and it's a bit difficult to tell. From a technical POV it's likely not the same person behind the four accounts, but it is likely either a question of meatpuppetry or an editing group. No comment for the IPs. EPIC (talk) 17:50, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Trolling problem

There has been a troll that has seemingly been trying to mimic Andrew5 that has been doing everything under the sun to cause problems on multiple wikis. He has vowed “ultimate” sockpuppetry on @Ponyo EnWiki talk page (has since been removed); he left a fake user warning on her talk page pretending to be me (under the username “Hurricane Clude”). He has spoofed conversations on my Simple English Wikipedia talk page and actually had me fooled for a little while (I thought he was really @GeorgeMemulous) until the sockpuppet report was filed. Then he registered a username trying to impersonate the above GeorgeMemulous on the aforementioned Simple English wiki. And then just now he registered an account here on Meta as “Hurricane Clyde has a weird obsession with Andrew5”; which the username alone is a personal attack in its own right; but then he posted another personal attack elsewhere on Meta. That’s the one you just globally blocked/locked. I for a while thought he was Andrew5; Ponyo (who is a CheckUser) thinks he’s a troll pretending to be Andrew5).

But regardless of who it is; all I ask is that you keep a close eye on especially my talk page; GeorgeMemulous’s talk page; and Ponyo’s talk page (on ALL Wikis; even ones that we aren’t active on); and if you see something else like what I described; please immediately put a global lock/block on any account/IP involved. This is the only message I’m going to post about it because everyone on EnWiki agrees that we need to deny this troll the attention that he wants. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 21:03, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Speaking of the devil. I think he’s trying to troll on the old English Wikipedia. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 21:04, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Real quickly; someone on Meta and on Simple English Wikipedia has registered an account under the name “Ponyo can go die”; and it as of this writing has not been blocked whether globally or locally on any of the wikis. But the user pages have been deleted and I think the troll’s edits have been revdelled or oversighted because I can’t find them. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 16:10, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Taken care of, thanks. EPIC (talk) 16:12, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Is there any way that we can go ahead and archive or delete this discussion? Because as of now (knock on wood); no more trolling has occurred. And if any additional stuff pops up; I’m probably just going to ignore and undo it. (Obviously if you see anything don’t be afraid to block). I’ve already got a local admin keeping an eye on my main user page to make sure nothing else happens. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 22:03, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

I think your RBI idea has worked. So far I haven’t seen any more trolling. I think we can go ahead and archive this now. Obviously continue to keep an eye on this please but I think we can archive this now. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 16:54, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Question

@EPIC: How do I request unblock on Buginese wiki? --Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 03:25, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: As bugwiki has no local administrators, SRM would likely be the best spot to request an unblock. EPIC (talk) 07:35, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:33, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Please unblock IP addresses and Users

We are running an edit workshop with Blind and Visually Impaired Students from TUT, under the TUT Work Integrated Learning Workshop. We are not editing in the English Wikipedia but are editing in South African languages. Nomfundo006 is part of our edit workshop.

IP address blocked 168.172.120.67 Bobbyshabangu (talk) 07:44, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

This IP address is not and has not been globally blocked. Are you being affected by a local block? If so, then please request an exemption/unblock on that project. EPIC (talk) 07:47, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Ill request and exemption on the project regarding the IP address.

You have blocked user:Nomfundo006 , she is a blind newbie editing in isiZulu. Please unblock her.

Best Bobbyshabangu (talk) 07:56, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I had a second look earlier and it's likely not the user I thought it was, so I will unlock. EPIC (talk) 08:53, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

UTRS

Are you a UTRS admin? I wanted to ask you something. I received a mail that someone had used my information for a UTRS appeal. But it was not me. Can you reject the request? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:16, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

And I also have been receiving suspicious mails by someone called 'Mermoze Adodo

For / Wikimedia Benin' Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:19, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Done, appeal closed. EPIC (talk) 10:31, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:35, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

May I know who appealed it? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:36, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

It was an LTA, although I will not publicly note who. EPIC (talk) 10:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Alright, I also received 30 login attempts today. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 10:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia commons

I was blocked in Wikimedia commons for my block in En, but I didn't do anything wrong. Why did @Taivo block me for no reason? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 07:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

I am not a Commons administrator and cannot comment on your block. You will have to bring it up with the administrators at Commons. EPIC (talk) 07:13, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

How? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 07:15, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Anything? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 07:32, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Like mentioned I am not a Commons administrator so there is unfortunately nothing I can do from my end. As your block was set by a local administrator, you will need to appeal locally. EPIC (talk) 08:10, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Alright, I placed a request on my commons talk page. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 08:56, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Can you look at this and explain to the user? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 12:41, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, what am I supposed to explain? EPIC (talk) 13:10, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC I don't understand what they are trying to say? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 04:58, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

