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Request block

Hello admins, i request to block this 2409:40D0:34:E3AB:E503:FE6A:32C7:11AD ip for infinite because this ip is hub of vandalism and abusing particular society, you can see this edit. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 09:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

We generally don't indefinitely block IPs here unless it is an exceptional circumstance (pretty sure no IPs here are indefinitely blocked here anyways).- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:23, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

I sure you will block this ip after seeing these edits, this user. This user abusing other users openly on most of the his edits. See these edits [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], one more abuse by this ip [17]. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 09:26, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

The range is too stale for any action to be performed.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:44, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

But you can see the vandalism by this ip. He is vandalising many articles without any rest continuesly. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 09:48, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Revdel request 2

Hi, Could someone revdel [18], [19], [20] and my revert edit please?, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 10:48, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

[21] this too and my revert. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 11:52, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @FusionSub, Have you checked the above?, The butchering comments and random names of people is my main concern here, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 11:34, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll take a quick look now.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 11:42, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 11:48, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Brilliant thank you @FusionSub - your help is always greatly appreciated :), Have a great day, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:49, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

There is so many errors on this article

Alice Dewey Goldstone As the title says, there are so many errors on this article, this needs to be fixed and I can't find and fix the errors, even trying with the source editor. Maybe someone with very much experience or maybe an admin can fix it? Thanks and best, ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 13:34, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

@Adelaideslement8723 I made some Improvements but I think still some sort of cleanup required. Bensebgli (talk) 22:29, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Mainly focused on povpush and castecruft

There is a user:@Durjan Singh Jadon who’s constantly observed focusing on Indian subcontinent caste based pages, reverting and editing contents of various pages ignoring the caste based pov push on them. Moreover i previously advised the user to add unbiased information only but my note was ignored and the user continues to do the same. Clearly found editing pages related to the ‘Koli’ caste of India. I hereby request the admins to intervine. HistorianAlferedo (talk) 15:37, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) Not an admin, but I have seen a lot of the user's POV pushing and I believe that castecruft is there too, Singh Jadon have gotten a bit too far on the POV pushing, and it needs to stop before he gets blocked (by an admin) for POV pushing/Castecrufting. ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 15:45, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi friends, I'm neutral and not interested in edit wars but you can see that ip addresses vandalising the pages. Bro HistorianAlferedo, i noticed that you are Rajput POV pusher but no problem. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 17:16, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Please have a look at your talk page I have added some note there. Moreover, such allegations without any reliable proof for other contributors should also be avoided, as you said i’m a Rajput pob push lmao, buddy I don’t even belong to the Indian subcontinent. Indian history topics is what i’m interest in that and I try my best to remove castecruft and unsourced information by going through the citations of each line. I request you to add information along with citations and report these ips trying to cause vandalism. Thank you HistorianAlferedo (talk) 14:40, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Ok, i got you. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 15:05, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Someone making offensive comments in Hindi

This report is about Special:Contribs/2409:40D0:2020:3F1F:0:0:0:0/64, who is edit warring with a different user who is reported here. I have no idea which of them is writing more accurate things, but the IPs were writing comments in another language. I looked on Google translate, and they are saying offensive things in Hindi. Maybe block them? 2601:644:8184:F2F0:7891:C07A:A390:2322 (talk) 16:13, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done 2601:644:8184:F2F0:6CE6:B6BC:E8CC:D81E (talk) 18:21, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Life threat by ip

Hey admins, there is an ip adress 2409:40D0:2020:3F1F:D084:5AB7:7479:5B03 and 2409:40D0:2020:3F1F:8C7D:58F8:4233:3086 that is threatening me to kill me and and saying that my location on trace. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 17:25, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done blocked the range for 2 weeks.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 18:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

thanks Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 18:34, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

They're now on [22], making similar Rajput caste POV edits as before. Ravensfire (talk) 03:42, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done blocked range for two weeks.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:42, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Hello Ravensfire and FusionSub, i think there is a group of Rajput POV pushers and according to me, one of them is HistorianAlferedo because he edits only on Rajput pages and protects the edits made by that ip addresses. You can check HistorianAlferedo's changes. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 09:52, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Hello FusionSub, this ip 2409:40D0:12D6:5C1D:D1F0:7307:5159:21DA not blocked. Vandalism continued, threatening

to be in limit see this. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 09:55, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Hey FusionSub, there is new ip with same Rajput POV and target. This 152.58.116.228 and 152.58.119.3 ips belong to same user. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 10:01, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Problematic?

