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New filter?

It would be useful if a filter was created to prevent new users (not autoconfirmed) from removing qd or rfd tags from articles. PieWriter (talk) 12:36, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

Doe someone want to take a look? PieWriter (talk) 03:34, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

We currently have Special:AbuseFilter/85 to tag QD removals. Looking at the filter log, it might be worth changing it to disallow such actions. Expanding to RFD templates would be good imo. -Barras talk 09:01, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

@Barras That’s seems like a great idea! PieWriter (talk) 04:23, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Protection request

Within the past few days, there have been disruption in the page Eastern Europe, so I am requesting that page gets protected. NX3710 (talk) 19:27, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done -Barras talk 22:32, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Attention

Filer has been blocked for block evasion. CountryANDWestern (talk) 13:58, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. No further changes should be made to this discussion.

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The account Yeatglazer has been banned on English Wikipedia for trolling and sockpuppeting. I have come across the article Ali Khamenei, had a deeper look, and found signs of similar behavior 1 (accusing Wikipedia of valuing Islamic terrorists), 2 (similar allegation), 3 (denying QAnon is a disproven conspiracy theory). The account seems to be pushing POV instead of editing neutrally. Also pay attention to this. ~2026-13522-85 (talk) 05:02, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

You are banned, you are not supposed to be here. You are the one conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. The IHRA definition of antisemitism is a persuasive definition and can be seen as an example of weaponization of antisemitism User:Polygnotus/Steven1991 Yeatglazer (talk) 02:21, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

I have no idea who that person is. I only saw your edits because you edited Ali Khamenei. I am talking about your own behavior on English Wikipedia and here. You are the one found to be running several socks across Wikipedia. Your obsession with Jewish topics is abnormal, like you did here by claiming The Forward is "unreliable" for being "Jewish socialist", which is exactly a Nazi trope conflating Jews with socialism/communism. It is obvious what you are doing here. No one is weaponizing anything when you make your position so obvious. ~2026-13610-66 (talk) 08:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Why are you also obsessed with trans people? Why are you conflating trans people with shooters? I don't see how this qualifies you as a neutral editor? ~2026-13610-66 (talk) 08:40, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

We need to beware that Yeatglazer also made apparently anti-transgender edits, like this one. These offensive redirects are equally concerning. It is unclear if this breaches WP:NOTHERE, when their sole purpose of participation is to promote bias against Jews and transgender people across the site. I would @Significa liberdade @Yamla @Moneytrees, the English Wikipedia admins who handled his block, in case they wish to comment. ~2026-13942-75 (talk) 14:51, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

More anti-trans rambling by Yeatglazer, on ENWP. It pretty much explains their edits on this Wikipedia. ~2026-13931-23 (talk) 09:37, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

• Can an admin look at this for a WP:BOOMERANG block on the temp account as an obvious sock of Steven1991 based on behavior? Look at the history on Antisemitism in the Soviet Union - created by Steven1991. Polygnotus pruned the article with useful edit-summaries and since then temp accounts have reverted Polygnotus's changes including most recently 2026-13931-23. The argumentative style of the temp account is very similar to Steven1991's style (and in part that style is what led to Steven1991's block on en wiki and here). It was disruptive then, it's disruptive now. Ravensfire (talk) 17:01, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

  English Wikipedia admins have checked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Yeatglazer#c-Newslinger-20260304170400-Yeatglazer-20260303233700 .

  Behavioral evidence does not support linking between the temp accounts and Steven1991. ~2026-13956-50 (talk) 19:59, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

  He was just here earlier litigating with user:Polygnotus for cleaning up his edits Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Current issues and requests archive 92#c-Polygnotus-20251126151100-Steven1991 Atp, most antisemitism related articles that he frequents should be semi-protected. And again wp:duck, there is no need for technical evidence. Whats the point of a block if he is constantly evading it Yeatglazer (talk) 05:38, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

  Said the person who believes the QAnon and thinks that Jewish sources are unreliable because they are "socialist" ? Poly may have a point about them but you don't have, when you are banned from English Wiki for far-right trolling yourself. You don't get to pretend as being on the right side when you have a history of far-right POV push yourself. ~2026-14136-31 (talk) 08:15, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

  Can you tell us how many sockpuppets you are owning as well? Haven't English Wiki admins found that you are socking? ~2026-14136-31 (talk) 08:16, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

  Perhaps explain this? ~2026-14136-31 (talk) 08:24, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Yeah that is Steven. But y'all already know that. I can post my watchlist so they can all be semi'd if that would help? Polygnotus (talk) 06:02, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

You don't have evidence. Gut feeling is not evidence. Yeatglazer made problematic edits including ones which justify conspiracy theories like QAnon, any lurkers are right to point it out, esp. when Yeatglazer is under a ban on ENWP themself. Someone bad does not automatically validate the activity of Yeatglazer as said by ENWP admin Newslinger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Yeatglazer#c-Newslinger-20260304170400-Yeatglazer-20260303233700 ~2026-14136-31 (talk) 08:26, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#Yeatglazer and meta:Steward_requests/Global#Global_block_for_sockpuppets_of_Steven1991. Polygnotus (talk) 12:40, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

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Deleting user pages of indeffed users

I received email from Shadow. 547, who was indeffed on 21 February. The user was asking for a restore of one of their user subpages that had been deleted. Research showed that Barras deleted a number of this user's user pages on 25 February with the reason "Old userpage (subpage) of an indefinitely blocked user". I didn't check all the deleted pages, but the one the user wanted restored had been created only about a month ago, so I restored it. I'm aware that there might be issues with an indeffed user using any user pages here, but if the only basis we have for deleting them is being old then this one didn't qualify.

It seems to me that a page should be at least a year old, maybe older, before it is considered old enough to delete under this provision. We don't delete old user pages of users who have been inactive for much longer, so deleting those of indeffed users seems strictly punative. Is that our policy? -- Auntof6 (talk) 16:24, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi there. It pretty much depends on how you define old. My point was mainly to delete the per RFD deleted page that has been restored to Shadow's userspace. See #Battle_of_Iki_(1274) above. While doing so, I just decided to completely clean-up and deleted the whole set of subpages. The problem is, that we don't come back to such pages and they will be there for ever, which I think is no useful but just bypassing reality. Furthermore, I already provided Shadow the last revision of the page via discord, they just refused to believe me that I really provided everything. After complaining more and more, they got banned from discord by an mod there. That being said, Wikipedia is not a web host and thus the page should be deleted again. Barras talk 17:07, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Abusing my mother

Hello admins, i reverted two edits by IP (2026-14050-18) on Gujarat Kshatriya Sabha because he removed some sourced information from that article without any reason. But this IP reverted my edit and abusing about my mother "teri maa randii" which means "Your mother is a whore and moll". Bassloverpunj (talk) 20:29, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

I have warned him, feel free to warn him again while waiting for admins, multiple warnings give admins a better reason to ban him. ExplorerofSpace (talk) 20:34, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

• if he continues

ExplorerofSpace (talk) 20:34, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Ok, i got it, thanks for quick action. Bassloverpunj (talk) 07:18, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Request for semi-protection for B4U Plus

• B4U Plus (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

There are some temporary users continuously vandalizing this page, removing large amounts of content without any reason. 浅村しき (talk) 05:08, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected for one week. Let me know if it starts again. Peterdownunder (talk) 06:09, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Simple talk#Baby Globe

needs a neutral administrator to close the discussion and adjust the settings how they see fit through the interface, that is linked in the discussion. --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 23:00, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

•  Done -23:25, 12 March 2026 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barras (talk • contribs)