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

Administrator changes
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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
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A problem in editing | Removing from blacklist
Hey, I'm Dr Satyendra and I want to link an external link about the reference for The great scientist Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri but the website is not supporting. domain : thearticle.online I request someone to remove this domain from blacklist so I can provide the information. Thank you DrSatyendra21 (talk) 21:58, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy adminship anniversary!

 * Thanks! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:16, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!
 '''Wishing Jauerback a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Best wishes! CAPTAIN RAJU''' (T) 18:46, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 19:13, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

ANI LTA harassment
Hey, Wizzito here. Sadly, this LTA is on a highly dynamic T-Mobile /40 range that hops rapidly:. Looks like a /42 block didn't help. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  16:40, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * P.S. remember to disable talk page access when you block. wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  16:41, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , blocked. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:42, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  16:42, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I wish the block would be longer considering the history of harassment (see my talk page history) but it's whatever wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  16:43, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

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2603:9000:d100:7ff6::/64 rangeblock
Was just about to block this range and saw that you beat me to it. Given the history of disruption and the relatively small range, would you be opposed to a longer block duration? OhNo itsJamie Talk 16:58, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * , nope, not one bit. Go head and extend to whatever you see fit. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:00, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

94.65.70.248
Hello you are block this ip when only revert repetitive vandalism by vrahomarinaner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Vrahomarinaner/Archive, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2A02:587:8000::/43 to protect this articles, I believe it was due to acquired speed--94.71.217.159 (talk) 12:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what you're talking about. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:31, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

You are block ip 94.65.70.248 when only revert repetitive vandalism and you reverted the edits of this ip and left the articles heavily vandalised--94.71.217.159 (talk) 22:10, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks like a content dispute and that IP was edit warring and being disruptive. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 22:13, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

only revert repetitive vandalism and restore the article, if any writes Oslo is in Sweden and someone revert it is edit war or revert the vandalism?--94.71.217.159 (talk) 22:17, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Go away. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 22:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

And left the articles heavily vandalised??--94.71.217.159 (talk) 22:29, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

For example, , , , --94.71.217.159, there is not a dispute but vandalism (talk) 22:21, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:01, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Chauncey Bot
I believe his proposed new username is OK, and that's probably the only issue. Can we unblock? Daniel Case (talk) 06:47, 23 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Sure. Go right ahead. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 12:27, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Oversighter changes
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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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:46, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

49.204.211.84 needs a longer block
Hi. Since you previously blocked this user, I thought I'd let you know that their persistent violations of Wikipedia policy has continued, and that they've ignored an entire talk page of repeated warnings, the most recent of which I just noted on their talk page. I think they could use a longer block. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 16:14, 10 March 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:26, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Jonewen
Hello, Jauerback,

Apparently, you gave this editor a username block right before their username was changed from representing a company, User:Pier Insurance, to representing an individual. They haven't requested to be unblocked but I noticed the name change that came right after the block so I thought I'd let you know. Thanks. Liz Read! Talk! 06:07, 15 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. Rather than wait, I went ahead and unblocked them for now. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:09, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Geschichte • Ryan Postlethwaite • Sabine's Sunbird • Wassupwestcoast



Interface administrator changes
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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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:13, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society
Dear ,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. &#x200B;

Best regards, Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 13:50, 11 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:52, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
𝕸𝖗 𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕿𝖚𝖗𝖙𝖑𝖊 (talk) 00:36, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:53, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

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

Disambiguation link notification for April 16
An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Tamara (given name), you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Tamora.

(Opt-out instructions.) --DPL bot (talk) 06:11, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Your block of 75.98.203.210
You might want to block the entire range – 75.98.192.0/20 has a long history of being disruptive. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 14:14, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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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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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:34, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

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Death threats by
Perhaps a revdel of their edits. Thanks. Dr.Pinsky (talk) 14:09, 2 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Done. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:27, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Several areas of improvement collated from community member votes have been identified in the Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement guidelines. The areas of improvement have been sent back for review and you are invited to provide input on these areas.