Alexander Lukison. It was recreated today, April 4.--Problematic in regard to recent AfD (which resulted in Delete). 171.23.6.165 (talk) 18:04, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Never mind, i guess:

Wikipedia:Requests for deletion/Requests/2025/Alexander Lukison (2nd nomination). 171.23.6.165 (talk) 18:07, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Personal attacks

Alright now that’s enough, there is a user:@Durjan Singh Jadon who’s again and again mentioning me on talk pages of various contributors claiming that the ip addresses who are particularly vandalising the pages edited by this user is because of me. Even claimed that i’m one of them and i’m helping them in this while all I did was reverted the edits to the last fair edit by other contributors. If we have a look at this user’s contributions all the edits are mainly related to a specific caste group from the Indian subcontinent named ‘Koli’, seems a bit fishy like why the user is only concerned about those pages only? Moreover I don’t think such personal attacks should be made for other contributors when my only goal is to make good contributions to the wikipedia. I’m also an extended confirmed user at en.wikipedia and have received few barnstar for my contributions there but here i’m facing personal attacks again and again. If the user thinks he alone can make good edits and there’s no need of other contributors of wikipedia then I will definitely stop my contributions towards wikipedia. Please intervine. Thank you HistorianAlferedo (talk) 09:04, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

One of the places that Durjan commented on HistorianAlferedo was at my talk page. There was/is a disruptive IP hopping editor in this area and I think they jumped to some wrong conclusions when HistorianAlferedo made some edits. I left a few suggestions and pointers to them (User_talk:Ravensfire#Help), and cautioned (slightly) about their comments towards HistorianAlferedo. The south-asian topic area is a contentious topic on en wiki and I'm a bit sad to see it spilling over to here. Perhaps a reminder to Durjan to show WP:AGF towards editors and even when there's a one disruptive editor, it doesn't mean that other editors that make similar edits are also disruptive, they can be acting in good faith. Ravensfire (talk) 19:46, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you @Ravensfire for understanding the situation i’m facing right now. I don’t understand why this user is trying so hard to prove me wrong like he’s now mentioning me on the talk page of another contributor of wikipedia claiming that the ips causing vandalism is me lol! This is really me a very bad experience here on wikipedia now, a fellow contributor again and again making such remarks for me and trying so hard to prove me wrong with no reliable proofs for the claim. All I did was reverted to the last edit by the other contributors on the pages that i came across, I am already busy these days so I get little time for contributing for wikipedia but even when i did @Durjan Singh Jadon is focused just to accuse me for vandalism and everything that too with no genuine proofs. HistorianAlferedo (talk) 03:53, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

@HistorianAlferedo I find this evidence quite convincing, are you sure you are not the IP? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 13:13, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Dear User:@Cactusisme you think reverting to the last fair revision of admins and confirmed users on pages where so much of conflict is going on proves me guilty? All i did was reverted the changes to the last edits by some experienced editor that’s it. If you still think i was behind all this vandalism and everything i’ll quit contributing to wikipedia as this is really giving me a very bad experience now. Again and again getting accused of vandalism when i’m already a extended confirmed user on en.wiki too with barnstars of appreciation for good work. Is this what I’m getting for trying my best to help in adding sources and removing unnecessary castecruft and povpush from wikipedia? I would only like to tell you that all I did was good faith unbiased editing and now leaving the decision on the admins. Thank you HistorianAlferedo (talk) 19:29, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

@HistorianAlferedo Why did you do this? It is the exact same edit as the Ip, this. Also you edits on Bappa Rawal is the exact same as the Ips'. Why did you revert Durjan Singh Jadon edits on List of Rajput Other Backwars Classes communities in India, when he reverted the Ip's edit, without leaving an edit summary? Also, you have been making changes to the exact same pages as the Ip. Please explain all these coincidences. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ}  08:32, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

