User talk:Cyphoidbomb/Archive 34

Block me
Hi I wanted to see how does it feel being blocked? Can you block for an hour? Lol. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  20:31, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Seriously? I'm happy to do it if you want to. Note that it will show up in your block history, but I'll write it up as an issue of curiosity. Confirm and I'll push the buttons. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:55, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Fine. Here on my mobile account, not the major one. I just wanted to see how it feels. One hour. Thanks ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  03:48, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I've instituted the block. Enjoy your quiet hour. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 04:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Including critic reviews in wikipedia articles
Is this really important to mention what critics or people generally think about the subject? If yes, then Tony Kakkar's article should also mention them as his songs are usually trolled by a majority of the public. Amratjeet Singh Insan (talk) 07:47, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * We typically wouldn't care what the general populace thinks about a subject unless that feeling was reported upon by reliable secondary sources in a significant way. Internet trolls aren't by themselves interesting, and these days, there are way too many arseholes on social media who complain about stuff. Anyhow, my talk page isn't really the place to discuss this, Talk:Tony Kakkar would be the intuitive place for you to discuss this with others interested in Kakkar. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 12:04, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Sidharth Shukla
Hi User:Cyphoidbomb there is this user as you know he mostily edits Sidharth Shukla User:Cristmess619127 who is keep reverting my edits when i am trying to make Sidharth Shukla's page a bit better with better changes. All i did is trying to make the introduction short and simple and told him don't need to add every show he has done there but he seems to not understand and is edit warring with me and making it a big problem. I removed Khatron Ke Khiladi and made it bit better but he is still keep rv it. Please could you explain him. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.70.191 (talk) 21:05, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * You need to work it out with them, since this is a community editing project. The back-and forth is going to wind up with you both blocked, and you're both going to wind up irritating each other. So try working toward a common goal. Instead of looking at other Indian articles, why don't you look at how quality articles of WP:GA or WP:FA status have treated various actor biographies. Or find some filmographies at WP:FL. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 21:48, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Cyphoid I did give him example of Natalie Nunn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.70.191 (talk) 10:15, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppet per Edit filter log
abuse filter log of my talk page says, "14:15, 9 March 2021: Jammumylove (talk | contribs) triggered an edit filter, performing the action "edit" on User talk:TheAafi. Actions taken: none; Filter description: Persistent sockpuppetry". Three diffs in the log indicate this thing. I was earlier suspicious of their activities. But I don't know where do I report this one? I am not able to identify the master. But the manner of AfDing looks like to who similarly AfDed a bunch of my articles earlier, but the commenting looks like to, see Articles for deletion/Majid Ali Jaunpuri ─  The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  12:41, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Courtesy: reported at Sockpuppet investigations/Ad Meliora ─ The Aafī   (talk)|undefined  14:23, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't know much about edit filters, but this one appears to have been in place since 2017-ish, and may have been used to try to control edits by Slowking4. So, I don't know that these being triggered on your talk page are specifically related to you. But again, I don't know much about edit filters. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:24, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * , do you have any idea here? I'm sure you'll be helpful. ─ The Aafī on Mobile   (talk)|undefined  16:21, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to give any details on this filter as it's private and it would defeat the purpose. This is a false positive. CUPIDICAE💕  16:23, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Can I use this
Hello, Can I use this source on the article Mammootty Kichu🐘 Discuss 01:43, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Another account two using
Hi User:Cyphoidbomb want to tell you that I am thinking that this user User:Cristmess619127 has been not using his account but changing his IP address as if you see he uploaded a image on Rubina Dilaik here and here he possibly edited as an ip in the page here  same in Sidharth Shukla. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.70.191 (talk) 18:41, 14 March 2021 (UTC)  User:2402:3A80:A32:1557:DDB0:4348:8AFD:6FCD

Hitesh Bharadwaj
Honestly Sir, it is really difficult to create WP:BLP article doing a complete research on the subject. And I have made sure to do that with every WP:BLP I have created.