Technical news
 * Administrators using the mobile web interface can now access Special:Block directly from user pages.
 * The IP Info feature has been deployed to all wikis as a Beta Feature. Any autoconfirmed user may enable the feature using the "IP info" checkbox under . Autoconfirmed users will be able to access basic information about an IP address that includes the country and connection method. Those with advanced privileges (admin, bureaucrat, checkuser) will have access to extra information that includes the Internet Service Provider and more specific location.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 2 of the Rachel Marsden case has been rescinded following a motion. The remedy previously authorised administrators to delete or reduce to a stub, together with their talk pages, articles related to Rachel Marsden when they violate Wikipedia's biographies of living persons policy.
 * An arbitration case regarding WikiProject Tropical Cyclones has been closed.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:55, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Williamson County, Illinois


A tag has been placed on Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Williamson County, Illinois indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself. Liz Read! Talk! 00:57, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you
For this block ; I was sitting down to ask Drmies or ToBeFree for their assistance when I noticed your action. I think there's a longer rangeblock merited, given not only the persistent addition/changing of unsourced content, but the repeated contentiousness and insulting of other editors. Based on behavior, I'm guessing this was once a registered and now blocked account, who's continuing along the same path. If they return from the block for more of the same, I'll either drop you a line or put together something for ANI. Thanks again, 2601:188:180:B8E0:0:0:0:3597 (talk) 21:12, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank You
I wasn't trying to force anything on Seinfeld's "The Slicer". I was just trying to indicate that Kruger had two sons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Fugitive (1963-1967) (talk • contribs) 23:16, 7 June 2022 (UTC)


 * No problem at all. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 11:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Rangeblock request
IPv6 address range beginning with 2607:fb91:bd has been busy vandalizing pages over the past few days. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 23:45, 13 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I was offline, but it looks like it was taken care of. AIV is almost always a better option to go to. 13:00, 14 June 2022 (UTC) Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:00, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

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Automated Retail
So, it’s fine for Zoom systems and Redbox, but not for a company that’s been doing it for over a decade? Happy to adjust my contribution as you see fit. 208.102.168.243 (talk) 03:15, 2 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Don't edit if you are just planning on promoting your company. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 03:18, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

You didn’t answer my question. This isn’t my company. Simply trying to add some context to a page by citing a decade-old source from what is obviously a leader in the industry. If you could provide an alternate way to approach this, I would be happy to follow your advice. I looked at the previous edits and saw that you marked Signify as spam, which is accurate, but their image remains on the page. The company I referenced in my edit is not even included in the text. Only the notes. The sole purpose of my edit was to add context to a page with limited content that clearly promotes only two businesses in a booming international industry. Would media coverage sources be preferable? I’m obviously new to Wikipedia edits and would appreciate any tips you’re willing to offer. Thanks for your help. Wilcohum (talk) 04:22, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
 * , you need to find a reliable source (e.g. news article, book, journal, etc.) that states the information that you wish to add. Linking to a company's webpage and pretending that it's a "source" is considered spam. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 14:52, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

James Caan
I'm wondering why you reverted 13 edits to the James Caan article, after his family had announced his death on Caan's own Twitter account. I notice that you didn't restore these edits later (for example, changing "he describes himself" to "he described himself"), instead, leaving it to other editors to re-do the work. Seems like a waste of everyone's time.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding WP:TWITTER, but the family's announcement didn't involve a third party (it involved the holder of the account himself), and the death of an octogenarian is not an extraordinary claim. Twitter therefore seems to be a reliable source in this case.

In the future, please think twice before reverting other people's work, thank you.  -Jord gette  [talk]  23:02, 7 July 2022 (UTC)


 * At the time, there were no reliable sources stating that he had died; only the Twitter account. Per WP:BLP, I would rather err on the side of caution, especially with the death of an individual. So, unfortunately, worrying about "other people's work" is not a concern with a potential BLP violation. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 01:36, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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Technical news
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Arbitration
 * An arbitration case regarding conduct in deletion-related editing has been opened.

