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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)

Block

Dear user Epic, I'm reaching out to you with a request. I have been active on Wikipedia since January 2009, have started hundreds of articles, but have also knowingly violated the rules about not using more than one Account. I've had 4 accounts over the years (1 for german language, 1 for international, 1 for commons etc); two of them have been inactive for years. For the last few years I have been using 'Donald1972' on en-Wikipedia and Commons and 'Brederode' on de-Wikipedia and other wikis (unless I made a login error). Since I would like to continue writing on Wikipedia, I would like to request the global unblocking of an account, that of Brederode or Donald 1972. I sent this to a steward on 8/9/24, but no response to date. I look forward to feedback. Ticket link: 58671ce30edac92c51630539b95cee0246bb9c4e3d64af1bb5e1a52c065164a0103a87ccae6b789eb35c8e80a91059343724c3240683d84a7fe7c316488286e5 User:Brederode 109.178.170.151 22:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Your appeal has been received and will be handled in a matter of time.

I'd also like to note, however, that using other accounts to evade your lock while you are still locked (as you have been doing) is not a smart idea and may contribute to your appeal being declined. EPIC (talk) 06:48, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

thank you! I ve created Graeffworldwide to upload images. My fault. I know a little break would probably be good for me. How ever.. Regards User:Brederode

ticket to check

Hi EPIC, please take a look at ticket:2024091610009383 when you have a moment. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 00:06, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Thanks, just had a look and responded there. EPIC (talk) 06:46, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

The account you locked

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

Edits do not look like that of a spambot to me... ClumsyOwlet (talk) 20:59, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I think this was just a user who happened to be locked in a spambot farm, unlocked the account now. EPIC (talk) 21:18, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

IndyProgressive01 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • gblock • ST • lwcheckuser)

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

ClumsyOwlet (talk) 14:37, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 14:40, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Translations:Global locks/10/bn

Can you delete this? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:39, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Done but note that you can use {{delete}} to bring it to the admins' attention since that will automatically put it in the speedy deletion category. EPIC (talk) 06:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Steward requests/Permissions/2024-09#Reda Kerbouche@shy.wiktionary

Hello,
Thank you EPIC for the flag,
I just want to know again, because last time a steward mentioned that if I have more than 5 votes, I can become a permanent sysop. What do I need to do to obtain permanent sysop status?"
I have 9 votes and if we wait a bit I can have more then 10.. regards Reda Kerbouche (talk) 15:56, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, as it's mentioned in MVR "The local community must be large enough to require an administrator. The definition of "large enough" is determined by the stewards but can include factors such as the number of deletions, blocks and page protections carried out by stewards or other global users over a significant period of time." Out of 8 voters, all of them have less than 100 edits on the project, and 6 of them with less than 5 edits, and there are only 11 non-bot users with activity in the last 30 days, so the community is unfortunately not large enough for permanent administrators at this time. Thanks and regards, EPIC (talk) 16:10, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Idea

There's an LTA that's creating/spamming my user-talk pages, for example, fr:User talk:Aafi, pt:User talk:Aafi (see history), sv:User talk:Aafi, etc. Is there a way to prevent this spam? I keep on getting notifications. Among the behaviours of he LTA, trying to login into using my username. I can find multiple notifications of these failures. But still, any idea to prevent creation of these user-talk pages by such LTA IPs? _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

We have a few filters for this LTA (I think XXBlackburnXx is the one maintaining most of them). I think we could potentially update slightly, though I'm not the best when it comes to abuse filters. EPIC (talk) 17:47, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

I hope @XXBlackburnXx responds here given the ping. @SHB2000, do you likely have any opinion around this? _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:53, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, unfortunately I'm with EPIC that I am not the best when it comes to abuse filters :-(. SHB2000 (t • c) 20:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

@Aafi - I've added you to filter 181, which works like semi-protecting your talk and user page, except in places where you're an admin. If you want more projects excluded let me know. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 00:33, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

@XXBlackburnXx, thank you, seems a good relief however en-wiki should also be excluded. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 03:16, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Special:WikiSets/12

Hej! Could you please revert your edits ẗo this wikiset? The change is stopping us from doing what we need to do. Sotiale usually adds the new wikis to the wikiset – they're also a new wiki importer, and know when it's safe to do so. :-) Jon Harald Søby (talk) 08:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! No issue, now done. Reason why I added them was because Toolforge didn't recognize one of the relevant wikis when I tried to grant rights there after an SRP request, which I thought was due to it not being in the wikiset, and because Superpes (who is not a LC member) had also previously added wikis there. EPIC (talk) 08:52, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Tack! I would be surprised if something on Toolforge relies on this wikiset, but weirder things have happened, so I can't exclude it either. Which tool was that? Jon Harald Søby (talk) 12:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