Recently, there is a lot of disruptions caused by one user Fizconiz in my WP:BLP article on Hitesh Bharadwaj. Yes I know about the RESTRICTIONS of adding the DOB of a subject in a WP:BLP article.

But the source I have provided has ENOUGH VERIFICATIONS (I had clarified it with other admins who are my friends here) for the dob of the subject. Only problem is that, Times of India has not clearly mentioned out that the subject had turned 25 years old that year (which is 2016). (I had myself confirmed it from them and they had cleared it out through their e-mail)

The user Fizconiz is indeed trying to DOMINATE as if the editor knows better than others and now the article is becoming more of the war of words through this edit war between the edits of us both.

Please, Sir, being an admin can you please do something to put an end to this! --Aleyamma38 (talk) 07:18, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Non free images
is uploading too many non-free images by saying that it's his own work (uploading under CC BY-SA 4.0) he is using the non free pictures in Draft:Shaakuntalam, Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal and Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal. Please check out all of these articles. Hyderabadi (talk) 07:46, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * For obvious violations, find the source URL (right click and search image on google) and add the copyvio template on the commons file page. They will be speedily deleted. Then mention image use policy on their talk page. -- Ab207 (talk) 09:52, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tips. This will be helpful. Hyderabadi (talk) 11:26, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I have nominated them all for deletion and removed them from the articles. Black Kite (talk) 11:38, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah I saw that. Thanks for that brother! Hyderabadi (talk) 01:45, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Unsourced edits.
After getting 1 month block 173.71.87.202 ip user again started adding unsourced production and distribution companies in films articles. Please do needful. Sush150 (talk) 18:23, 17 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:50, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Ramya Krishnan 2
It started immediately after the protection expired today. Looks like they just want to POV push "late" in the article despite me requesting them to engage in the talk page. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:33, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Ratna Pathak Shah
Some new users and IPs (possibly the same person) changing sourced birthday of the subject and edit warring. Initially an IP, then came a new user , after being reverted with a message to engage in talk page discussion, they came up with an unreliable source 'Lallantop', disregarding mainstream news sources like Hindustan Times, Indian Express. I opened a discussion here, but they wouldn't reply. Now another set of user/IP is restoring/unreliably changing her birthday,. Even yesterday, 18 March, reliable sources like HT and India TV News were celebrating her birthday, I've linked them here. I believe a page protection is required. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 06:49, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Kannada cinema
It is regarding this edit. I came across this as well as the gross range/note in the infobox here. I thought it it would be better to let you know. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:42, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Armeena Khan
Sir, some IP has restored an old version, with crappy sources. Block evasion by the socks that frequent the article perhaps? - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:07, 13 March 2021 (UTC)


 * IPs making unsourced change to genre in the Mersal article lead. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 15:24, 14 March 2021 (UTC)


 * This is another one targeted by the IP range. Their contribs  . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:03, 14 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Looks like they wouldn't let go of their "action thriller" obsession soon, changed genre again here. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:28, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I can't tell if this is deliberate ignorance or they're trolling by adding idiotic genre bloat. The amount of boneheaded, ignorant changes that come out of 2409:4072:* is simply astonishing to me. 95% of edits require fixing of some kind or another. Sheesh. Anyway, blocked the /64 range for whatever good that will do. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:26, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I'd say trolling or they really like "action thriller" films. Thanks for blocking the range. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:49, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I believe this one also needs protection. There is no end to this it seems. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:19, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks like Petta] needs protection as well. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:39, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

IP adding what not in the name of genre change. Last one was "Neo noir medical action thriller". Mersal needs protection IMO. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:48, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi
User:Cyphoidbomb hi this ip user has been adding a watermark image to Akanksha Puri twice I have reverted it User:2409:4063:4E18:E04D:D47:C7F6:5F1B:A92 and I had added a discussion in the talk page but she is saying there is no problem in adding watermarks here and in my talk page she is adding personal attacks to me  she is also saying the image use is not her when it clearly says her name in that image. please make this user understand about not to use watermarks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.70.191 (talk) 15:04, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Do you think that both pictures are of same person. and [] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4063:4E18:E04D:D47:C7F6:5F1B:A92 (talk) 15:33, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I've commented on the talk page. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

You were wrong, that image was of Ihana Dhillon not akansha Puri. Being administer you should have searched it properly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4063:2318:9F3A:2B24:A7FC:A340:9468 (talk) 15:36, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * There's nothing in the administrator's handbook that requires me to find the true origin of incorrectly labeled images found on typically reliable sources. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:47, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Hello
User:Cyphoidbomb This ip is keep harassing me and giving false accusations that I am a sock puppet when I didnt do anything wrong look in my user page for evidence. The user personally attacked me calling me blind and idiot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.70.191 (talk) 14:54, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

User name is User:2409:4063:2318:9F3A:2B24:A7FC:A340:9468 who is changing her ip each time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.70.191 (talk) 14:55, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

User:Fizconiz also knows about this user being abusive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.70.191 (talk) 14:57, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * First of all, I am not changing my IP address ,it keeps changing itself as it's dynamic. Learn about IP address.

Check this [] I doubt that he is a sock puppet of karnsharma because some of ip's were also sock puppet of him which had location in United Kingdom. This IP has similar location. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4063:2318:9F3A:2B24:A7FC:A340:9468 (talk) 15:03, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * To whoever is editing anonymously with your dynamic change in IP starting from 2409... I gave your final warning about personal attacks you left on this talk page found here. If I see you commenting on users talk page about them being an idiot or blind or any behaviour related as such, I'm gonna make sure you get blocked. When your illiterate edits are reverted that goes against the policy, and then continue to justify your right with your immature approach, the one who presents themselves as an idiot is pretty clear, don't you think? Cyphoidbomb, this IP user is attacking them on their talk page and they are getting harassed. I request that you should take action on them. Fizconiz (talk) 16:46, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Fizconiz, no edits of mine was reverted. I had a issue with something which is solved now.I have not edited any page so please don't get into it. Do your work. everything is fine now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4063:2318:9F3A:BBD3:D646:4170:F6BA (talk) 17:07, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Well, maybe the sudden change in the conversation on their talk page displays your avoidance of impression for personal attacks where you said it's not a personal attack (which it obviously is) and then went on to discuss residence, occupation, religion, and so on, hoping that the attacks get masked. Ahahahahahah......pathetic. Anyways, don't cuss users in the future like that. Fizconiz (talk) 17:16, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Vyom420
Hi can you check this user, who are constantly adding unsourced material and now they have started creating pages Draft:Balika Vadhu 2 which looks like fancruft material as their is no source anywhere regarding this. Also check this. Sid95Q (talk) 16:24, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * They've never gotten a welcome message, so I left one and advice about the tutorial. We'll see, not very convinced this will help.  Ravensfire  (talk) 18:07, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Aditi Rao Hydari
Hi - hope you're doing well. Just letting you know that re: - this is merely an attempt by the actress to deny roles early on in her career. Maybe to cut age. Also maybe to stop weird publicity coming her way of starring opposite father (Prajapathi) and son (Hey Sinamika). The full movie is on YouTube and a decent review is here confirming that she played the female lead and not a 'dancer'. Neutral Fan (talk) 19:09, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey there, thanks for the note. How many scenes would you say she's in? I saw the dance sequence, I saw someone that might have been her a little before that sequence (around 35:30 in light green?). In the hospital scene around 1:11:12 is she the one in the pink? The film is mostly a "sausage fest", so it's difficult for me to determine who the leads are, but if she is in multiple roles where she delivers lines, then I agree that "did not act" should be removed. As for whether she is the "heroine" of the film, that seems a bit of an exaggeration on Sify's part, but that's not really germane here. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 19:55, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
 * So, definitely a 'sausage fest'. She arrives first at 32:55 in a car and interacts with a number of characters in the following minutes. She then has a romantic phone call with Mammootty around 38:00, meets him around 41:00. She appears in several scenes thereafter including at 1:09:00, 1:33:00, 1:38:00 etc. She actually doesn't have a dance number - so not sure why she'd try and belittle this role like that. It's clear that she's the romantic lead here, rather than Kadhal Sandhya (who I guess plays M's sister). Neutral Fan (talk) 20:29, 26 March 2021 (UTC)

Rubina
User:Cyphoidbomb Hi this User:Fizconiz again is rv edits for no reason as he did in Rubina Dilaik. She was a contestant in a reality show so I added that in notes section as it is seen in other celebrities who won realty shows and then she calls those celebrities articles non featured like Sidharth Shukla and Drashti Dhami please tell this user to not remove it please as she was a contestant and in notes section we put winner there. Look here on what she says

Hi, i am a wikipedia user. I recently edited rubina dilak page. if you dont know that rubina dilak has clearly confessed that she and her husband abhinav shukla were going through a divorce but it is not mentioned at rubina dilak wiki page. please write because it is important — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kartiksingh12345 (talk • contribs) 06:49, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Kartiksingh12345 You can’t because it’s pure gossip did you understand what Cyphoid had said in Rubinas Talk page. You can’t add it and plus having another account as you have here User:Leo.m7400 it’s also against the rules to have two accounts. I do agree they did confess as it was in a source but we only add if they had gone through divorce which they haven’t so we are not going to put that in.

Kannada cinema
Sir, IPs changing financial figures without providing reliable sources. ,. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:28, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks like CorbieVreccan got to this. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:48, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes. IPs have been changing the financial figures lately without providing newer sources. So I reported at RPP and here both . - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 18:53, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Link not showing on search engine
Rajat Verma's link does not appear on the search engine. Please correct it. 223.238.212.105 (talk) 03:56, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia doesn't control Google. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:33, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

77Survivor and genres
I do not understand how he identifies genres. Or maybe he is just an obsessive action fan, to the point that he labels every film he finds even mild action in as an action film in the lead, removing/sidelining other genres. But then action is considered essential to make Indian films commercially viable. Perhaps he treats certain genres as contentious labels (or loaded language) such as crime and masala. See his edits on Alex Pandian (here), Mankatha (here) and Thaanaa Serndha Koottam (here) as examples. Alex Pandian is particularly shocking since one of its actors described the genre on page 8. What to do? -- Kailash29792 (talk)  12:45, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Silly question, but have you asked them? I know from my perspective as a wikignome, we often have people who try to stuff multiple genres together, erroneously thinking that we're supposed to point out every narrative element or cinematic quality employed, like neo-noir coming-of-age period action thriller. Sometimes this is because they're ignorant, other times it's people trolling. Per MOS:FILM, we should be indicating the primary genre and maybe a secondary genre if relevant, but some people are obsessed with genre classifications. My only other major thought is that we should be going by how the majority of sources describe a film if possible. So, if you think that the editor is doing something contrary to these general ideas, you should talk to them. I don't think that most of the regulars are terribly difficult to approach. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 20:59, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

(cropped) images
Just wondering if the (cropped) file is automatically generated when adding the words or is someone regularly cropping images? Slywriter (talk) 22:50, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi there. No, images have to be manually cropped. If you look at File:Atif Aslam at Badlapur (cropped).jpg, I manually cropped that image from File:Atif Aslam at Badlapur.jpg and saved it as a new, derivative image. Regards, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 22:53, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala
Looks like a user is using multiple accounts on Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala. Sid95Q (talk) 10:51, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Sockpuppet and non-free images
is 100% sockpuppet of. Also this ip address: belong to him. Please block him asap because he is uploading non free images in abundance and also doing sock puppetry. Hyderabadi (talk) 14:53, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Edit Wars Diffs
As you had asked, I am providing you the WP:DIFFs of the edit wars here!
 * The WP:DIFFs of the edit wars created in the article of Hitesh Bharadwaj are here
 * Plus, there has also been PERSISTENT DISRUPTIVE EDITING over a SINGLE SENTENCE in the article of Udaariyaan for which the WP:DIFFs are here: . It was really weird to see that so many editors were focused on editing that sentence ALONE! from the moment I added it, when there were so many other sections in the SAME ARTICLE which required ATTENTION.


 * One more request, the PLOT section of the article Udaariyaan is too long as the editors are DETAILED EPISODIC SUMMARIES. I wish you do something about that too. Thanks--Aleyamma38 (talk) 19:25, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Doing so many unsourced edits
103.68.186.246 this ip address doing so many unsourced edits in film articles in soundtrack and box office inbox. Sush150 (talk) 21:30, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

User:Shravan Raj he was join 2 days ago he was doing many edits without source. The user was add information on his point of view.

Rashmika 02
It's the latest Sockpuppet investigations/Giriprasad Damodar 02 GD02 sock. Mind taking a quick look for a possible DUCK block to minimize the cleanup. They've gone on an editing spree today with multiple copyright violations uploaded here and at commons.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:14, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, appreciate it! I'll get some of the cleanup done while waiting for compiles.  Work so interferes with editing sometimes!  Ravensfire  (talk) 17:48, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Thanks for your diligence! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 17:57, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Update Roberrt Box Office Collection
Source : https://menglish.sakshi.com/news/tollywood/darshans-roberrt-writes-new-box-office-record-sandalwood-132881 Kannadigaguru (talk) 13:33, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * No. You didn't say please. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:16, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

How Many Create Article ?
Hi sir I ask to question

One user are how many create articles on wikipedia ? ध्रुविल९०१२ (talk) 08:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Fatehi
Looks like they wouldn't wait for the consensus. Yesterday, I reverted one. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:45, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I don't know if this is something worth battling. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:58, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Atleast not until someone closes that RfC on their favor. It expired it seems, per the bot. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 17:02, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

IP edits
This IP and its predecessor, looks like some old editor with POV. They seem to be in a mission to bring down specific films which are possibly related somehow (directors, company, etc) , at the same time push some other articles like this with crappier source, possible POV with this director. Today made some changes that were unexplained, I restored one of the the sourced part though. Here as well, they removed sourced content ad replaced with some other. Also added a commentary. I wonder if there was anyone like them that got blocked. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 07:59, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

2409:4072 Genre vandal
Hi Cyphoidbomb - as you are already well aware, we are suffering mass genre vandalism from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. What can we do about this? I assume the number of IPs that have been used would make a range block too large? Do we semi-protect the numerous articles that they repeatedly attack? or is there another solution? - Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 17:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

COI
Sir, it is regarding this edit. Looks like a obvious case of COI. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 11:47, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Bttowadch SPI
I try not to poke and prod, but any chance you could look at Sockpuppet_investigations/Bttowadch? I'm about 99% sure HaseenZindagi is the latest Bttowadch sock, but it's been over a month and no CU action yet. The cleanup won't be fun and is just getting more complicated. Generally useful edits, but too much hype and promotional and honestly, I don't want to get into reviewing all of their edits - that's why Bttowadch was blocked in the first place (plus copyvio...). Thanks.  Ravensfire  (talk) 16:43, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Kanara is an obsolete word and barely anyone recognizes it as so, while Karavali is how it is identified. I am local resident. I wish to do it myself but it says "The page could not be moved, for the following reason:

The page could not be moved: a page of that name already exists, or the name you have chosen is not valid.

Please choose another name, or use Requested moves to ask for the page to be moved.

Do not manually move the article by copying and pasting it; the page history must be moved along with the article text."

since Karavali is a page redirecting to Kanara itself. I am copy pasting this text to other seniors I know, so don't be surprised if anyone does it before you. Thank you.