Miscellaneous
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

Global rangeblock request
176.83.0.0/16 evidently has been adding the same nonsense all over the Wikisphere, including fan Wikis such as Toy Story. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:07, 14 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure what you're asking me to do? I see no contributions from that range here. Your link gives me an error, but we have no control over other wikis (especially ones on Fandom). Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:11, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That was just an example, which evidently only exists in Spanish. The entire range doesn't need to be blocked, can be limited to whichever covers 176.83.53.195 & 176.83.48.79.  –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:50, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * If all that can be done here is block them from the English Wikipedia, that's fine.  –Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:54, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm only an admin on English Wikipedia, so I can only do things here. One IP was blocked already, but I blocked the other. See WP:Global locks for more info on requesting a global lock. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:04, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Blocked User talk:2409:4043:999:F48B:0:0:16E5:A8A4
Finished blocking this user, which seems you had not finish. Cheers. -- Alexf(talk) 15:26, 15 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Whoa. Thanks. I would not have caught that. I blame Twinkle. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:52, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Go Go Ron Merkel
Can you yank his access to his talk page too? FrederalBacon (talk) 05:06, 23 July 2022 (UTC)


 * I've asked him to block his sock account as well. Patachonica (talk) 05:58, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

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



Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Anthony Appleyard (deceased) • Capitalistroadster • Samsara

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC has been closed with consensus to add javascript that will show edit notices for editors editing via a mobile device. This only works for users using a mobile browser, so iOS app editors will still not be able to see edit notices.
 * An RfC has been closed with the consensus that train stations are not inherently notable.

Technical news
 * The Wikimania 2022 Hackathon will take place virtually from 11 August to 14 August.
 * Administrators will now see links on user pages for "Change block" and "Unblock user" instead of just "Block user" if the user is already blocked. (T308570)

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case request Geschichte has been automatically closed after a 3 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous
 * You can vote for candidates in the 2022 Board of Trustees elections from 16 August to 30 August. Two community elected seats are up for election.
 * Wikimania 2022 is taking place virtually from 11 August to 14 August. The schedule for wikimania is listed here. There are also a number of in-person events associated with Wikimania around the world.
 * Tech tip: When revision-deleting on desktop, hold between clicking two checkboxes to select every box in that range.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:44, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Can you inform me why it was removed please.
Please can I be told why it has been removed I am new and know that Elizabeth Dulau plays that role and that link clearly shows that so why can it not be used? Oceanfan1 (talk) 19:57, 13 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Have you tried reading the messages left on your talk page? They explain it. You are leaving inappropriate external links. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 11:58, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Hey how come it was removed I know Elizabeth Dulau plays Kleya and I have a link that proves it too. Do you know how it can get corrected as you can see in the trailer it’s not Adria Arjona who plays Kleya. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oceanfan1 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello!
Just wanted to bring this to your attention, specifically the edit summary. Figured it was something that should be redacted. Not sure how to report those but I thought I'd let you know. If I should have done something different to report, let me know for future reference. Thank you!!! SPF121188 (talk this way) (contribs) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know. Personally, I'm not all that concerned with it, so I'll just leave it as is. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:18, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Revoke TPA
Hey could you revoke the TPA of Hihimynameisdon? They clearly are not using their talk page for its intended purpose while blocked. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 19:08, 26 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry, just saw this. I'm sure they're done venting now. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 04:32, 27 August 2022 (UTC)

about Beshouger a turkic admin
Beshouger was a anti-mongol person he hates me specially i have edit for 2.5 years longly he always oppose me as a mongol weak person and have no strong adminization he revert my every edit even block me for years only for edits and not enoughly i give references to articles but he hate me more then anyone in wikistream media, you can see poor editor like me no one helped plz 🙏😭 block this traynt admin. 103.58.75.198 (talk) 15:45, 29 August 2022 (UTC)