The tool in question was Magic redirect, i.e what the "UserRights" link in the SRP template uses to redirect to the relevant Special:UserRights link. EPIC (talk) 12:48, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

It was a common bug that occurred for a while with new wikis, regardless of Wikiset. I didn't think there was an issue with it, as it was fixed soon after ;) Anyway, since Wikisets are usually changed when the importing work is completely finished and no longer needed, I recommend leaving it as is for 3 months or more if I don't touch it, or asking the importers! --Sotiale (talk) 02:33, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Please check Special:CentralAuth/Symonds_Gerother

Hello, as a Wikidata admin and a Wikimedia Steward, I want you to check this user. The user has been blocked by Wikidata abuse filter as LTA (Macyway4) (d:Special:Contributions/Symonds_Gerother). Is this the LTA in question? And if so, do you think a lock is needed? The user has been editing simplewiki for a while (their earlier edits can be seen here, including RFD votes and w:simple:WP:AN). If this is a false positive, please unblock the user as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you. MathXplore (talk) 07:29, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Looking at the hit and the filter in question, it might be them, though I'm not sure since I'm not too familiar with this LTA, and it seems that there is also a possibility that it was just a coincidence rather than the LTA in question, also from looking at their user page at simple. Perhaps a simplewiki CU if there is past data? EPIC (talk) 08:11, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the information and feedback. I have no idea about this LTA, and I'm not sure if they previously appeared to simplewiki, so I will report this to d:WD:AN to hear from other Wikidata admins, and I will also inform user:Vermont and user:Bsadowski1 as soon as possible. MathXplore (talk) 09:18, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

(xwiki talkback) I have an update about this case, please see d:Special:Diff/2261895565 for further information. MathXplore (talk) 00:16, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Thể loại:Chờ xóa

Hello, can you help me delete the pages in the "Thể loại:Chờ xóa" of Vietnamese Wikiquote? Thank you. Pminh141^talk 01:58, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Deleted the empty categories and two other pages. Waiting with the others for someone else to determine whether they should be deleted or not. EPIC (talk) 07:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

w:pnb:علی ظفر

Hey, you declined this deletion request, because it’s connected with other language projects. I can explain what happened here. There’s no relation of w:pnb:علی ظفر with other language projects, this article and other articles on different language are totally different. And this page is similar with pnbwiki:عمر جام, which you've already deleted with spam rational. However, I've already contacted with the local Administrator, there's only one admin, so haven’t received any response yet. :) –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 16:12, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, Now I got what happened here. This was vandalised and added those spam content long time ago ( this is what I got from the history), so I thought it was created as spam. Now reverted with fixed content. –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 16:19, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! No issue, I was simply confused since the article was created in 2017 and there was interwiki to 29 other languages. But I see why you tagged it. EPIC (talk) 16:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Revisiting global lock request of Special:CentralAuth/Trishneet_Kalra

Hello, after my last lock request was declined, the user was blocked in enwiki and their unblock request was rejected. In w:special:diff/1249095256, the user's likely relation with w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Viralvilla has been pointed out. What are your thoughts about this? MathXplore (talk) 00:34, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I'll have a look in some time. Thank you for informing. EPIC (talk) 03:34, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Advertisment of administrator's vote in Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia

Hello! Unfortunately, I haven't managed to reply directly at steward request's page. The vote in Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia is advertised here now: https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedii:Portualu. We hope that everybody who is interested in this vote can take part in it and discuss everything there. Onegaborg (talk) 10:22, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Onegaborg: Thanks for the explanation! Then I'll have to close as not done at the moment, since per MVR the discussion needs to be publicly linked as we otherwise can't verify whether the votes have come from off-wiki canvassing or the like (of course, I'm not saying that this was the case for the your discussion - just noted why it's required).

With that said, if there are no objections, please open a new SRP request on 25 October (a week from your notification) and we will extend your rights again. In the meantime, if you need any help with admin tasks, feel free to request at GSR (for smaller cleanups) or SRM (for more complicated requests), and we'll be happy to help. EPIC (talk) 08:19, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

(Excuse the somewhat belated answer as well, for some reason I didn't see this until now) EPIC (talk) 08:19, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

SRG report

Hi EPIC, Hope you're well, I was just wondering why blocking this user take so long? I didn't know whether I had reported too early or whether It was because the original report wasn't as detailed as my replies after?,

I'm just baffled why it took so long and didn't know if it was anything to do with me or whether It was just a case that it wasn't as important as the rest of the reports?, Btw this isn't a criticism or moan I just want to learn from it and maybe do things differently next time if I was the reason, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 16:24, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

It took more time because it needed more time to be evaluated and also because I had been handling more recent reports in the meantime. The user was only blocked on enwiki when the report was posted and most edits cross-wiki had been unreverted. I checked the edits again some time later and then locked the account. EPIC (talk) 16:44, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh okay I didn't realise they were only blocked on one Wikipedia at the time of reporting, okay no worries I'll be more patient and in cases like this will submit more detailed reports in future, Thanks for replying and explaining why, Have a great day, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:24, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Question about a user and their edits

Hej! I have a question about a user and their edits as I'm not sure it is enough for a local, let enough a global block. They are editing crosswiki and crossproject in languages they clearly do not know. I have had to revert them on smnwiki and fiwiki for changing existing categories on category pages to categories that do not make sense. They have also been warned on enwiki for the same disruptive behaviour, but not blocked afaik (they have blanked their talk page this summer apparently in an attempt to make it look like they haven't been warned so often). It is possible they have been warned on other wm projects for this too, but I haven't checked. The focus on videogames makes me think it is a user who has likely been blocked under a different account before, but I can't place my finger on what the account was. So, where to start with this mess and should their edits be reverted en masse already now? - Yupik (talk) 11:35, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for informing! I'll have a look in a while and let you know. EPIC (talk) 11:38, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! - Yupik (talk) 12:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

@Yupik: Sorry for the slight delay; I just looked into it, and considering that the user has 15,000+ global edits with no local blocks, I'm hesitant to a global block at the moment. However, if local communities explicitly object to the category changes, they can feel free to notify/warn them. If the user still does not adhere to that, the administrators can proceed with placing a local block on them.

Other than that, I haven't found any sign of lock evasion or anything else suspicious, but please feel free to ask further questions if needed. EPIC (talk) 15:37, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

No worries about a delay. Thank you for looking into this; I appreciate it! I'll let you know if the user ends up being blocked on more than one of the projects I work on, which is likely if the unhelpful category edits continue. - Yupik (talk) 15:53, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Global Ban

Hi! I am really sorry for breaking the rules. I made the entries in good conscience. It would be a real shame to lose my account completely. Please think again about your decision. Vielen Dank Fini85 (talk) 22:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

OK, I am willing to give you another chance. I have unblocked your account, so please keep in mind that further cross-wiki abuse will result in a reinstatement of your block. EPIC (talk) 02:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi! That's really very kind, thanks. Of course I will not do this again. I hope I don't get another report for my recent cross posts?! Should I try to remove any? Regards Fini85 (talk) 04:06, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

About global blocks

グローバルブロックについて

私はKDDIの無線wifiを使って投稿しています。先ほど106.155.8.0/21の範囲のIPから日本語版ウィキペディアに投稿しようとしたところ権限がないとのことで投稿できませんでした。wifiを再接続して106.154.128.0/17の範囲のIPで投稿しようとしたところ投稿できました。どちらの範囲もあなたによってグローバルブロックされており「匿名利用者のみ」とのことなのですが、106.155.8.0/21のほうは設定がうまくできていないのだと思います。確認して修正をお願いします。

さきほど上記のメッセージを投稿しようとしましたが、投稿できなかったので、KDDIのスマートフォンのテザリングで投稿しています。

About global blocks

I post using KDDI's wireless wifi. I just tried to post to the Japanese Wikipedia from an IP address in the 106.155.8.0/21 range, but I was told I did not have the necessary permissions and was unable to post. I reconnected the wifi and tried posting from an IP address in the 106.154.128.0/17 range, and was able to post. Both ranges are globally blocked by you and are "anonymous users only," but I think the settings for 106.155.8.0/21 are not set up properly. Please check and correct them.

I tried to post the above message earlier, but I couldn't post, so I am posting it using KDDI's smartphone tethering. --製作工房 (talk) 02:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello - as you said, both ranges are set to only affect logged out users. The blocks should therefore not affect you unless you are editing logged out. Other than that I don't see any other larger ranges being hardblocked. EPIC (talk) 08:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

106.155.8.0/21の範囲のIPから投稿できました。ありがとうございます。 I could post from IPs in the 106.155.8.0/21 range. Thank you.--製作工房 (talk) 14:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Request to Unblock

