Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Current issues and requests archive 6

reason of delete

I've create this mediawiki message (copy from en :-)). what we think about? It's ok? --vector ^_^ (talk) 10:11, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I think it is fun to see my additions to the mediawiki code go live finally! - Huji ^reply 11:33, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I also think, we should put the links after the comments, not before them. - Huji ^reply 11:34, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

what do you think? --vector ^_^ (talk) 13:03, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Check the talk page again to see what I had in mind. - Huji ^reply 19:00, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

From experience on en.wp, I know people usually put the policy link before the comments. However, I have seen it done the other way, so I think either way is fine. Nishkid64 (talk) 19:48, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool, isn't there one for blocking too. Oysterguitarist 02:32, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Main Page

I would like to request that the Main Page get full protection, it is very high risk. JetLover ^Bam! 00:52, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

A poll was/is conducted, the current results are a tie between semi and full protection. The poll is in Archive 5. I already added your vote to the full protection section given your comment here. The page is currently protected Edit-registered user, Move- admin. -- Creol(talk) 01:13, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Gadgets

I tried my best to import the En WP Gadgets to our wiki, but I didn't have the time to test it thoroughly. Can some other admin please review it and make the requried fixes? - Huji ^reply 20:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

External link into new window works perfectly. Just tried it. -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 20:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Suggest longer block

User:Inherendo has made pretty much nothing but trouble. He inserts vandalism and other malicious content into articles. He is currently blocked for two weeks, I would suggest a few months or indefinite. JetLover ^Bam! 04:40, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

The user has been here a total of a week and a half and racked up his 3rd block (extended to a 2 week block in place of a one week). While there have been a few constructive edits from him, the bulk of his edits are vandalism or non-notable. That being said, any longer block short of just shutting down this account (infinite/indefinite) really serves little purpose without checking further into the problem (wp:beans for the why). The next occurrence looks like it will be a permanent block and may require action from Eptalon or myself in special capacity but currently there is no case for us to justify that action. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Creol (talk • contribs) 08:29, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

I personally think that this user should've gotten the indefinite ban a while ago, when he was banned the second time. At that time, I noticed that he was making mostly vandalous edits, and usually, for vandal-only accounts, you usually get an indefinite ban for that. -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 22:45, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Ionas68224 ban violation

I took a look at User:Liberator and noticed that he seemed to fit the profile of Ionas68224. Took a look on Commons and he's caused trouble for pushing his POV - which I imagine would be quite challenging on a media library. I found an IP that he'd redirected to his page, ran a WHOIS check and tracked it down to his ISP in his area. Can't be anyone else. Blocked User:Liberator and User:Liberator1 indefinitely, email blocked.

Ionas68224 is currently banned for repeatedly vandalising/sockpuppeting despite more chances than we've ever given anyone before. We offered to review his ban at the end of this year, but I personally believe this behaviour shows that he has't changed a bit - any other thoughts?

To Ionas68224 (as I guess you're reading this), do not attempt to create any further sockpuppets. This will only make things more difficult to sort out. You are not required to respond. Thanks, Archer7 - talk 21:34, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I have made a request for check user, to see if there are any more sockpuppets. Oysterguitarist 21:36, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Having been both welcomed to SEWP by Ionas and a victim User:Liberator's personal attacks I agree with extending the ban from one year to indefinite. It seems obvious he has no wish to change or control an underlying desire to cause harm here at SEWP. A note should be left on the WP:RFA page to show why his vote opposing user:lights will be struck out. -- Barliner  talk  21:44, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Blocked a large range (68.224.0.0 - 68.224.127.255) just in case. Shouldn't be any collateral damage really, but it's set for 2 weeks, extendable if necessary. Archer7 - talk 23:20, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Bio of Living People

I just noticed an article which I think is doubtful according to the BLP: Biographies of Living People policy. The jetsetter Charlotte Lindström sits in jail awaiting trial. Lots of other people in the same situation do not have, or need, articles here. Lindström is apparently "notable" for just this one thing. This article is (originally poorly) translated from Swedish Wikipedia and well-enough referenced. The "What links here" is revealing; the author says s/he is unpopular on English Wikipedia and tries to get others to copy the article there for her/him. --Hordaland 22:45, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

