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Sir I don’t think this page should be removed from wiki Link- https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohit_Churiwal Please Revert this Page Back!

Page Move Request

Sir there is two person with on name one is poet and one is politician see this https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brij_Kishore_Sharma and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brij_Kishore_Sharma so I want that please change the poet's wikipedia page name because as all references his orignal name is Brij Kishore Sharma "Tara" and it is difficult know who is "Tara" and who is sharma so please move this page https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brij_Kishore_Sharma. Thankyou

Thank you Eptalon

For deleting the Wikipedia:Drafts Page today at 2:56 it was complete nonsense and drafts were not supported. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.163.106.137 (talk • contribs)

Khowar Academy

Hi sir, why the page Khowar Academy has been deleted? the organization is notable, this academy has been awarded the Public Peace Prize, please see the award here [1]and restore the article in its original position. thanks --¬¬¬¬

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MathXplore (talk) 14:53, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Old templates

Hi Eptalon. So we have some older templates that have been deleted on ENWP See Template:2018 FIFA World Cup Group A table vs. ENWP. For this specific one, there are only two articles linking to it. The rest are templates, also deleted. It looks like they had a mass TFD w:Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2022_December_6#FIFA_World_Cup_group_table_templates The reason I am bringing this up is there are 197 templates in Category:Sidebars_with_styles_needing_conversion that I am going to update to the recent versions if they exist and I have access so they use the correct parameters. There TFD is a little confusing to me as it says the result was substitute and delete. I am not sure what they are being substituted with. What are your thoughts on this? While you ponder, I am going to start looking at the others and see what I can do to change them to the newer versions. I will keep a list of any I cannot touch and then post them on AN for someone to import them. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:52, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

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Template:ISO 639 name en

Hi there, Eptalon. This template has been depreciated (see ISO 639 name from code templates on ENWP). Since I am not familiar with the intricate details of this, I wanted to see if you can handle it. Per the TFD, it appears everything went down to just one template, and the rest have been deleted. They sent them all to hit Template:ISO 639 name. On just the Template:ISO 639 name en, there are 3 wikilinks and 19,013 transclusions. Please let me know if you find the solution and what help you would need. Per their TFD, they had ~1300 templates to handle. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 22:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

iso 639 is a two or three letter code for a language, plus optionally a code for the script. IIRC, sr-latn is for Serbian or Serbo-Croatian, written in Latin script. Eg. Croatia uses that to write the language,Sr-cryr or sr-cyrl is the same language but in Cyrillic Characters (used in Serbia, for example). Sr is just the language, or the language with the script that is normally used. IIRC, we might even use language variants, en-US us English as it is used in the United states. Given how Ofen it is used, are you sure we should deprecate it, what's the replacement? Eptalon (talk) 22:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

They implemented ISO 639 name to handle all of the language codes using the LUA. Where I am normally seeing the template get transcluded on is article talk pages for the This was translated from xx to en. From the TFP If the TfD passes, the plan is to convert all direct "ISO 639 name x" usages to use Template:ISO 639 name. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 22:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

References

Issue with wording on RFCU

So all of you say we cannot include IPs to CU. The directly goes against the very top of the page that says we can

CheckUser is the process of checking information about two or more users (including named users and IPs). Special users are able to check if two or more accounts have been used from the same computer. These users also see User agents. This can help them decide if two accounts are related in the way described above. It is also possible to see if a user is editing from an open proxy. On this page, users can request some users or IPs to be checked. Good reasons should be given for why a checkuser is needed; you should provide links which show the questionable edits, etc. Questions should usually be created so that they can be answered by yes or no. Responses will be short in order to comply with Wikipedia privacy policy. Sensitive information (like the IP addresses used by an account) are usually not reported. The results are not always clear, and a decision should not be made only on the basis of checkuser results.