I am a very sorry for your inconvenience. I am a very primary editor in Wikipedia, mainly in Bengali Wikipedia but Arabic, Urdu and English as well. I have done more than 500 edits in various platforms of Wikipedia through my Laptop. I admit for some valid reason I had to use a VPN about which I wasn't well informed. For several days there was an Internet blackout by the then-government in my country for which I had to use a VPN to connect with the world. Another reason is when I use my browser, I can get no access to many important websites like web.archive.org, research-gate, academia etc. but when if I use VPN, I can immediately go to those websites for collecting data. So, this might had changed my IP address about what I had a very little knowledge. Additionally, I was not very well known about the detailed terms and conditions for the user here in the Wikipedia. So, I might be mistakenly violet the rules of Wikipedia. I just do translation and spell checking and rearrange the paras in Wikipedia. After learning wiki's conditions, I now well known about its rules and regulations. I have uninstalled all proxy or VPN connections. Now I checked my IP address which is also returned to the actual form. Therefore, I urge your high esteem to unblock my IP kindly from all its sites and give me the chance to contribute to such a great platform. I am assuring to abide by the rules of Wikipedia and forgive for my information lackings or gaps. Your regards, MohdMabroor 58.145.189.238 19:51, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

How to mass delete

Hi! Someone on German Wikibooks (not a GS wiki) asked about mass deletions. Can you tell me how you mass delete files? MGA73 (talk) 20:17, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I've think I've done it in one of three ways in the past.

1. Using AramilFeraxa's QD script, which gives a special menu at Special:QD to delete all pages/files in a category with a set reason. (quite sure this one only works for GSes/stewards)
2. Using Animum's mass deletion script, which will give a special menu at Special:MassDelete, where one can paste the names of all pages to delete and then delete all of them at once. (this requires one to be a local sysop, so only being a GS/steward doesn't work)
3. Deleting all of them by hand.

EPIC (talk) 20:29, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! --MGA73 (talk) 20:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Uprooting Sjaak and Greta (Mertens) Gielen family from the Netherlands and replanting it in New Zealand.

Why have you EPIC blocked SjefGielen form proceeding with project for this Gielen family in new Zealand? SjefGielen (talk) 22:43, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello. The reason for the block is stated in the block reason. EPIC (talk) 23:15, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

GLock for example account

Please reconsider your response here. As stated, the User:Red link example account is intended to exist solely for documentation and testing purposes. "Ignore all rules" should apply. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:16, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello - point is, there shouldn't be a need for a lock if it won't be used. EPIC (talk) 15:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

No that is not the point. Elsewhere, I have already had people telling me they will only protect the talk page - it is vital to its purpose that it is not created - if the account is glocked. Glocking it will have zero cost and do zero harm. Glocking will prevent the possibility of the account being compromised; and will reassure editors - admins especially - on other projects that it's not a live account, liable to making edits. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:26, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

OK - if you insist on having it locked then I'll go ahead and do it now. We generally don't fulfill self-lock requests, but there's probably no real issue in doing it in this case. EPIC (talk) 18:26, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

CheckUser

Hello, I need some assistance. Currently, there seems to be an increasing number of "puppet accounts" (sockpuppets) on the Uzbek Wikipedia. To help identify and manage these accounts, I would like to request checkuser status. Is it okay to leave a request on the Meta page for this? Abdufattohov Ibrohimjon (talk) 02:07, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

@Abdufattohov Ibrohimjon: Hello - for that you will need to be elected through a local vote in accordance with the CheckUser policy. There also needs to be at least two checkusers on a wiki. With that said, the amount of steward checks at uzwiki already seems to be quite low? EPIC (talk) 11:30, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, currently there are no users on the Uzbek Wikipedia who can use CheckUser, which is why I want to apply for it. After the local election results, I will place my candidacy in the requests. Thank you. Abdufattohov Ibrohimjon (talk) 12:57, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Block request

Hi EPIC, So sorry to ask here but could you block 188.50.146.145 please as It wont allow me to report them at SRG,

I've followed the big red box message and gone to IRC but it wont even let me post there either (⚠ Cannot send to nick/channel) so I'm lost,

The IP is vandalising various projects and trolling, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:10, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 21:16, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you it's very much appreciated, Take care, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:20, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

A word of thanks

I really am sorry for repeatedly socking while locked. I've appealed successfully via UTRS. Hope stuff is going alright on your end. JayCubby (talk) 15:57, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

help unblock

Hello. I can't speak or write English. That's why I use Google Translate. I hope you understand what I wrote. I've been using Wikipedia for a long time, but I've been using it less and less. I can't access Wikipedia. You've blocked my username and IP address. I don't fully understand why. I would like to learn a lot from Wikipedia. I'm disappointed that I can't access Wikipedia. 188.253.220.201 15:54, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, your IP range is only blocked for logged out editing. Both logged in editing and account creation is open, so you may edit through an account instead. EPIC (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Zamin2024 (talk) 16:33, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

block request

76.121.217.240 is just vandalizing/spamming. i can't figure out how to report a user; ¡wiktionary is so complicated like that! from their global block log, it looks like you've blocked them in the past so please do so again if you can Brawlio (talk) 04:00, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, sorry for being a bit late on seeing your message. It seems that the vandalism ended for today, but I went ahead and placed a new global block for six months. EPIC (talk) 10:43, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Internall discussion