AppuSunkad (talk) 10:36, 29 April 2021 (UTC) AppuSunkad (talk) 10:44, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

All good?
Just a quick note that hoping all is well with you.  Ravensfire  (talk) 18:50, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

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Biased user
User:WhateverTheHeck clearly has a pro-Telugu agenda. See his contributions, and please keep an eye on him. Kailash29792 (talk)  03:46, 10 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello, . Cyphoidbomb hasn't been active lately. Please warn on the user at their talk page that such behaviour will not tolerated. -- Ab207 (talk) 14:08, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

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Best wishes, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 22:56, 26 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Hello, Cyphoidbomb,
 * I noticed you haven't been around lately. I hope all is well with you and you are just busy with life. Liz Read! Talk! 21:23, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg BusterD
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Kees08 • Nickshanks • Protonk • Schissel • Ultraexactzz • Wknight94



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg ST47

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open to add a delay of one week from nomination to deletion for G13 speedy deletions.

Technical news
 * Last week all wikis were very slow or not accessible for 30 minutes. This was due to server lag caused by regenerating dynamic lists on the Russian Wikinews after a large bulk import.

Arbitration
 * Following an amendment request, the committee has clarified that the Talk page exception to the 500/30 rule in remedy 5 of the Palestine-Israel articles 4 case does not apply to requested move discussions.

Miscellaneous
 * You can vote for candidates in the 2021 Board of Trustees elections from 4 August to 17 August. Four community elected seats are up for election.

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Jake Wartenberg
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Emperor • Viridian Bovary
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →

Guideline and policy news
 * Feedback is requested on the Universal Code of Conduct enforcement draft by the Universal Code of Conduct Phase 2 drafting committee.
 * A RfC is open on whether to allow administrators to use extended confirmed protection on high-risk templates.
 * A discussion is open to decide when, if ever, should discord logs be eligible for removal when posted onwiki (including whether to oversight them)
 * A RfC on the next steps after the trial of pending changes on TFAs has resulted in a 30 day trial of automatic semi protection for TFAs.

Technical news
 * The Score extension has been re-enabled on public wikis. It has been updated, but has been placed in safe mode to address unresolved security issues. Further information on the security issues can be found on the mediawiki page.

Arbitration
 * A request for comment is in progress to provide an opportunity to amend the structure, rules, and procedures of the Arbitration Committee election and resolve any issues not covered by existing rules. Comments and new proposals are welcome.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2021 RfA review is now open for comments.

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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Blablubbs
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alvestrand • Black Falcon • Deathphoenix • Dppowell • Mark Arsten • JGHowes (deceased)



Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Callanecc
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Mkdw

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Galobtter

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, extended confirmed protection may be used preemptively on certain high-risk templates.
 * Following a discussion at the Village Pump, there is consensus to treat discord logs the same as IRC logs. This means that discord logs will be oversighted if posted onwiki.

Technical news
 * DiscussionTools has superseded Enterprisey's reply-link script. Editors may switch using the "Discussion tools" checkbox under.

Arbitration
 * A motion has standardised the 500/30 (extended confirmed) restrictions placed by the Arbitration Committee. The standardised restriction is now listed in the Arbitration Committee's procedures.
 * Following the closure of the Iranian politics case, standard discretionary sanctions are authorized for all edits about, and all pages related to, post-1978 Iranian politics, broadly construed.
 * The Arbitration Committee encourages uninvolved administrators to use the discretionary sanctions procedure in topic areas where it is authorised to facilitate consensus in RfCs. This includes, but is not limited to, enforcing sectioned comments, word/diff limits and moratoriums on a particular topic from being brought in an RfC for up to a year.

Miscellaneous
 * Editors have approved expanding the trial of Growth Features from 2% of new accounts to 25%, and the share of newcomers getting mentorship from 2% to 5%. Experienced editors are invited to add themselves to the mentor list.
 * The community consultation phase of the 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process is open for editors to provide comments and ask questions to candidates.