The article seems to be in keeping with the BLP policy (specifically the section on relatively unknown people) give the subject being prominent reported in at least 22 news articles from all across Australia (and one from Sweden). You may try requesting its deletion on notability grounds though. -- Creol(talk) 03:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Added note to all admins:

I think a bigger problem here is with our source of the article. Sinbad has a habit of requesting people copy his articles over to En:WP. He has stated in the past that this is because he thinks it would be better coming from a more established editor. The truth is, He is blocked on En:. He has been blocked under two names a total of 7 times. Most of this revolves around BLP issues with Swedish "celebrities" (mainly big brother contestants it seems). His original blocks were under the name Matrix17 and included bad faith afd noms, incivility, harassment, non-notable bios recreation, and impersonating an admin. He got unblocked and had his name changed to Zingostar where he was blocked another 3 times for sock voting (afd of nn swede celeb bio. Imagine that..), harassment, wiki-stalking and general problems with following BLP. Given his past and his current actions here, I think we need to keep a little extra attention on his actions to prevent this from taking place here as well. -- Creol(talk) 03:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I would have to agree with you here Creol. His actions need more attention than most other users on here mainly because of the fact that he has been blocked 7 times. Razorflame (contributions) Talk 03:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

(Even though I'm not an admin, I've been pretty interested in Sinbad, so I will help keep an eye on him as well, if needs be.)

Hello

I am a native speaker of English, and have worked on Wikipedia before. However, I am new to the simple wikipedia. I noticed something, and it may be very little, that I think is slightly important. When you type in the name of a page which does not exist, it gives you the option to 'create this page'. I think it would be more sensible to instead say 'make this page'. 'Make' is a word synonymous with 'create', and it is often taught in language learning before the word 'create'. Therefore, would it not follow more logic to use that? Is there a way to change it to that? And am i even saying this on the right page? lol Iamandrewrice 12:36, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

It is possible to change such things, but only Administrators can do it. I didn't find the text you meant, so could you please just paste it here, so I can find it and update it? - Huji ^reply 19:38, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Here's a possibility: Wikipedia does not have an article with this name. You may want to search for Colder on Simple English Wikipedia before creating the article, to check if the article has already been created with a different spelling.

To start a fair, truthful encyclopedia article, just type in the box below. You can click the "Show preview" button to see how it looks, at any time before you save it. When you are finished, just click "Save page". To learn more about creating and writing articles, read the instructions or check the links listed in Wikipedia:Useful. If you want to make test changes, please use the sandbox. If you have just created a page here, you might not be able to see it yet because it takes a while for the database to update; please wait a few minutes and click this link. If a page used to be here with the same name, it will be listed below here. Razorflame 19:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

yeah yeah thats the one ^_^ it seems to me as if its just the same as from the original English wikipedia. I thought it might be a little wordy, considering the target audience. (sorry if i wrote this thread in the wrong place) Happy nu year everyone btw x Iamandrewrice 10:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

here is the message that comes up on normal wikipedia when you type in a page that does not yet exist and click 'go':

No page with that title exists.

You can search again:

Titles on Wikipedia are case sensitive, except for the first character; please check alternate capitalizations and consider adding a redirect here to the correct title.
See all pages that begin with this prefix.
See all pages within Wikipedia that link to this page.
See Wikipedia:Searching for more search tips.
You can create this article:

Read Wikipedia:Your first article.
Gather references to the source(s) of your information.
Create the page including your references.
Or you can request that this page be created.
(it wasnt in red by the way)

and then this is what comes up on simple wikipedia:

There is no page titled "Asfasf". You can create this page.

Sorry, there were no exact matches to your query.

It seems that not only is the wording not basic enough, but perhaps not all the features that should be included are... Iamandrewrice 10:37, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Okay. MediaWiki:Newarticletext is updated. - Huji ^reply 20:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

And MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning is updated accordingly too. - Huji ^reply 20:09, 1 January 2008 (UTC)