Hello. I made a request for adminship on Mongolian Wikipedia, however you wrote that you want to discuss it internally first. If it is not secret, approximately how long it is gonna be? Thank you for your attention. Have a nice day. Enkhsaihan2005 (talk) 12:36, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

I can't say specifically, but it shouldn't take too long. We'll close it within the next few days. EPIC (talk) 14:02, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I understood. Enkhsaihan2005 (talk) 14:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

He’s doing it again…

Please see my talk page for Wikisource, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. This knucklehead with the username “Hurricane Clyde is obsessed with Andrew5” (obvious personal attack name) left me three talk page messages on different wikis. There was also a fourth message (this one on Commons); from an IP that claimed that I had a “crush” on Andrew5. The Commons messages was reverted by someone else before I woke up; but the messages from the other wikis were still there. I have a feeling he’s the same person who trolled me back in August; and he may perhaps be Andrew5 himself, idk. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 17:23, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

I’ve just blanked the two other talk pages of mine that the comments were put. It erroneously tagged the Wikidata blanking as vandalism so let’s hope that no bot tries to undo it and restore that garbage. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 17:53, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Also, thanks for globally locking that troll. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 18:46, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

request

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Checkuser/2024-11#https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587:%25D8%25B3%25D9%2588%25D8%25A1%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25D9%2581%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587%25E2%2580%258C%25DA%25A9%25D9%2586%25D9%2586%25D8%25AF%25DA%25AF%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586_%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B2_%25D8%25AD%25D8%25B3%25D8%25A7%25D8%25A8%25E2%2580%258C%25D9%2587%25D8%25A7%25DB%258C_%25DA%25A9%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A8%25D8%25B1%25DB%258C_%25D8%25B2%25D8%25A7%25D9%25BE%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B3/FreeZoneF

Hi, I have submitted a request but I don't know if it is in the right place. Can you please review it and advise?

troll with many accounts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Claggy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Twenty77

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/FreeZoneF (Rename from: Mpj77)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mpj7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Sarlaxi

thanks for reply, but the user was reported in the local wiki space, but the active inspector user has not been there for more than a month and has not been reviewed. Can I request an inspection in another location?

One of the local checkusers last edited yesterday, and the other edited four days ago. Since we generally do not perform checks on wikis with local checkusers outside of emergencies, could you make a local request? EPIC (talk) 06:16, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

I am not very familiar with its method. But I know that the response time and method in the Persian section is very slow. A large number of requests are not reviewed after several months. One of the admins told me that only the information of malicious accounts remains for three months. And there is only one day left for its review. If you could kindly request a quick inspection of the following two accounts in the English section, I would be grateful. Because I do not know the process. But I looked at the articles and saw that they have edited the Persian articles and the corresponding English articles with different accounts and they have been blocked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Claggy (was ban)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/FreeZoneF (past name: Mpj77) (was ban in persian)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mpj7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Sarlaxi

I am certain that these two accounts (Mpj7 and Sarlaxi) are the same. They have vandalized the exact same article and made edits within minutes of each other. The sub-account was created solely for sabotage. If it is inspected soon, it will probably never be discovered. Thank you for your cooperation.

The page for requesting checks on the English Wikipedia is at en:WP:SPI, if you want to place a local request. Please remember to provide enough evidence as well. EPIC (talk) 06:57, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

I looked at this link but I really didn't understand what to do. Also, note that most of the evidence of vandalism is in Persian, not English. In Persian, the inspectors are very slow. Many cases are closed after months without being investigated. This user has used a combination of accounts and both of them should be considered together. And I think this should be investigated because the evidence in English alone is not enough. Check at least the two accounts below to prove that it is one. I have already reported all the evidence in Persian to the Persian administrators. But as I asked, the first administrator there was blocked by Wikipedia globally a few months ago. And he has poor management. So I ask for your help. This user's last edit was 89 days ago and if it is not checked now, there will be no information left to check. In terms of content, the main user and the sub-user are completely consistent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_duck_test

According to the duck test, the two accounts FreeZoneF and Mpj7 are the same. Based on old username FreeZoneF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/FreeZoneF (past name: Mpj77) (was ban in persian)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Sarlaxi

The user has done exactly the same kind of vandalism on this article with four different accounts, three of which have been closed. And in the English article, the same article has had simultaneous edits. When his first account was closed, he edited it with another account in both languages ​​in less than two hours. On his Persian talk page, he has openly admitted to having several backup accounts. You can ask the Persian admin below.

https://fa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86&action=history

https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%87:%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7/DejaVu (persian admin)

Almost all Persian inspection files are closed without being inspected. Because they only have two inspector users who are mostly inactive. I just looked at eight out of ten files, they have closed them all with a semicolon without even checking. The administrator who closed the files has no access to inspection at all. Two users have the ability to inspect, and they are active two or three times a month.

Let me know if you need more information. thanks

As mentioned both projects have local checkusers and therefore local users to determine whether the check should be performed, which means they are responsible for handling such requests. Ladsgroup was active just yesterday and Huji was active four days ago, and should be able to assist, but in either case, unless it is an emergency, we will not be the ones performing the check. EPIC (talk) 11:35, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Question regarding block of User:Q131029980

I was curious about your block of User:Q131029980 and which LTA it was associated with. I have identified what looks to be additional sockpuppets.

• Q130330775 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• User:Child of Hoplamazian Q106967454 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• User:Rahul Varun Q113589827 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• User:Jeh Cyrus Vandrevala Q106957769 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• 94.40.72.241 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

All are active on Wikidata and have abnormally deep knowledge of Wikidata and Wikipedia for new users. I left messages on the talk pages of a few asking if they had other accounts and got no response. Then within the next 18 hours they cycled to a new account. William Graham (talk) 06:03, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I locked the remaining accounts. EPIC (talk) 08:32, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Bismarck, Hans Christoph von 1704-1773 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

New user, follows the same pattern as the others naming their account after the first item the account edits. William Graham (talk) 05:39, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Done for that one as well. EPIC (talk) 12:18, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

You locked User:Jeh Cyrus Vandrevala Q106957769 and then User:BLOPvio nominated wikidata:Q106957769 for deletion. Another in the line of socks. William Graham (talk) 23:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 23:19, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Back as User:Julie Elisabeth Helene Sievers. Second edit is Julie Elisabeth Helene Sievers (Q63677232). William Graham (talk) 05:08, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Another, User:Seb Mazurek and first edit is Sebastien Mazurek (Q130644299). William Graham (talk) 23:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Done as well. EPIC (talk) 18:24, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Dear William,

I am highly surprised that you asked to block me for no reason, except that I updated my personal profile that was firstly introduced by my friend, who I work with.

I belong to a group that work on Dura-Europos, an ancient site in nowadays Syria, and I am doing by job by documenting a building I am in charge in.

I believe that instead of reacting on no reasonable grounds and instinctively, you should really investigate deeply.

I have already asked the stewards for objective arguments and to unblock my account, otherwise I will not be able to perform the job, I was asked for.

Regards,

Mazurek Sebastien 188.146.32.64 14:38, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

@William Graham: I see User:Seb Mazurek is effectively contributing to Wikidata:WikiProject IDEA and the pattern of editing seems very different from the other blocked users, since it is mainly related to the site of Dura Europos; IMHO the block should be undone. Best, Epìdosis 00:03, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

On a second look I think these are unrelated, so I've unlocked the account. EPIC (talk) 00:17, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Apologies for my error. William Graham (talk) 06:38, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Question Gondolabúrguer

I have been investigating for some time a case of multiple accounts possibly associated with Gondolabúrguer. I obtained information that a series of accounts are linked to AMrEschi, which you globally blocked with the justification of a compromised account. I wonder if you could take over the verification starting from the global block, as you have more information than I do. I recommend starting by checking the accounts Insider R1 and St15td. Let me know if you need anything. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 14:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

With the information I have on the Portuguese Wikipedia, I cannot confirm or dismiss the connection between these accounts and Gondolabúrguer. Regardless of that, since I observed this global block, I suspect it might be a case of blocking, even if it has no connection to Gondolabúrguer. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 15:02, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

@Conde Edmond Dantès: Thanks for the information! All accounts except Insider R1 are stale, so there is no data for me to compare with them. With that said, I checked Insider R1 and didn't find anything there. Is there any data from any local checks listed at CU wiki? EPIC (talk) 17:09, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Upon checking the account AMrEschi, globally blocked by you, I identified two dynamic IPs. There are numerous accounts accessed by the same IPs, from the same device, on the same date, and at nearby times. In other words, it is highly likely that all these accounts were accessed by the same person. Since AMrEschi was blocked for compromise, it is very likely that the offender is the same person using the other accounts. Furthermore, there is suspicion that they may be puppets of Gondolabúrguer. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 17:43, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

You blocked the account AMrEschi on August 13, 2024. The person responsible for this account attempted to access it on the Portuguese Wikipedia on October 27, 2024, and November 12, 2024. On both days, numerous other accounts were also accessed, and several of them edited project articles.