If that is wrong, they it needs to be updated and corrected. If it is correct then statements on simple talk need to striked out and apologized for. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:00, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Please look at this policy,

Esp the section about releasing such information. Eptalon (talk) 12:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I am aware, however, it has repeatedly been said to us to not put IP addresses on the RFCU page, however, the wording at the top says "On this page, users can request some users or IPs to be checked" which directly contradicts statements like this one Wikipedia:Simple talk#Checkuser requests "Let me add to that that as checkusers, we are forbidden from linking usernames with IP adresses; we can't comment on IP addresses. So, only named accounts please... Eptalon (talk) 20:13, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply" that you made. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 22:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I am not a checkuser and am not familiar with the procedures of doing checkuser work. However, could it be that CUs can look into IPs and possibly take action, but just not comment on any of it? -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 Yes, they cannot comment due to the privacy and such referenced, however, the issue is just a contradiction in the WP:RFCU header vs. what is being said to us, as referenced. (being told we cannot put IPs up for CU against an account name), when the heading says we can. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 00:55, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@PotsdamLamb: I understand that. I was asking the person who actually has checkuser rights. Because if they can check but not comment on said check, then it seems that wouldn't be a contradiction: people could ask, but they wouldn't get actual feedback on it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:57, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@Auntof6 That is what I am saying. They have told us they cannot comment on it, which is understandable. I am sure we also all know it as well. The problem is Eptalon made a statement on Simple Talk "Let me add to that that as checkusers, we are forbidden from linking usernames with IP adresses; we can't comment on IP addresses. So, only named accounts please... Eptalon (talk) 20:13, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply" So yes it is a contradiction by him saying to only use named accounts, when the header says we can put both usernames and IPs up for checking. If IPs, then yes, they cannot comment on it, however, as has happened, when it goes on the board and we see the IP was blocked with whatever reason, then we know it was correct (depending on who made the block). So while they cannot directly comment on the IP, with a CU blocking it, that is basically a comment, just not said. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 01:02, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Double check

I think the one RfP you just deleted was not a duplicate. They had a different name. It was like the 3rd or 4th word in. I thought they were the same at first glance too. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 09:09, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Voiced dental and alveolar taps and flaps

I’m not sure what to do with this article. The creator has been bringing over a lot of complex articles from ENWP filled with errors like this one and moves on. Thoughts? Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 06:50, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

I am not a linguist, but likely this is a valid topic. I have two concerns, though:

• over here, no one is going to look for it with that title, hopefully there's a simpler term
• If there's on hint at the user trying to simplify (after some time), it would probably fall under 'copied from another WP, little sign of simplification'.

If in doubt, nominate for regular deletion? (Like I did with two articles just a short time ago) - If nothing else, it will show what the community thinks, and an admin can then close it accordingly. Eptalon (talk) 06:59, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

That was my thought. This editor hasn’t been simplifying some of them. I’ll keep an eye on it until tomorrow and see what happens. I don’t know what templates they are trying to call either where it says the BIG BOLD etc. Btw, one of the ones you just deleted was recreated right after you deleted it. Different IP though as it doesn’t show being created previously under that ip. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:04, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Do me a favor, and create an RfD, rather than nominating as quick-deletion. This will give us more input, it might also create a precedent for similar cases in the future. Eptalon (talk) 07:06, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok thanks. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:11, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Something weird

This IP comes up as a mobile user in Switzerland but they have made a lot of articles (stubs) in less than an hour for someone on a phone. They seem to also be overlapping in the territory of where this editor is at, as well as following me around and working on the same things I am (right after I make a change). The concern is the IP, which I’m not asking you to make any comment on but I am asking you to look into the suspicious behavior please.

User:Can't stop the stopr

Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:30, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

That's unlikely (haven't had a look), that IP doesn't doesn't create accounts. Eptalon (talk) 07:33, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Ok. It’s just really suspicious behavior to me. I don’t see it as a proxy on proxyio but I know some bots have created tons of stubs. That’s why I was inquiring. Thanks for looking into it. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:38, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

If you look at their contributions, you will see that many of them are small fixes, here and there... Eptalon (talk) 07:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

I see what you are saying. Thanks. Thanks, and be well! - PDL^{Talk to me!}_{Please don't eat da 🐑!} 07:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

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--Ferien (talk) 19:02, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Please indef

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It's a sockpuppet of an LTA vandal.

Kk.urban (talk) 18:45, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

 Done, the username was eligible for lockhide from stewards as well. --Ferien (talk) 18:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC)