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Page history undeletion
Would it be ok if you undeleted the page history of these gaming articles: List of Mario Party minigames, Great Fox, Star Wolf (Star Fox), Wizpig, Kremlings, Krunch, Donkey Kong's animal buddies, and List of non-Kremling Donkey Kong enemies? Some of these are Star Fox, and others could benefit the Mario franchise strategy guide wikibook. Would it be also ok if List of locations in the Star Fox series is undeleted and moved to a Draft namespace (I'll let you know when it's transwikied)? These undeletion requests are all for the benefit of Wikibooks' game guide scope. 2005-Fan (talk) 13:58, 19 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. Most are present in mainspace but for some that were too expansive to restore (and would go against the AFD), they're located in your userspace (User:2005-Fan/Star Wolf, User:2005-Fan/Kremlings, User:2005-Fan/Donkey Kong's animal buddies, User:2005-Fan/List of non-Kremling Donkey Kong enemies). I restored the list to Draft:List of locations in the Star Fox series. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 08:40, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you -- the draft has been transwikied over at https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Star_Fox_franchise_strategy_guide/Locations 2005-Fan (talk) 11:52, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Forgot to ask if page history for Wolfen (Star Fox series) can also be restored (should be my only request for today). 2005-Fan (talk) 12:50, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Flint McGlaughlin
Am I being too cynical in suspecting that Flint McGlaughlin which has just been recreated after you deleted it per Articles for deletion/Flint McGlaughlin might be a WP:G4? Thanks, Jonathan A Jones (talk) 20:59, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
 * got to it before I could. I'm not the greatest fan of G4, but yes, it could have definitely been seen as a recreation. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 05:41, 31 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Jonathan A Jones (talk) 10:01, 31 July 2021 (UTC)

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Request
I need to request you that please delete the revision and  as RD3 as that revision was purely disruptive or delete as the reason WP:RD2 as it also violates a biography of a living person or delete as the reason "Vandalism" because that revision is not supposed to be visible. Thanks. 106.212.47.195 (talk) 14:16, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Actually, please don't. The IP is a sock of one of our most prolific (and other adjectives best not used on a platform known for its civility) LTAs. Favonian (talk) 14:20, 4 September 2021 (UTC)

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draft in prose
Hi, as per your recommendation I rewrote that companies draft [] in prose, based on a 2nd example a mod recommended and looked at a few others to see if it was in line. I resubmitted and the reviewers say it is exactly the same, however in addition to rewriting, I reorganized it, removed several things that could be misinterpreted and used less detail. Headings are different, and not chronological to make it easier for people to follow, as this was not 'prose.' It gives me the impression people are just looking at why it was previously rejected and ignoring the changes. Since your provided some feedback previously, I was wondering if you would look at the newer version. Thank you kindly iwanturCAT (talk) 06:04, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The article still reads like an advertisement, as mentioned three months ago. Please see WP:NCORP.  Anarchyte  ( talk ) 06:46, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for protecting this page, TMSB from vandals. But I think we may need to protect it for an infinite.
Hello. I just want to say thanks for protecting the Magic School Bus TV series from vandals. Speaking of vandals, I was also noticing some vandalism on that page since 1st of August. One anonymous user, (172.58.87.64) vandalized the main heading on the top beside the info box, and put in fan-made content (and stated, "It ended up morphing into PAW PATROL in 2014." link is here, another vandal (2600:8800:3:bb00:d87f:7281:656:bcae) was vandalizing the infobox, putting the incorrect final air date (June 21, 2006), put an incorrect number of seasons to 13, list of episodes to 111, and put in all incorrect TV networks that the series originally aired such as Playhouse Disney, Nickelodeon (although it aired in Latin America and United Kingdom, but not in the United States), Nick Jr. (also aired in the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2001, but also not in the United States), and Noggin. He even vandalized the picture format, to 720i (16:9 HDTV) (2002-2006). link to this is here. Please you need to protect this page for an infinite amount, since the Magic School Bus (TV series) is a prone to vandalism, fan-made content, and etc. VictorRocks (talk) 23:17, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't see a need for indefinite protection. The article rarely gets more than 15 edits a month (ignoring the last few) and it's only been protected once before. After it becomes unprotected, keep monitoring the page and if it continues, request an extended period of protection. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 06:45, 17 September 2021 (UTC)


 * Good. I will monitor the page if any vandals try to harm it.