User:@Cactusisme Yes, I can explain this is not a coincidence but just misunderstanding of things. Firstly talking about the page ‘Bappa Rawal’, as you can see my interest topics are ‘Indian History’ as i have been to the Indian continent, have gone through their culture, their history and rituals I developed an interest for the history of Indian subcontinent and that’s the reason i added the dynasty name but as it was reverted by one of the reliable contributor, i never reverted that edit and in the summary the user had asked for sources for adding this information as i was not free during those days i couldn’t find reliable sources and later i forgot about that page. If any other person or persons changed and made the same edit as i did that doesn’t mean that i was the one behind those Indian ip addresses. Now talking about the page, List of Rajput Other backward Classes in India, after some ips changed the information on this page, user:@Durjan Singh Jadon had reverted the edit to that of some other ip, all i did was reverted to the last long standing revision by an contributor and not of any ip’s revision. Also, if we look at the page Vaghela’s edit summary i have clearly mentioned that i am redirecting this page as nowadays there are so many pages with almost same names and they are becoming the main spot for vandalism and conflicts, my only motive for that redirect was to stop such conflicts and nothing else. Moreover, User:@Durjan Singh Jadon should also be asked why he’s always revolving around the ‘Koli caste group’ based pages and why he didn’t reverted the edit to the last fair edit by some contributor and reverted the last edit by some ip addresses that’s the reason i reverted some of his edits. That’s all i want to say. Thank you HistorianAlferedo (talk) 13:56, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

I've provided evidence, and then I raised my concern. If you have no external link to this ip then you should not restore edits of this disruptive ip in the future; instead, you should discuss disputes on the article talk page or on the user talk page. You restored Rajput POV edits of disruptive ip then your wrong revisions was rollbacked by Shakib ul Hasan.[23][24] I have no intention to attack or hate any editors. Because we all are part of the larger Wikipedia family. I assumed your contributions as good faith but when you reverted my valid edits and restored disruptive IP's edits on different occasions, it gave the impression that you had an external link to the IP. Thank you very much. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 18:30, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Not ready to be kept in this encyclopedia (early April 2025)

Racism against African Americans in the U.S. military.
(I have added language link (or interwiki). However, I am fine with this article being moved to USERFY; because (arguably) it is not ready to stay published.--(Topics that 'are not main concern of administrators': Delete discussion is fine, if anyone cares to start that.) Regarding an idea about QD: i am not sure which justification might be strongest.--To admins: All of the article, needs fixing. For now, I might not start to fix it, unless it gets nominated for Delete. (And yeah, this last sentence, might trigger bad-faith ideas or get associated with conspiracy theories.)--If this post is regarded as helpful, in regard to an article that (arguably) is not ready to stay published, then fine.--If the article survives a Delete discussion, then i will probably fix the first or second sentence, and ignore the rest of the sub-standard article. 2001:2020:C325:AB23:F933:6C83:55DD:396E (talk) 08:33, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

You can either rewrite it yourself or request for deletion. Steven1991 (talk) 11:16, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

May i suggest that you to re-read "-If the article survives a Delete discussion, then i will probably fix the first or second sentence".--I do QD stuff from time to time (and i have explained that outlook for this article.--Non-admin matter: i support anyone in nominating the article for Delete. (I added the non-admin part-of-the-matter, in preparation of moving this discussion when it might become clear that admins will not USERFY article.) 2001:2020:C325:AB23:844F:6742:8148:FC55 (talk) 11:38, 7 April 2025 (UTC) /original poster

You don’t need permission from anyone to fix an article. An article doesn’t need to survive an RfD call before it can be fixed. I acknowledge your original post, but I am simply putting forward my opinion on the issue. Steven1991 (talk) 11:41, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Summary: At least one user expects to not touch the article, before it makes it beyond 'USERFY declined'; and thru 'AfD started - article not Deleted'.--I did not see one sentence that was ready to get kept (however, no guarantee that there is not a single okay idea/sentence in there, somewhere). 2001:2020:C325:AB23:844F:6742:8148:FC55 (talk) 11:58, 7 April 2025 (UTC) /original poster

Other than this article needing an expansion and requiring some simplification, I don't really know what you want.