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You are missed
It's been a long time now since you've edited. I hope everything is ok in your world. You are missed here. --Hammersoft (talk) 13:56, 1 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Just to second this ... and my wandering eye did happen to see something... Hope things are well with you and those around you, Cyphoidbomb!  Ravensfire  (talk) 20:01, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Clpo13
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Brian0918 • JDoorjam • Karanacs • MrDarcy • Mindspillage

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Evad37

CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dreamy Jazz • Ferret • GeneralNotability • Girth Summit • RoySmith

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Dreamy Jazz • LuK3

Guideline and policy news
 * Phase 2 of the 2021 RfA review has commenced which will discuss potential solutions to address the 8 issues found in Phase 1. Proposed solutions that achieve consensus will be implemented and you may propose solutions till 07 November 2021.

Technical news
 * Toolhub is a catalogue of tools which can be used on Wikimedia wikis. It is at https://toolhub.wikimedia.org/.

Arbitration
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections.  and  are reserve commissioners.
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves to stand in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections from 07 November 2021 until 16 November 2021.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2021 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of five new CheckUsers and two new Oversighters.

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Shraddha Kapoor
Hi, someone keeps bloating the article with fancruft. Seems like they have restored old deleted content. Will you mind checking it? - Priyamal21 (talk) Priyamal21 (talk) 08:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 00:55, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2021
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2021).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg A Train • Berean Hunter • Epbr123 • GermanJoe • Sanchom • Mysid

Technical news
 * Unregistered editors using the mobile website are now able to receive notices to indicate they have talk page messages. The notice looks similar to what is already present on desktop, and will be displayed on when viewing any page except mainspace and when editing any page.
 * The limit on the number of emails a user can send per day has been made global instead of per-wiki to help prevent abuse.

Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
 * The already authorized standard discretionary sanctions for all pages relating to the Horn of Africa (defined as including Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and adjoining areas if involved in related disputes), broadly construed, have been made permanent.

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Administrators will no longer be autopatrolled
A recently closed Request for Comment (RFC) reached consensus to remove Autopatrolled from the administrator user group. You may, similarly as with Edit Filter Manager, choose to self-assign this permission to yourself. This will be implemented the week of December 13th, but if you wish to self-assign you may do so now. To find out when the change has gone live or if you have any questions please visit the Administrator's Noticeboard. 20:05, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Muppets Indiana LTA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/50.104.22.14 - Pretty sure this is them... Indiana-based Frontier IP editing Muppets articles. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  05:43, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Amalthea • Ihcoyc (deceased) • Kateshortforbob • Kirill Lokshin • Rifleman 82 • Ryan Norton • Wrp103

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Mr. Stradivarius



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Opabinia regalis
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Cabayi • Donald Albury • Enterprisey • Izno • Wugapodes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Opabinia regalis
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Casliber • David Fuchs • Newyorkbrad • SoWhy

Guideline and policy news


 * Following consensus at the 2021 RfA review, the autopatrolled user right has been removed from the administrators user group; admins can grant themselves the autopatrolled permission if they wish to remain autopatrolled.


 * Additionally, consensus for proposal 6C of the 2021 RfA review has led to the creation of an administrative action review process. The purpose of this process will be to review individual administrator actions and individual actions taken by users holding advanced permissions.

Arbitration


 * Following the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.

Miscellaneous


 * The functionaries email list () will no longer accept incoming emails apart from those sent by list members and WMF staff. Private concerns, apart from those requiring oversight, should be directly sent to the Arbitration Committee.

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How we will see unregistered users
Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.

We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AustralianRupert • Cimon Avaro • Euryalus • Jehochman • Nunh-huh
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg 28bytes

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg 28bytes



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Evad37 • Galobtter
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss

Guideline and policy news
 * The Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines have been published for consideration. Voting to ratify this guideline is planned to take place 7 March to 21 March. Comments can be made on the talk page.