VictorRocks (talk) 11:46, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

"History of the world" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect History of the world. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 September 19 until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Interstellarity (talk) 16:57, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

Contesting Page Deletion of Rajiv rattan (Chairman of Rattan India Enterprises)
Dear Sir,

This is to bring to your notice, that Rattan India Page of Our Chairman Mr. Rajiv Rattan has been deleted under " section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion". Our request is to reinstate the page of Mr. Rajiv Rattan back. If there are certain requirements from our side that can aid in fulfilling his identity of importance then we would be happy to provide you with it.

In the meanwhile i am sharing his LinkedIn Profile link and also as a chairman his message on Rattan India Website.

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajiv-rattan-924333/

Rattan India Website (Rajiv Rattan as a chairman Message)- https://www.rattanindia.com/about-us/

Best Regards Rattan India Team--Bhambhuvikram (talk) 07:01, 23 September 2021 (UTC) Our company Power plant Wiki Page : AmravatiOur Company Owned Nashik Thermal Power station

Contact Person 1:

Vikram Bhambhu

--Bhambhuvikram (talk) 07:01, 23 September 2021 (UTC) Contact person 2: Nikhil Kumar Mishra Deputy Vice President- Marketing

--Bhambhuvikram (talk) 07:01, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Contesting Page Deletion of our company page RattanIndia
Dear Sir,

This is to bring to your notice, that the Wikipedia page of our company RattanIndia has been deleted as per this link- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rattanindia

Our request is to reinstate the page of RattanIndia. If there are certain requirements from our side that can aid in fulfilling his identity of importance then we would be happy to provide you with it.

In the meanwhile, I am sharing the Rattan India Website.

Rattan India Website https://www.rattanindia.com/

Best Regards Rattan India Team --Bhambhuvikram (talk) 07:16, 23 September 2021 (UTC) Our company Power plant Wiki Page : AmravatiOur Company Owned Nashik Thermal Power station

Contact Person 1:

Vikram Bhambhu

--Bhambhuvikram (talk) 07:16, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Contact person 2: Nikhil Kumar Mishra Deputy Vice President- Marketing --Bhambhuvikram (talk) 07:16, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

File:Aint Nobody.jpg
Hello. Some other editors at another FFD discussion believe that your closure on File:Aint Nobody.jpg may have been incorrect and that a few arguments were questionable. --George Ho (talk) 03:04, 22 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me know. However, the discussion you linked took place months back. Is there a more recent one? Anarchyte  ( talk ) 07:28, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * ...No. That's as recent as it goes. You still stand by the decision? --George Ho (talk) 07:35, 23 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I personally think that we don't need cover art for every cover album that is listed on a page, and I think quoting WP:NFCCP#8 is stretching the policy a little. I remember the article for the Music of Rocket League used to have the OST art before that was deleted (IIRC) under the argument that being able to look at the artwork doesn't add or remove anything of quality to or from the article. However, I do think that NFCCP#3a is a weaker argument in retrospect. The concept of equivalency should be fleshed out more because it's ambiguous as to whether it means "this is a different crop of the same image and we don't need both" or "these two files are both depicting art, we don't need both". The former would allow every cover art of every song (as long as it met #8), and the latter would mean that we'd only host the cover art of songs that directly pertinent to the article (the original, and maybe the most significant alternate versions, not every single one). Anarchyte  ( talk ) 08:02, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Increasing page protection
Hi Anarchyte, I'd like to inform you about an ongoing revert-war against my review by a user on the Prime Minister of Canada article. I had already filed for the increasing the page protection. I just wanted to notify you, since I can find you listed on current active admins. Thanks, — Wiki Linuz  ( 💬 ) 12:00, 30 September 2021 (UTC)
 * I've blocked them for 24 hours for edit warring. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 12:05, 30 September 2021 (UTC)

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Reviewing an article
Hi Anarchyte, could you review the Nick Mathewson article if you get some time? (and possibly mark it as reviewed?) Thanks. — Wiki Linuz  ( 💬 ) 05:39, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

request for rollbackers rights
Hi, Please give rollbackers right because i am remove vandalism on articles and userpage and talkpage i am already request on WP:PERM.Plase check me my contribution and gave me this right.Best Regards. Maniik 🇮🇳Any Help🇮🇳? Contact Me. 06:15, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