What I would like to know is whether the data from August is still available for comparison with the data from October and November, in order to determine whether it is the person responsible for hacking the account or the victim. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 17:56, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

@Conde Edmond Dantès: I don't have full data with UAs etc and can't access it either since the data is stale on metawiki, but the IP used for the compromise was logged. If needed I could provide it to you on CU wiki. EPIC (talk) 19:32, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Please! This way I can compare it with the data I have. If you'd like, I can provide the data from pt.wiki there. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 19:52, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Done - provided by email. EPIC (talk) 20:10, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Email ;)

I wonder if you received my email a day ago about un-locking AafiOnMobile or it landed in your spam-folder? _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 16:45, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Looks like it somehow passed me unnoticed. Done. EPIC (talk) 17:15, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. ─ Aafī on Mobile ^(talk) 17:54, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

165.225.202.xxx

Please unblock this IP range Argo Navis (talk) 08:53, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, the range is only blocked for logged out users. As long as you are logged in to your account you shouldn't have any problems editing from it. EPIC (talk) 08:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

please unblock others wikipedia 176.221.126.237 15:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Global block on LifeIsTrash

That was fast. Thanks for making my first global block request such a painless experience. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk) 19:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

No issue, happy to help :) EPIC (talk) 19:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the CAPTACHA refusal

Hi EPIC, don't you think it's a bit premature to refuse a request because one steward didn't seem happy (more of being unsure) with it? Leaderboard (talk) 04:44, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello - I closed the request considering the opinions of other users there, and opinions of other stewards in private. EPIC (talk) 06:30, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Cross-wiki vandal in 85.249.160.0/20

Hello EPIC. I decided to write here because of the semi-protection of the SRG page. Found continuous cross-wiki vandalism in 85.249.160.0/20 range (for example: [1] [2] [3]), this range is already blocked in lbe.wikipedia, but a global block would be much better. Don't make it too long — this range is quite active in ru.wikipedia, there are different users making good faith edits. Let's see the results of 2-week or maybe 1-month block. 2A00:1FA0:4322:33AF:EC67:A48B:FFB5:5FA5 02:23, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, it looks like most of the edits have only been at ruwiki? EPIC (talk) 18:23, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Request

Hello am writing to request the appropriate page that I will post my request on how to be permanent admin in ffwiki.

Thank you in advance Fulani215 (talk) 18:19, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

You can post a request in Steward requests/Permissions#Administrator access if you have opened a local discussion which has been open for at least one week. With that said, considering the current size of ffwiki's community, I'm not too sure we can consider it large enough for permanent administrators at this time per MVR. EPIC (talk) 18:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello am writing to tell you that I have post a request on my local wikihttps://ff.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hello_ja%C9%93%C9%93orgo&markasread=31752&markasreadwiki=ffwiki for last one week, following my intention to become adminship in ffwiki. I look forward for the approved

Fulani215 (talk) 17:26, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, as mentioned, please place a request on the linked page. EPIC (talk) 17:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Unblock

Hi EPIC. Could you please unblock, my IP is 14.186.23.114 which is being banblockby you in a very wide range so I accidentally got stuck in that IP range. I currently want to contribute to Vi Wikipedia but because of this banblockcannot contribute, and I am not a puppet, maybe the puppet master has not used this IP for a long time, also because of that, I looked at the IP banblockg and saw that recently no stewardess has changed the global block anymore. I hope you will consider it. Sorry because I am not good at English. Best regards! Lacky.lacky (talk) 08:14, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

I've tried setting the block to only affect anonymous users. Try again now. EPIC (talk) 10:54, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks you very much! Lạc Kỳ (talk) 14:32, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

2 tickets

Please check on these tickets:

• first
• second

Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 11:14, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Replied on both tickets. EPIC (talk) 12:08, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Help for Unblock

Hi sir @EPIC

This is my new user wright after My user globally locked and blocked with no previous notice. I explained a lot everywhere and now I would mention that I have a brother and he was fan of Farsad (rapper) and sometimes vote in AFD and make some edition in Farsi Wikipedia and we mostly use same PC. And explained to The user but he blocked me again! I didn't any mistake anytime and I if I did unwanted I apologize.

I had no relation with other users anytime.

Please unlock my user and IP, Thanks for the corporation Timasr2024 (talk) 11:36, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Then please send in an appeal to us at stewards-appealswikimediaorg so that we can look further into it. In the meanwhile I am locking this account as lock evasion. EPIC (talk) 12:11, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

hi

ive already sent an email but im hadjnix and i dont want to be asosciated with LTA insulting people was a wrong thing but i make constructive Edits too and i dont want to be blocked forever cuz thats not the solution Neewam (talk) 11:01, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

You were globally blocked for socking and cross-wiki abuse, though since it's a global block, you can still log into your account, and srwiki may still exempt the global block locally. With that being said, if you want to appeal, please send one in to stewards-appealswikimediaorg and we will take it from there. In the meantime I am locking this account. EPIC (talk) 11:04, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Request to hide version