If you believe an article should not be on the encyclopedia, either nominate it for deletion (through WP:QD or WP:AFD), apply any fixes you can think of to make the article better, or ignore the article. It isn't a suitable course of action to just post it to the Administrators Noticeboard. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:55, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

Article protection request

Hi, Could State of Judea be protected please as the NPOV pushing IP is back, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:42, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

@FusionSub You can protect this page for more few months or Indef against IPs? Bensebgli (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

I've added one month semi. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:37, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

En-wiki has no such title (April 08)

First class flights OTA's.--QD, i suspect. Thoughts. 2001:2020:C325:AB23:6D2F:C53A:24ED:CF32 (talk) 07:49, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Pinging Sunilcdk, who created the article. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:55, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

What would be the grounds for QD? -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:59, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

New thought (for me) - non-encyclopedic?--Reminds me of 'things that might be done by some travel agencies, but not all'. 2001:2020:C325:AB23:6D2F:C53A:24ED:CF32 (talk) 08:07, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

We don't have a QD option for that, but you could try RFD. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:18, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Isnt this A4? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 08:24, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

no references for notability, nothing and also sounds pormotional Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 08:24, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

I agree with 'promotional of sorts'. The article seems to be promoting parts of the airline-ticket industries. 2001:2020:C325:AB23:38B9:1C5:14C4:8F0A (talk) 09:31, 8 April 2025 (UTC) /original

@Cactusisme: Which part of A4 do you think applies? -- Auntof6 (talk) 11:31, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

companies/products/services? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 12:47, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

This has now been deleted, and I've deleted it again after it was recreated. Just a note that A4 wouldn't apply as the subject of the article wasn't about a specific company or product. I'm not super sure about the "unambiguous advertising" level, but once it was deleted once, it shouldn't be recreated. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:03, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

@Lee Vilenski That's not in the deletion policy. If something was deleted by QD, it can't be deleted by QD again if it doesn't meet any QD criteria. 24.130.150.141 (talk) 19:05, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Sure, I don't mind renewing it which I've done. I dunno why I thought we CSD'd previously CSD topics. I would recommend putting the item to AfD at this stage though Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:22, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Every Wikipedia project is independently run. The content on that site takes no precedence over anything here, especially when it involves contentious topics that have to be considered carefully in terms of content import to this site. Steven1991 (talk) 13:38, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Every QD is independently run.--Now, a QD nomination, seems to be in place. 2001:2020:C325:AB23:FDC7:2AB4:3691:8B3C (talk) 20:40, 8 April 2025 (UTC) /2001:2020:C325:AB23:FDC7:2AB4:3691:8B3C (talk) 20:41, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

I don’t get your point. Steven1991 (talk) 14:10, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Assumption, user:Lee Vilenski will not be putting back the QD nomination, that he removed/'declined'.--I am fine with, that wikipedia permits unsourced promotional garbage (or highly garbage-ish).--Though, i would "vote" in a heartbeat, at AfD, to have garbage disappear.--No hurry, i guess.--Note: On-line ticket agencies (OTA?) sell first-class tickets, and they do have customers from the U.S. ; i have learned that from reading our wikipedia-article, in case i did not catch unsourced and 'obvious platitudes' about OTA, thru everyday life. 2001:2020:C325:AB23:FDC7:2AB4:3691:8B3C (talk) 21:00, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

I've AFD'd it. Ternera (talk) 23:25, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

If bad edit from 'spam-bot /LTA'?

Bad edit (and i am from that country), but possibly good-faith;

simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Øyer&curid=1078405&diff=10177085&oldid=10175512

Reverted yesterday, " 14:25, 7 April 2025 ... Reverted Mavic Adam who's a spambot/LTA". 2001:2020:C325:AB23:6D2F:C53A:24ED:CF32 (talk) 08:04, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks, user:Davey2010. 2001:2020:8355:8E83:616E:BB15:179D:D31D (talk) 05:18, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Thing Explainer

I think this article need some cleanup or copyediting. Bensebgli (talk) 20:52, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Changes like that can be made by anyone, not just administrators. If you see an article that needs work, you can definitely start editing it to clean things up! Ternera (talk) 23:23, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

USERFY (April 09) ?

USERFY is hereby strongly suggested,
Suankularb Wittayalai School.--'Unfinished AI-slop, should not stay published.'--Userfy - yes or no? 2001:2020:8355:8E83:219E:3E5F:2C7F:6D47 (talk) 15:55, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

(I did add interwiki (language link), before i saw how bad the article - really is.) 2001:2020:8355:8E83:219E:3E5F:2C7F:6D47 (talk) 16:00, 9 April 2025 (UTC) /original poster

This is not the location to suggest deletion or merges. We don't generally put items into userspace if they are unsuitable. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:36, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@2001:2020:8355:8E83:219E:3E5F:2C7F:6D47, I've replaced the article with content from Enwiki, It's not perfect but it's better than what was there before it, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:56, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

I glanced at the first paragraph of the lead: There is now, no AI slop et cetera.

 Done, without having to go to USERFY.--A thank you, to user:Davey2010, is now in place. 2001:2020:8355:8E83:AC37:9AD4:3864:7DB (talk) 15:48, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome @2001:2020:8355:8E83:AC37:9AD4:3864:7DB, Just an FYI but we don't have a userfy or draft process here, AI slop gets slapped with a {{AI notice}} and if it's lucky it'll be RFD'd and deleted. (I only RFD those that have been mass created by one person and there's no hope of simplifying - I do try simplifying over deleting but realistically this is not always possible if the En article is too complicated to simplify) So RFD may not always work but if you're unable to simplify it to the best of your ability than it's something to consider, Unfortunately AI slop cannot be QD'd because I believe some consensus that happened somewhere, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 16:56, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Updating Twinkle Tags

Thoughts on updating MediaWiki:Gadget-Twinkle.js to include Template:AI-notice for article tagging? As AI-generated content become more common, it would be useful to be able to tag it with Twinkle to make the categorization process quicker. Ternera (talk) 16:18, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

I believe I spoke to someone about Twinkle a while back. I think we are running quite an old version of Twinkle (or at least we are far away from the merged branch), so we should probably update it. I have no idea how we go about doing so though. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:35, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

Talkpage deletion request

Hi, Could someone delete all of the talkpages created by 212.82.88.29 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) please?, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 20:44, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

@Davey2010: On it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:33, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

@Davey2010:  Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 02:36, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Brilliant thanks so much :), Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:21, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

George Stinney

George Stinney is a direct copy from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/remembering-the-execution-of-14-year-old-george-stinney-80-years-later . I'm not sure if Death Penalty Information Center is under copyright so I'll leave that for an admin to verify. As I don't see any license listed on that website, I think it's probably copyrighted and this should be quick deleted. TagUser (talk) 06:31, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for info. I now have taken care of that specific (suspected) problem,

simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Stinney&oldid=10181794
. Good luck (while i fix other articles).--If there could be 'problems in the article's history', i have not asked myself. 2001:2020:8355:8E83:AC37:9AD4:3864:7DB (talk) 15:22, 10 April 2025 (UTC) /2001:2020:8355:8E83:AC37:9AD4:3864:7DB (talk) 15:23, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done It appears that Lee Vilenski has deleted the copyright violating revisions. Thanks. TagUser (talk) 17:25, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, yeah, I got a bit distracted, I have handled the RevDel on this subject. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:26, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Simple Talk redirect

Please indefinitely semi-protect Wikipedia:Simple Talk (the redirect). It should always remain a redirect and there's no reason for it to be a separate page. Several IP's have been using it as an alternate platform, which is not constructive. TagUser (talk) 17:27, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

I agree. I've made that change. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:33, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

RD1 fun

Some of these only involve a single revision, so all you gotta do is click these links: [25] (see [26] for context); [27] (see [28]); [29] (see [30]).

Then there's every +1,909, +2,225, and +1250 edit on Mark Speight (copyrighted song lyrics, probably easier to just use whitephosphorus/all-in-one on the IP's contribs for this one).

A lot of these are song lyrics. If you find yourself reverting someone dumping a bunch of song lyrics into a page and you happen to have a mop on you, revdel 'em while you're at it.

Only 360 or so more items to go in this backlog! -- asilvering (talk) 23:48, 10 April 2025 (UTC)

I have revisiondeleted the copyrighted song lyrics. Bsadowski1 00:01, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Editing Caste based pages

Dear admins, as I was falsely accused of vandalism and supporting ip addresses in vandalism by user:@Durjan Singh Jadon, i completely stopped editing on both en.wiki and simple.wiki just to figure out why this contributor is trying so hard to prove me wrong with no good proofs available for such claim. I stopped editing just to observe his editings and yes i have finally found the truth. This user is only here for editing caste based pages, and pov push. If we have a look at his recent changes, all the edits are related to Indian subcontinent caste related pages. Mainly centred around editing the pages based on the ‘Koli caste group’, the user has made some other castecruft changes too that can be seen in his contributions. Strict action must be taken for such users who not only made biased changes on caste related pages but also accused a fellow good faith contributor with false unproved claim of vandalism. I request the admins to please intervene and have a look at the recent changes made by the user. Thank you HistorianAlferedo (talk) 03:40, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

here is another relevant discussion: this Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 09:47, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Bro that’s already been clarified by me, doesn’t mean that the user can start povpush and castecruft on various ‘koli caste’ based pages in the name of contributing. HistorianAlferedo (talk) 03:26, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Protect Wikipedia:User talk page article

Hello administrators! Please protect the Wikipedia:User talk page article, because i've seen vandalism and even restored the article to the normal version, so i could get rollbacker rights if i restore even more articles.