What they are saying is that your request was declined as you needed to request an unblock from your main account, as well as because you did not appear to understand the reason for the block. EPIC (talk) 05:05, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC I can't request from main because there is no gmail on the account which I remember and what is the reason? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 05:08, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

You will have to ask them, as I was not the one who implemented the block. EPIC (talk) 05:11, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 05:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC Can you looks at simple wiki recent changes, bunch of LTA's Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 05:53, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

IP spamming references cross-wiki

Hi, this IP address (203.30.15.174 xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • ST • IP info • WHOIS • robtex • gblock • glist • abuselog • bullseye) has been going around every wiki on the Tommy Robinson page putting Twitter references everywhere. Would this be a reason for a global block? Kurnahusa (talk) 20:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 20:37, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Legal threat?

Hello! Sorry to bother you again!

As you know I like to edit on many wikis and one of them is an:Aragonese Wikipedia. Sadly it did not go very well because the local admins (especially one) was very upset that I created categories like "All free media" and "All non-free media" trying to locate files without a license.

Some times later I created "NowCommons" to be able to mark files that are also on Commons. At that time I had forgot about the first discussion. Again he was upset that I used English words.

So at my user page an:Descusión usuario:MGA73 I wrote "Hello Lazaro d'Aragón! Sorry. I forgot that you have strong negative feelings angainst English Words."

He was upset about that comment so I replied:

"I do not understand your problem. Is it incorrect that you do not like the use of English words here? You threaten to block me for using English words!"

He is still not happy and now he wrote (Translated With Google Translate):

"I remind you that you have been warned about this comment in which you personally accused me of a hate crime against English speakers, a crime included in the Penal Code of my country in its article 510 and punishable by up to four years in prison, as you can see here, so you are falsely accusing me of the commission of a serious crime, something that completely violates one of the basic pillars of Wikipedia and about which you can read, in English, here. You are again requested, for the second time, to retract."

How do you understand that? Does he make a legal threat??

It does probably not help that we do not agree about wmf:Wikimedia Licensing Policy. The admins there do not see it as a problem that they do not follow it. One of them said it was not a priority and explained "With "no priority" I mean that there's no problem if these images are there two days or two years more." I also commented at Requests for comment/Category of non-free images in Wikipedia in Aragonese wich clearly contravenes the Wikimedia Licensing Policy and Requests for comment/Permanently blocked in WP in Aragonese, without right to defense, for requesting the deletion of insulting expressions.

I see three options here: 1) I really did write something that is offending 2) The admin is overreacting. 3) They use it as an excuse to get rid of me so I do not question their image policy.

Since much of the text is in Aragonese and Google Translate have issues with that I find it hard to understand sometimes.

Perhaps you can give me another advice? MGA73 (talk) 14:41, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I don't fully understand. Advice about what? EPIC (talk) 14:54, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

I meant an advice about what to do next. If you read my response as offensive then my next response should be different than if you read it as an excuse to get rid of me for reporting bad files. And if you read it as a legal threat against me should I report it as I understand legal threats are usually not tolerated?

But User:Johannnes89 have been so kind to comment on my talk page on the matter. I honestly did not see it as a big problem to create "NowCommons". Even German Wikipedia have de:Vorlage:NowCommons with an English name and it will only be visible on a few files for a short time untill they are deleted. But I hope the comment from Johannnes89 will help calm things down. It is probably best that I wait a little with a reply so I have time to check and make sure my next reply can't be understood in a way it was not meant to be understood. --MGA73 (talk) 15:37, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! OK, I too think that Johannes' comment might be useful, and so I would also agree with waiting with replying. EPIC (talk) 15:42, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I will wait. He replied to the comment Johannes made stating that he is a lawyer and I would get up to four years in prison for what he claim is a crime. --MGA73 (talk) 16:22, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

(Spanish) No mienta usted, @MGA73. Es muy feo mentir a espaldas de los demás para intentar hacerlos quedar mal. Es usted quien me acusaba a mí de cometer un delito por el que yo podría ser condenado hasta a 4 años de prisión en mi país, ya que me imputaba usted a mí un delito de odio hacia los hablantes de inglés. Y por cierto, es usted quien amenaza constantemente con denuncias aquí en Meta contra mí y contra la Biquipedia, como queda perfectamente visible en su págína de discusión en Biquipedia, donde reiteradamente se le indica dónde debe usted dirigir sus reclamaciones, haciendo usted caso omiso, a pesar de que se le llega incluso a colocar el vínculo a la página pertinente. De modo que usted acaba de conseguir que abandone los proyectos wikipédicos, ya que hasta ahora sólo he recibido insultos, acosos y amenazas, incluo de muerte. Su actuación en la Biquipedia como un perfecto provocador es el remate de mi hartazgo. Que usted disfrute de su victoria. Lazaro d'Aragón (talk) 21:26, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