New page reviewer
Hello Sir , Sir I kindly requested permission to be a new pages reviewer, Could you please sir see it. Request Superatp 10:54, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Replied there. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 13:08, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * @Anarchyte: Sir what I wat to do to be a New Pages Reviewer, I'm sure I will do it better, Sir please concern about me, Thank You. Superatp 14:17, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * New page reviewers need to have a solid grasp of English and Wikipedia policy, and unfortunately your articles (such as NERO (video game)) are neither written at an acceptable level or meet policy. I had to remove half the prose of NERO because of copyright concerns, which is completely unacceptable for a prospective NPR. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 14:25, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Ok sir I understood, Sir Could you please text me English and Wikipedia policies to learn make my mistakes as soon as possible.Superatp 14:30, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the enthusiasm, but you have a long way to go before being eligible for NPR. You can start by browsing WP:CV and WP:MOS. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 15:58, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot sir, I will make articles and send them to you, if you not mind give me advices sir, please sir. Superatp 16:03, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much sir I am gathering lot of thing which I missed, I much obliged for your favour, Thanks sir, Superatp 16:37, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

Hello sir , Sir I made a new article of Derana Dream Star with my own writing, please sir check it and give me advices, I kindly hope your reply sir. Thank you sir.— Superatp ( 💬 ) 05:13, 11 October 2021 (UTC)


 * You're still copying and pasting from online sources, which is a big problem. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 06:16, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you very much sir, I take my full force to stop it sir, However I will hundred present stop it as soon as possible. Sir please tell me can you see a progress of me sir?. Thank you.— Superatp ( 💬 ) 06:40, 11 October 2021 (UTC)


 * You're still nowhere near ready. Just devote some time to familiarising yourself with the links above, and over time your grasp of English will improve. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 08:30, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Definitely Sir, I will do so, thank you very much for giving me great advices and lead me to be a good Wikipedian. Thank you sir.— Superatp ( 💬 ) 11:08, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

PERM/R
Sup. I was idly thinking (always dangerous). Do you think PERM/R admins would find it helpful if users who applied were given a selection of several random recent changes and had to say what action they would take for them? Perhaps we could pick an equal mix of changes that were actually reverted and changes that weren't. Enterprisey (talk!) 05:21, 17 October 2021 (UTC)


 * That's definitely an interesting idea. I think its usefulness would have to depend on the implementation. Requiring admins to ask the question themselves would likely create a larger backlog than we've already got, but if a bot was able to post 3-5 recent IP/new user changes from the "Likely have problems" and "Very likely have problems" filters on RC, it could be another way to see how the applicant would use rollback. I'll start trialing the idea by posting a few whenever I'm not convinced by an applicant (both for RB and PCR). Anarchyte  ( talk ) 06:18, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, I was thinking of making a separate tool/script/whatever so admins would do no new work at all. Yeah, the RC filters would be a great way to do this. I would also want to see if there could specifically be at least one unsourced addition, to check for PRESERVE. Enterprisey (talk!) 06:42, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * While we're on the topic of PERMS, what do you think of either of these ideas in theory?
 * Letting new page patrollers grant autopatrolled.
 * Introducing a permission that combines pending changes and rollback, and also grants the power to assign both of these permissions to other users.
 * I brought these up at the 2021 RFA review where noted that it could be worth discussing it further (or at least the first idea), but I'd like to see whether people think these are worth discussing before taking them to a broader audience.  Anarchyte  ( talk ) 06:36, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I actually like combining PCR and rollback. I wonder what the community would think. Enterprisey (talk!) 06:43, 17 October 2021 (UTC)

PCR rights expiration
Hi Anarchyte, my pending changes reviewer rights is expiring on 24th. Since you're the administrator who granted me the timed PCR rights, could you make an assessment of my reviews and make a decision regarding granting the PRC rights indefinitely? Thanks, WikiLinuz  ( talk ) 20:10, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if I need to make the request again at WP:PERM/PCR. WikiLinuz  ( talk ) 00:00, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * (PS: Nevertheless, I've submitted my request at PERM/PCR page, following the pattern of other editors. Apologies for raising this on your talk page.) WikiLinuz  ( talk ) 02:49, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