So, please protect Wikipedia:User talk page article from vandalism, so that autoconfirmed users and administrators could edit the article.

Have a good day administrators! Wikipedian2025 (talk) 08:01, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

 Not done page protection is generally only done when vandalism is persistent and difficult to keep up with, and since there has only been one instance of vandalism in this calendar year, it hasn't reached that level yet.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:04, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

ok, but i restored the article about user talk pages, so this was my first time seeing vandalism that was not restored by admins or bots! So i could get rollbacker rights in the future, so i will restore vandalism.

Have a great day Wikipedia admins! Wikipedian2025 (talk) 08:08, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

You don't need rollbacker rights to revert vandalism. The rollbacker right is generally only an ease of access thing and requires a history of vandalism revertion. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:32, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

oh okay Wikipedian2025 (talk) 09:34, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Delete "Bombardiro Crocodillo" article

Hello Wikipedia Administrators! I've found an article called Bombardiro Crocodillo and when i found this article it is just nonsense, so delete this article!

Have a good day! Wikipedian2025 (talk) 09:21, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

I have deleted this - just a note, putting the QD request in is enough, we don't also need a topic about it. If an article contains really egregious items, you can contact the oversighters team by email as well. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:31, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

good! have a great day! Wikipedian2025 (talk) 09:32, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Request for flood flag

I am categorizing all of Category:Afghan people (roughly 100 articles) into Category:Afghan people by century and don't want to flood new changes. It would take less than an hour. Thanks. MrMeAndMrMe_Talk 03:57, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Update request to filter 12

• Special:AbuseFilter/12

I am requesting an update to filter 12 with some changes:

• I placed page_id as the first check. Also, because of the title, it will be limited to articles using page_namespace == 0.
• I merged the current two regex lines into one, and used (?s) in the beginning of the regex.
• Instead of new_text (which can be very large), I used added_lines, which is much faster in filter performance.
• There is no reason to use lcase(added_lines) rlike. added_lines irlike works just as good. I also modified the exclusion regex as well.

page_id == 0 &
page_namespace == 0 &
!("confirmed" in user_groups) &
added_lines rlike "(?s)^[\p{Ll}\p{P}\s]+$|^[\p{Lu}\p{P}\s]+$" &
!(added_lines irlike "^\s*#\s*REDIRECT\s*\[\[|{{(?:db|wi|rfd|qd)")

Codename Noreste (talk) 17:58, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

@Codename Noreste  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 01:50, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Protection request

Hello, I think Skibidi Toilet needs some semi-protection here. It is a recurring target for vandals and LTAs. Jianhui67 ^T★C 18:56, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

I have semiprotected it for 6 months, looking at the logs, there were several semi-protections in the past. Eptalon (talk) 19:06, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

return of the revdel fairy

Back with some more presents:

• Dysentery, from Special:Diff/9564670 through Special:Diff/10173555, includes text copied from [31]
• Osteoarthritis, from Special:Diff/9566268 through Special:Diff/9625753, includes text copied from [32], [33]
• Beta blocker, from Special:Diff/9570360 through Special:Diff/10169522, includes text copied from [34]
• Atorvastatin, from Special:Diff/9567485 through Special:Diff/9591958, includes text copied from [35]

asilvering (talk) 02:32, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

@Asilvering  Done — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 02:47, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Disruption & Caste POV continue

@MathXplore recently blocked two IP ranges for disruption on Indian caste/History related contentious topics and pushing Rajput caste POV. After this complaint. But unfortunately after the block of two IP ranges disruption continued though this logged-In ACCOUNT and restoration of caste POV same as previously done by blocked IPS. Isn't it Gaming the system? (posted here per admin advise)