Technical news
 * The user group  will be renamed   in around 3 weeks. This will not affect the name shown to users and is simply a change in the technical name of the user group. The change is being made for technical reasons. You can comment in Phabricator if you have objections.
 * The Reply Tool feature, which is a part of Discussion Tools, will be opt-out for everyone logged in or logged out starting 7 February 2022. Editors wishing to comment on this can do so in the relevant Village Pump discussion.

Arbitration
 * Community input is requested on several motions aimed at addressing discretionary sanctions that are no longer needed or overly broad.
 * The Arbitration Committee has published a generalised comment regarding successful appeals of sanctions that it can review (such as checkuser blocks).
 * A motion related to the Antisemitism in Poland case was passed following a declined case request.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting in the 2022 Steward elections will begin on 07 February 2022, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2022, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2022 Community Wishlist Survey is open until 11 February 2022.

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A kitten for you!
Haven't seen you editing for more than a year. Hope everything is fine.

Fylindfotberserk (talk) 12:13, 16 February 2022 (UTC) 

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Modussiccandi
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BOZ • Brookie (deceased) • Jackmcbarn • Jamesday • Jonathunder • Master of Puppets • Saravask



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Callanecc

Guideline and policy news
 * A RfC is open to change the wording of revision deletion criterion 1 to remove the sentence relating to non-infringing contributions.
 * A RfC is open to discuss prohibiting draftification of articles over 90 days old.

Technical news
 * The deployment of the reply tool as an opt-out feature, as announced in last month's newsletter, has been delayed to 7 March. Feedback and comments are being welcomed at Wikipedia talk:Talk pages project.
 * Special:Nuke will now allow the selection of standard deletion reasons to be used when mass-deleting pages. This was a Community Wishlist Survey request from 2022.
 * The ability to undelete the talk page when undeleting a page using Special:Undelete or the API will be added soon. This change was requested in the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.

Arbitration
 * Several unused discretionary sanctions and article probation remedies have been rescinded. This follows the community feedback from the 2021 Discretionary Sanctions review.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2022 appointees for the Ombuds commission are Érico, Faendalimas, Galahad, Infinite0694, Mykola7, Olugold, Udehb and Zabe as regular members and Ameisenigel and JJMC89 as advisory members.
 * Following the 2022 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: AntiCompositeNumber, BRPever, Hasley, TheresNoTime, and Vermont.
 * The 2022 Community Wishlist Survey results have been published alongside the ranking of prioritized proposals.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Firefly • Sdrqaz
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ad Orientem
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast



Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Evad37

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open proposing a change to the minimum activity requirements for administrators.

Technical news
 * Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have the  and   rights. This means that those in the Researcher user group and Checkusers who are not administrators can now access Special:RevisionDelete. The users able to view the special page after this change are the 3 users in the Researcher group, as there are currently no checkusers who are not already administrators.
 * When viewing deleted revisions or diffs on Special:Undelete a back link to the undelete page for the associated page is now present.

Arbitration
 * has been updated to reflect current practice following a motion.
 * A arbitration case regarding Skepticism and coordinated editing has been closed.
 * A arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been opened.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting for the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines has closed, and the results were that 56.98% of voters supported the guidelines. The results of this vote mean the Wikimedia Foundation Board will now review the guidelines.

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New administrator activity requirement
22:52, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Colin M
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg David.Monniaux • Fribbler • Grue • Kpjas • West.andrew.g



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ks0stm

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, a change has been made to the administrators inactivity policy. Under the new policy, if an administrator has not made at least 100 edits over a period of 5 years they may be desysopped for inactivity.
 * Following a discussion on the bureaucrat's noticeboard, a change has been made to the bureaucrats inactivity policy.

Technical news
 * The ability to undelete the associated talk page when undeleting a page has been added. This was the 11th wish of the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
 * A public status system for WMF wikis has been created. It is located at https://www.wikimediastatus.net/ and is hosted separately to WMF wikis so in the case of an outage it will remain viewable.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 2 of the St Christopher case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to place a ban on single-purpose accounts who were disruptively editing on the article St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine or related pages from those pages.

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