 * You've come to the wrong place. This is English Wikipedia; we can't do anything on other Wikipedias. And, unless this user is being disruptive here, there's not much that can happen. Also, please watch your personal attacks by calling them a "tyrant". Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:50, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I am not an admin, and never claimed to be. Beshouger was a anti-mongol person he hates me specially I am not "anti-mongol", and I don't even know you. I see there are various IP users (probably same persons) doing various unsourced disruptive edits. Beshogur (talk) 15:58, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

mr. ntn i spread history of Mongolians part by part It's english yes english sir english int.National lang. So mr. Ntn harm me and revert my all Mongolized pages edit all the times specially turco-mongol without prv i am wrong! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.58.75.198 (talk) 16:11, 29 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I apologize. Somehow I read that this was occurring on a different Wikipedia. Regardless, I would suggest taking this to WP:DR or WP:ANI. However, if you choose the latter, I would strongly advise that you read WP:BOOMERANG first. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:36, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

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Editing
Sorry, I didn't mean to interfere by excusing his rant.

Because u edited out my reply, could u please tell me if I did anything wrong by explaining what I thought the 1975 date meant so I can learn? I wasn't faffing about - that was the date it ended Stephanie921 (talk) 18:40, 3 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm so sorry. I didn't catch your comment within there. Nope, nothing wrong at all with your reply. I just didn't see it. I've now restored it. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 20:38, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh okay, tyvm :) Stephanie921 (talk) 20:48, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Strange username
Hey! I encountered a user with the username of "May7,1975". I highly doubt it's explicitly a username vio but I'd like your opinion on it since I've never seen one like it before. ― Blaze WolfTalk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 18:20, 30 August 2022 (UTC)


 * At first glance, I can't say that I see anything wrong with it. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 12:47, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * That was the day the Vietnam War ended @User:Blaze Wolf Stephanie921 (talk) 14:47, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Unless the user becomes disruptive, I don't see how that alone will be any kind of violation. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 20:39, 3 September 2022 (UTC)


 * I agree :) I was just explaining the possible reason for the username since Blaze Wolf was confused Stephanie921 (talk) 20:48, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Ah that would make more sense why one would choose a date for a username. Thanks for the clarification Stephanie. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 13:06, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Fuck
That escalated quickly... Drmies (talk) 17:48, 14 September 2022 (UTC)


 * No kidding. That was... interesting. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 17:51, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

User with clear misunderstanding of policies
Hello Jauer! I'd like your opinion on a user. seems to have a severe misunderstanding of Wikipedia's policies, attempting to change a redirect into an article when they've been told multiple times that they need to prove the band is notable. They've also been told to read Wikipedia's notability policies, but appear to have refused to do so. I'm considering reporting them to WP:ANI but would like to hear your opinion on the matter first. ― <b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze Wolf</b>Talk<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze Wolf#6545 13:50, 20 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I wasn't around, but it looks like this was taken care of by another admin. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:04, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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Your welcome is appreciated, sorry to ask you so quickly for help. What do I do with a problem user or editor? Could you assist?Extraordinary2 (talk) 23:37, 22 September 2022 (UTC)


 * It looks like you are discussing the issue on the article's talk page. You need to continue to do that and build a consensus. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:52, 23 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Impossible, the user is not even replying to discussion or attempts at it. On top of that they delete talk posts.Extraordinary2 (talk) 04:34, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No, that's not what I meant. You don't discuss changes to an article on a user's talk page. You utilized the talk page of the article itself. It looks like you're at least engaging in discussion there. That's where you need to build a consensus for whatever changes you wish to make. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 18:06, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The user does not engage. That means any attempt to discuss something with them is not doable. You referred to an article's talk page; there is no discussion. I sense you don't get involved however it would be helpful.Extraordinary2 (talk) 07:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Maybe I'm not understanding which article you are referring to. I assumed it was the Andor (TV series) article. If so, you started a discussion on the talk page. Apparently, no one else is participating in the discussion at this point. That's probably a sign that no one is interested and you probably won't be able to establish consensus for your changes. Therefore, you should probably just let it go. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 15:57, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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