1. Removed word "Yaduvanshi Ahir".[36][37][38]
2. Removed word "Kshatriya".[39][40]
3. Removed word "Ahir" caste name.[41][42][43]
4. Removed "Yadava/Yadav/Ahir caste name & word "Kshatriya".[44][45] replaced Ahir caste name with Rajput caste name.[46][47]
5. Removed word "Chandravanshi" — replaced with Hindu (Hinduism).[48][49] Edit with misleading edit summary.[50] Replaced word with Bakarwal (means nomads).
6. Removed word "Jat" caste name replaced with word "yaduvanshi rajput clans".[51][52]
7. Removed word Jat caste/Jat monarch.[53][54] after my revert against IP hoppers/caste warriors of Jat/Yadav/Rajput castes all claim Porus king belong to their caste. Again restored page back to Rajput POV where blocked IPs added caste claim using non-scholarly/non-reliable sources.[55][56]
8. Removed/replaced gurjar caste name with rajput caste.[57][58]
9. Hijacked and converted gujar caste clan article into rajput caste clan removing sources.[59][60][61][62]
10. Restored "Katoch page" back to where King Porus was claimed being from Rajput caste using non-scholarly/non-reliable sources.[63][64]
11. Removed "Ahirs" & Yadava/Yadav caste synonyms (words).[65][66]
12. Added word "Banafar Rajput" Rajput-caste POV.[67][68] Bensebgli ^(Talk) 02:48, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) While it could be true that it could have been "Gaming the system" I just don't see why HistorianAlferedo would do this kind of things... I don't think the IPs are related to the user in any way imho. Thanks, ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 20:56, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

@Adelaideslement8723 Behavioral evidences showed what I said above, but I don't know about technical evidences (CU based). You have checked all the diffs? I think you have not closely checked all edits of these IPS and HistorianAlferedo. Also, Historianalferedo personally attacked @Durjan Singh Jadon: 3 or 4 times also me. He is repeatedly trying to remove some content from non-Rajput caste-related pages; on the other hand, same content he is trying to add on Rajput caste related-pages using incorrect edit-summaries. This is clearly a Caste POV. After the block of these three disruptive IPS, HistorianAlferedo tried to restore their disruptions, but not for the first time. Bensebgli ^(Talk) 10:28, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Whilst I personally agree with you, Singh Jadon has been personally attacked before by Alferedo, and also you, so Alferedo is breaking NPOV, No Personal attacks, and another rule that I don't know the name of, I will check the user history sometime. And I have reverted some of their edits, but not all, other editors helped too. ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 13:51, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Yes big brother! I was harassed and personally attacked by this user he is clearly not here to build an enclypedia. He accused me of being a Koli POV pusher which, I am clearly not as I have mostly reverted edits of blocked ips that were blocked by admin:Mathxplore. This user targeted me for no actual reason and this user was involved in protecting and restoring edits of these blocked Ips. While my edits were only to save pages of Jat, Ahir, Gujar, Koli and Yadav caste pages and also Indian history related pages where this user and ips were pushing Rajput caste POV. Durjan Singh Jadon (talk) 23:27, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Protection request

Anyone can protect this page? against IPs disruption, blanking content and wrong redirect. For few weeks or a month. Thank you Bensebgli ^(Talk) 20:10, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

@Bensebgli:  Done for a month. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:15, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Bensebgli ^(Talk) 23:26, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Raphi-2Code removing RfD tag

This user removing RfD tag in Ursina Engine, can somebody deal with them. — Raayaan9911 16:54, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

They're also edit warring and insisting the en:WP:NOTHOWTO guide stays, I gave them 15 minutes to update the article but they reckon they don't have 15 minutes right now (yet in those 15 minutes they've edit warred!) –Davey2010^Talk 16:57, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

User is now glocked, but I have returned it to the AfD version. Quick reminder that W:WP:3RR still applies even if you think the edits aren't helpful. It only doesn't apply when the edits are obvious vandalism. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 20:32, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

@Lee Vilenski, That's fair enough, I was under the impression that as NOTGUIDE is policy it therefore trumped 3RR but maybe that's incorrect, That being said Simple doesn't get half the readership Enwiki gets nor does it show in Google results (not for me anyway) so did this really require me to remove the installation crap so urgently.... no, Anyway duly noted, Not the first time I've misunderstood 3RR so my apologies, Thanks , –Davey2010^Talk 13:50, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

No worries. 3RR isn't about policy, it's specifically only trumped by blatent vandalism. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:24, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Oh okay I'll try to remember that going forward, I've never really got EW/3RR and I doubt in this lifetime I'll ever get it but I've survived for over 10 years without being EW-blocked (although I've come very close plenty of times) so I guess I must be doing something somewhat right :), But yeah I'll try to remember that going forward and unless it's blatant vandalism then I'll allow the edits to stand until the appropriate action is actioned (block or article protection), Thank you for replying and for helping me it's much appreciated, Have a great day Lee, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 16:18, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

If the link turns blue again ...

