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

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 * Following an RfC, consensus was found that if the rationale for a block depends on information that is not available to all administrators, that information should be sent to the Arbitration Committee, a checkuser or an oversighter for action (as applicable, per ArbCom's recent updated guidance) instead of the administrator making the block.
 * Following an RfC, consensus has been found that, in the context of politics and science, the reliability of FoxNews.com is unclear and that additional considerations apply to its use.
 * Community comment on the revised Universal Code of Conduct enforcement guidelines is requested until 8 October.

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 * The Articles for creation helper script now automatically recognises administrator accounts which means your name does not need to be listed at WP:AFCP to help out. If you wish to help out at AFC, enable AFCH by navigating to and checking the "Yet Another AfC Helper Script" box.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 8.1 of the Muhammad images case will be rescinded 1 November following a motion.
 * A modification to the deletion RfC remedy in the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been made to reaffirm the independence of the RfC and allow the moderators to split the RfC in two.
 * The second phase of the 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review closes 3 October.

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 * You are invited to comment on candidates in the 2022 CUOS appointments process.
 * An RfC is open to discuss whether to make Vector 2022 the default skin on desktop.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Jenna K. Moran
Do you see anything for Jenna K. Moran (also wrote as "Rebecca Sean Borgstrom")? BOZ (talk) 13:58, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * No, BOZ, I can't find anything. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:12, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * OK thanks for checking. BOZ (talk) 22:39, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Like a Ninja
It took three minutes from account opening to being blocked. This must be a record. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 22:48, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks to having Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism/TB2 on my watchlist. Cheers. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:50, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks
for the revdel cleanup. I was planning on doing it when I stepped outside to take my dogs out, but a bird flew in my front door, and that turned into a whole thing. Much appreciated. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:15, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Glad to help. I've been in the reverse position where I protected a page while another admin did the revdelete. Teamwork! I hope the bird was okay. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 00:18, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I have three cats and two dogs. It didn't work out well. :( ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 00:18, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Oof. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 00:19, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * The article creation at scale RfC opened on 3 October and will be open until at least 2 November.
 * An RfC is open to discuss having open requests for adminship automatically placed on hold after the seven-day period has elapsed, pending closure or other action by a bureaucrat.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 13 November 2022 until 22 November 2022 to stand in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * The arbitration case request titled Athaenara has been resolved by motion.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has entered the proposed decision stage.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee Elections.  and  are reserve commissioners.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2022 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of two new CheckUsers.
 * You can add yourself to the centralised page listing time zones of administrators.
 * Tech tip: Wikimarkup in a block summary is parsed in the notice that the blockee sees. You can use templates with custom options to specify situations like or.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:23, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

FYI
You had p-blocked an ip user so they could continue to use talk space, but this is typical of their behaviour on talk pages. Some previous and particularly offensive examples include this and this. Thought you should know. - w o lf  07:34, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Sorry to see that. I have left them a warning; the next step would be a site-wide block. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 15:59, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

Hello again. I see they managed to edit-war themselves right to that 1 week block in no time. But during that, I noticed a another, seemingly separate IP account (different state, different type of provider), but also argumentative and prone to edit wars, that had previously argued against a very specific entry at RAS syndrome and now suddely popped up to revert in support of 97.x at a very disparate fish article. VPN? Meat puppetry? Should this be looked into? Cheers - w o lf  18:21, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, I had noticed 198.70.2.200 as well. They have just the single edit this month, but we can keep an eye out. As for the first one (97.112.206.67), in retrospect it was warranted to have siteblocked them earlier, and I'm sorry I did not show better judgment on that. Those personal attacks were awful. They will likely show up on a different IP, however, and we can watch for that as well. I don't know about VPNs, so if you would like to ask a more tech-savvy admin about that, it would be fine with me. Thanks for your vigilance. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 18:52, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * No apologies needed, you're still on my christmas card list (: We do get all kinds on this project, don't we? Anyway, maybe I'll try asking one of the admins that does spi & checkuser stuff. Thanks & Cheers - w o lf  19:00, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Cheers! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 19:02, 13 November 2022 (UTC)