WHAT? This is insane and outrageous! "incluo de muerte." Now I'm accused of making death threaths! --MGA73 (talk) 05:03, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

{{es]] Pues sí. He recibido incluso amenazas de muerte en mi correo electrónico y como anónimo en mi págnis de discusión de usuario por el gravísimo delito de haber hecho más de 100.000 ediciones en la Biquipedia en aragonés. Y sí, es insano y ultrajante. Y precisamente por eso abandono cualquier colaboración en cualquier proyecto de la Fundación Wikimedia. Tan insano y ultrajante como sus constantes mentiras, una y otra vez, con las que va esparciendo comentarios por todas partes. Lazaro d'Aragón (talk) 09:17, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

On behalf of you and all wiki media, I apologize and I will not commit vandalism again (more in the subject!)

I understand you, but because this so-called scientist, Ricard von Kraff-ebing, was really an erotophobic and after reading the articles, I hated so-called scientists and because I was angry to see this so-called scientist, I committed abusive vandalism and because I was so disgusted that I didn't want to see him anymore. I had to do this, I apologize to you and yours for the mistake I made and I promise I will not vandalize again. Thank you for your understanding! 178.233.46.39 18:56, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I had to use google translate because my English is bad! 178.233.46.39 19:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Global unblock Orange Poland 83.30.0.0/16, block ID #617745

AFAIK this IP pool belongs to one of the biggest ISPs in Poland, Orange Poland. IPs are assigned dynamically. This block affects a great part of contributors in Poland both logged in and not.

83.30.0.0/16, you have been blocked by ‪EPIC‬ until 14:09, 1 October 2024, because: Long-term abuse: set to hardblock per repeated abuse, if affected please message us.

What can I do now?

You can email ‪EPIC‬ or another administrator (list) to contest the block.

You cannot use the email this user feature unless a valid email address is specified in your account preferences, has been confirmed, and you are not disallowed from using it while blocked.

Your current IP address is 83.30.109.86 and the block ID is #617745. Teceha (talk) 21:32, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

The hardblock is only set here at Meta while the global block is set for anonymous users only. Do you have a need to edit here at Meta from that specific range at the moment? EPIC (talk) 21:35, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

See also where I asked them what this users involvement with this range on this project is on their own talk page. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:56, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

I was unable to edit pl.wikipedia and a path of information and links (it was my very first contact with an IP block) led me to leave an unblock request here, so I did. For now I have no need to do any edits here except the reply I am writing (to do so I have needed to switch to another ISP). There was another block on pl wiki and it has been removed already. Teceha (talk) 19:38, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

LWCU

Hey Epic! It has come to my attention that in the recent months there have been several accounts on the Turkmen Wikipedia that have created hundreds of articles relating to dinosaurs (eg. Tu sugi pula că ești prost, Preotul la care îi salut coaiele, Dridu-Fierbinți). These accounts have been recently g-locked by you as sockpuppets of LWCU. What I did notice afterwards though was that the creation of these articles have continued with this range: 2806:2f0:55c1:cc29::/64, even going back as far as May. Globalcontibs shows a similar editing pattern on some other wikis as well. Now, I haven't been really active in the past year and am not familiar with this LTA, so I have no idea what you are going to do with this information, but I thought it would be good to let you know before I nuke everything soon. Cheers! Styyx (talk) 22:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

@Styyx: Thanks for the info! Blocked the /64 for some time. What to do with the created pages on tkwiki is of course up to the local admins. EPIC (talk) 00:44, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Débloquer

Abusé Compte rebloque par erreur durait infini Nadir hedidane (talk) 18:24, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

The block was set by a local admin meaning that we have no authority to modify it. You need to request an unblock at frwiki.

[Traduction automatique] Le blocage a été mis en place par un administrateur local, ce qui signifie que nous n'avons aucune autorité pour le modifier. Vous devez demander un déblocage sur frwiki. EPIC (talk) 19:41, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks

You are certainly one of the best proactive stewards I've ever come across (and I've seen a few). Thanks for your hard work. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 21:42, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, happy to be able to assist! EPIC (talk) 21:58, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Sockpuppet of LTA

Hi, I think I have found a sock puppet of Wikinger Pomidorek1998 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • gblock • ST • lwcheckuser) but I don't know if this should be globally locked. They have a long history of reviving old account such as this one. This account matches up with Pomidorek1997 and Pomidorek1999. Kurnahusa (talk) 21:13, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Done, though note that requests for global locks can go to SRG. EPIC (talk) 21:15, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

ticket to check

Hi EPIC, please take a look at this ticket (c.f. mailinglist). Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 18:10, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Thanks, just had a look and responded there. EPIC (talk) 18:21, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Oops, sorry forgot the actual ticket link, see you found it though! — xaosflux ^Talk 19:30, 13 September 2024 (UTC)