Repeatedly re-created spam (?).--If y'all wonder, no mention at En-wiki, and not even previous linked discussions there. 2001:2020:C335:8778:39F6:C945:EC3A:939D (talk) 08:30, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Yup, it's pure low-quality meme junk. This version tagged for quick deletion already by Codename Noreste. Ravensfire (talk) 13:14, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

I've WP:SALTed it. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:26, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank ya kindly! Ravensfire (talk) 15:39, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Indefinite full feels a bit harsh.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:26, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

I don't think it's a really large burden to do if we have to lift protection someday. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:50, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

"Sibling spam"? If interesting for admins, then fine. 2001:2020:8341:83A0:64C7:11D7:E12D:5F1D (talk) 20:41, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

I've tagged it for deletion. Ternera (talk) 20:46, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

It was Deleted; However, re-created at "18:08, 17 April 2025".--How about adding some salt if-and-when Delete, the second time. (Salt for six months or indefinitely.) 2001:2020:8341:83A0:1D98:EF94:E0DB:7457 (talk) 18:12, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

Salt

Please salt List of Brawlers in Brawl Stars. The creation was started and requested to be delete by me. Now, sinnce many Ips have been recreating it with the same content and it keeps getting deleted please delete. --Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 12:35, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

@Cactusisme: When I salt something like this, I usually salt it for a month. However, this one has been getting created only about once a month, so that wouldn't do much good. Because of that, I won't be salting this, but I have no objection to another admin doing it. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:44, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Alright, I see. WIll leave a comment if it is created again. Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ツ} 09:23, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Can someone please revoke 207.236.13.218's talk page access?

207.236.13.218 has been spamming thier talk page with random things still, they are blocked but they are still spamming, I just reverted their spam edit today. So can someone revoke their talk page access? Thanks, ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 16:42, 17 April 2025 (UTC)

@Adelaideslement8723:  Done For future reference, please do not remove unblock requests, even if they are in bad faith. It makes it harder for the admins to see what the user has been doing. Thanks. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:53, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

My bad, I won't do that next time, Thanks @Auntof6 ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 12:39, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Block evasion using IP

Can somebody block this, user evading their block using IP. — Raayaan9911 08:04, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Me ? Why 2A01:E0A:EC3:7830:F5F8:2E1:CC46:6E8D (talk) 08:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Because you used IP to evade your block. Raayaan9911 08:36, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Unlock me pls

Can you unlock my following accounts please: Dunyar77,Bokak99,Rapta999 2A01:E0A:EC3:7830:F5F8:2E1:CC46:6E8D (talk) 08:18, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Unblock requests must be made by the blocked user. -- Auntof6 (talk) 08:59, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Note: I've blocked the /64 as this post seems to link the (blocked) accounts to the IP by their own admission.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:08, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! Raayaan9911 09:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

I've not seen such admission of socking in some time. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:34, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

IP created 2 articles. Can they be deleted? I can't provide a diff because I'm on the mobile. Kajmer05 (talk) 12:47, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Move request

Hi, Could someone move Third sex to Third gender to match the Enwiki article (en:Third gender) please, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 13:50, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

I'd have thought in this context that "sex" and "gender" are at least slightly related (and the enwiki article starts saying both are valid terms), so we should probably go for the more simple word. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:18, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Lee Vilenski, Thanks for your comment - Unfortunately I didn't think that far ahead, I only got as far as "they don't match". I'm glad someone's on the ball today because I sure as pie am not :), Thanks again, –Davey2010^Talk 21:22, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

No drama at all. I'm not a fan of changing titles simply to match other sites. It makes much more sense in this case not to. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 21:25, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

Another requested page move

Per consistency of renaming all instances of "media" to "mass media" in categories, Category:Media in the United States must be renamed to Category:Mass media in the United States but I cannot move the page by myself. QuantumFoam66 (talk) 01:39, 19 April 2025 (UTC)