Hello sir, which page do we report the version hiding request to? The IP address and phone number have been shared, which means personal information has been shared. I could not find the request page, thank you. Mr. Tamarize (talk) 17:30, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

If it is a project that doesn't have an oversight team, you can report here: Special:Contact/Stewards. Be sure to include a link to the page. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, this is the link shared in meta: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ask_a_question/Recent_questions&diff=prev&oldid=27985543

@Xaosflux Mr. Tamarize (talk) 18:03, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Mr. Tamarize This has been removed. In the future for suppression requests here on the meta-wiki, you can use Special:EmailUser/Meta-Wiki_oversighters (linked from Meta:Oversighters. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 19:32, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Xaosflux Hello, thank you very much for sharing this valuable information with me. Kind regards. Mr. Tamarize (talk) 04:56, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Stop banning polish IPs and unblock Play and Orange

I see that you are prejudiced against Poles. You are Checkuser, but you are using inadequate means. You have blocked the Orange 46.134.0.0/16 range for 3 years! However, you are constantly imposing longer and longer IP blocks on Play and it irritates me a lot, because I want to help, I teach history and my hobby is to fix dates, tables, etc. I even wanted to create an account, but it failed three times because of these sick blocks. It is a large network and it is not a proxy. What had to happen that you blocked a million or two million IP addresses for so long. Maybe you will cut off all of Poland from Wikipedia, Mr. Checkuser? I do not know what happened, but collective responsibility is never a good solution.94.254.132.10 12:25, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

The ranges are being blocked due to repeated abuse. Most of the blocks are set to only affect logged out users, so if you register an account, you can edit as usual from the blocked ranges. EPIC (talk) 12:28, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

But to create an account you need an unblocked IP which I just got now, but I'll probably get 5.173.0.0/16 again soon. Also, consider how many users edit without creating an account. Wikipedia loses on such radical steps. You can always write a complaint to Abuse. 94.254.132.10 12:39, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

It is repetition of the very same story as once w:pl:Wikipedia:Blokada_edycji_dla_sieci_Orange_i_Play/en + w:pl:Wikipedia:Blokada_edycji_dla_sieci_Play_2013/en. Media coverage should do the thing. 170.245.132.83 13:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

You may still create an account through a non-blocked range, alternatively request an account through en:WP:ACC. EPIC (talk) 13:49, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

You can forward whole affair to various online Polish press and news, as was once done. This should coerce Abuse of both P4 and Orange to take necessary steps. 170.245.132.83 13:58, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Nobody is doing anything about it. It's worth mentioning that 5.173.0.0/16 is a very popular range and most edits even from IP alone are not vandalism.94.254.166.42 01:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

I thought I'm not alone in this ban. Most of time I can't edit anything! 94.254.130.7 14:41, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, the term is bad decision. It must be longer. Wargo (talk) 03:21, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Remove my block, I haven't done anything wrong.

You've framed me for something I haven't done. Ilijich (talk) 20:49, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Your account is not blocked anywhere. Are you affected by a global IP block? EPIC (talk) 20:50, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Must be affected by IP Block Mr. Tamarize (talk) 20:52, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Globally locked?

For pretending to be Mid Atlantic Baby on one wiki only? 2602:FE43:1:46DD:117B:EE17:3A65:54EA 07:22, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I get it! Thanks for the beans. 2602:FE43:1:46DD:117B:EE17:3A65:54EA 07:42, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry. I must have accidentally clicked the rollback button and tried to self-revert first. Codename Noreste (talk) 07:48, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Why is my account locked?

Hello, I am waiting for an explanation why my account was locked. What is your purpose in locking it for no reason? Unlock it. 176.89.118.95 11:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

The lock reason was likely already stated in the lock reason, but you can make a formal appeal if desired. EPIC (talk) 11:09, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello

Please remove all of my global rights if possible. Thank you! Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 17:13, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@Iwaqarhashmi: I removed your oathauth-tester and GIPBE flags as well as your local autopatrol here on Meta. Since VRT permissions flags are handled by VRTS admins and the other wikis on which you have local rights have local administrators, please ask them to assist you with removing that. EPIC (talk) 17:16, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 17:17, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

False positive in filter 201

Hello. An IP was filtered on french wiki by the global filter 201 (see here). In this case it's a false positive. The word "retard" is a correct word in french (for example "je suis en retard" means "i'm late"). Can you correct the filter or do an exception for french wiki ? Supertoff (talk) 22:45, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

The FP happened three years ago, it seems that it has already been fixed. EPIC (talk) 22:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, my bad, sorry (abused by an IP request...) Supertoff (talk) 17:21, 20 December 2024 (UTC)