Revdel request
Hello. If appropriate, would you mind deleting some revisions at Talk:Zfg, namely 1052137850 to 1052349065? The subjects alleged name was used, and I think it is a BLP vio. Thanks! – Pbrks (t • c) 17:46, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 04:51, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

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User:BigDav188/sandbox
Hello, Anarchyte,

Just a reminder if you are helping out at WP:REFUND, if you restore a page that was deleted due to CSD G13 conditions, you need to make a minor edit to the page after you restore the page or it shows up as eligible for deletion again. There is a script, User:SD0001/RFUD-helper, that will remember to do these edits for you, if you decide to add REFUND to your round of regular activities, you might want to install this script. Thanks! Liz Read! Talk! 01:08, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Interesting. I used that script to undelete User:BigDav188/sandbox. There may be a bug in the script so I'll keep this in mind for the future and I'll make manual edits whenever it doesn't work as intended. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 05:07, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

3 day semi-protection at Whitewashing in film
Hi Anarchyte. Is three days really appropriate for Whitewashing in film? I've had this page on my watchlist for years, and all I ever see is disruption and vandalism from IPs; it's magnetic. I was hoping that someone would indefinitely semi-protect it at this point. Even under semi-protection, unconfirmed accounts can suggest edits on the talk page using the appropriate template. Is there a downside that I'm not seeing? Could you please respond with a talkback or ping? Alex Eng ( TALK ) 08:36, 17 December 2021 (UTC)


 * I didn't think it was right to jump to indefinite protection when the article only sees sporadic vandalism every few months. There are also some instances of IPs contributing constructively, or at least in good faith. If a few close short-term protections prove ineffective, then indefinite may be suitable. We could also consider long-term pending changes as an alternative. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 14:47, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * That's a fair point. I also considered requesting PC when I filed the request, but I generally reserve PC requests for high-traffic pages or situations where disruptive edits can be particularly damaging to the reader, such as Marriage age in the United States. I'll follow your lead with respect to the remedy you provided. Thanks for the thoughtful response! Alex Eng ( TALK ) 19:24, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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Nomination of List of most-disliked YouTube videos for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of most-disliked YouTube videos is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/List of most-disliked YouTube videos& until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 21:51, 20 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Here we go again. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 03:56, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

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Blocked user (promotional username)
Hi Anarchyte. The user who blocked by you User:OzgurMedes has been renamed. FYI. Regards. chansey msg? 20:44, 22 December 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincent Vega (talk • contribs)


 * Thanks for letting me know. I've unblocked them. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 02:59, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Wilson Fisk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Hey, could you please restore the original redirect version as it never redirected to Kingpin (character). Gonnym (talk) 15:54, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, please add back  as well so it places it in its original category. InfiniteNexus (talk) 21:05, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Talk:TikTok
Hi Anarchyte. Would you mind taking a look at my proposal at Talk:TikTok? Your name is listed at WP:APPS, so I'm hoping you might be interested in the subject matter. I'm a bit stuck there - no one has voiced any opposition to my proposal in principle, so under normal circumstances I would just make the changes boldly, but since I work for ByteDance (TikTok's parent company), I don't want to make any significant edits to the article directly. Thanks! Bkenny44 (talk) 14:26, 8 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi, sorry for the delay. I'll try to have a look soon. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 11:28, 14 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi Anarchyte. I saw your comment at Talk:TikTok agreeing with my proposal. I would appreciate it if you could implement the layout change yourself, since I prefer not to edit the article directly for such a sweeping change, given my COI. Alternatively, if you would explicitly give me the green light on the Talk page, I wouldn't mind doing the busy work myself. Thanks! Bkenny44 (talk) 21:00, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I am not overly familiar with the topic or article, so I don't think I would be the best one to implement the change. If you go to the talk page section and add edit request and mention that you would like assistance implementing the layout changes, someone will help. Note that this should only be layout changes and not direct content modification. I didn't read the whole proposed article (or the current version) outside of the headings. Anarchyte  ( talk ) 08:55, 22 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've added request edit, as it can't hurt. My concern is that - based on my own experience - it can take months for an edit request in the queue to receive a response, and this proposal has already been sitting on the Talk page since September. I can make the layout changes myself, from a technical standpoint - what I'd like, ideally, is for you to put it "on the record" that it's OK for me to do so directly despite my COI, seeing as consensus has been reached. I hope that makes sense. Bkenny44 (talk) 22:26, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

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