Well, I'm not sure they can help themselves at this point. I'm sitting here today wondering if I should file an SPI for evading, and meanwhile, using the same account we were just discussing above, they go and continue edit warring on the very same two pages you p-blocked them from (1 & 2). Some other editors reverted them and posted warnings to their talk page, as did I, but I also pinged you and C.Fred, as I believe you guys should be aware. Aside from seeking another block (198.x), plus an extended block (97.x), I'm wondering if perhaps these articles should be semi protected for awhile? Thoughts? (Sorry to dump this on you.) Cheers - w o lf  04:22, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Possible block evasion
You have blocked this editor back in October for vandalism, it appears that the editor is block evasion by going back to the same articles as before. TheAmazingPeanuts (talk) 12:50, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've blocked the latest one. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 13:00, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Lamar phoenix3
As the blocking admin of, I would like to point out their recent contributions to you and see if the unsourced changes to full names of BLPs are any different from their past behavior. - "Ghost of Dan Gurney" (c/t) 06:06, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It is the same pattern. Other editors have reverted all their edits from yesterday. I've now left them one more message, and we'll see if that makes any difference at this point. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 20:47, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

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Mattdaviesfsic - Possible Disruptive Editing
I'm a bit new to this Admin system thing, but I'm concerned that this particular user [] has been deleting large but relevant sections of articles that don't need to be cited as per WP:CITETRUTH. He is doing this to miniature railway pages, specifically with undisputed information such as the names/appearances/photos of railway locomotives. A lot of this information is easily citable. It is my personal opinion that he has occasionally become fixated on removing "original research", where such removal is not necessary, without considering finding a citation or source, while in the process of more blatant original research/clumsy wording. While his work on removing original research is commendable, he has overdone it a bit in my opinion.

I got here from the active admins page - could you weigh in on this? I would really appreciate it. You might see I have a horse in this race - the Bure Valley Railway page, whose locomotives and coaches sections were deleted without warning. Zazzfasd (talk) 02:33, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Well. The sock puppetry really ends up making matters more difficult than they otherwise would be. As for the underlying edits and reverts, I see a need for the steps at Dispute resolution – not a need for any admin warnings to Mattdaviesfsic. That's probably not what you were hoping for from me, but that will be the extent of me weighing in. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 02:58, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. I don't know what warrants what around here. On closer inspection, I think the page mentioned was sort of just caught in his crossfire. It did initially look more like an info blitz to my untrained eyes, hence the contact here. Thanks. Zazzfasd (talk) 03:03, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I see that some sort of discussion is happening at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways, and you may wish to continue there. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 03:04, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

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

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Eddie891 · Euryalus · TheresNoTime
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex.muller · Excirial · RedWordSmith · Ron Ritzman · TheresNoTime · Stephen

Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

Oversight changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TheresNoTime

Guideline and policy news
 * Consensus has been found in an RfC to automatically place RfAs on hold after one week.
 * The article creation at scale RfC has been closed.
 * An RfC on the banners for the December 2022 fundraising campaign has been closed.

Technical news
 * A new preference named "Enable limited width mode" has been added to the Vector 2022 skin. The preference is also shown as a toggle on every page if your monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. When disabled it removes the whitespace added by Vector 2022 on the left and right of the page content. Disabling this preference has the same effect as enabling the wide-vector-2022 gadget.

Arbitration
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 12, 2022 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.
 * The proposed decision for the 2021-22 review of the discretionary sanctions system is open.
 * The arbitration case Reversal and reinstatement of Athaenara's block has been closed.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
 * A motion has modified the procedures for contacting an admin facing Level 2 desysop.

Miscellaneous
 * Tech tip: A single IPv6 connection usually has access to a "subnet" of 18 quintillion IPs. Add  to the end of an IP in Special:Contributions to see all of a subnet's edits, and consider blocking the whole subnet rather than an IP that may change within a minute.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!


BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

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I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :) BOZ (talk) 23:17, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Merry Christmas to you too, BOZ! Best wishes of the season. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 23:46, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Block evasion
HI, a little bit earlier, you blocked this IP user from Lima, Peru:  for block evasion and now this one is back at it from the same location:. I don't know anything about any original complaint or offense. Cheers, Dawnseeker2000  21:46, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 23:04, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

 * Season's greetings to you too, Donner60! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 00:04, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Rem Cough medicine
Under definition of Rem, I added a third Rem Cough Medicine. It was a valid product as shown on the attached link. Please restore   Vintage REN Cough Medicine | #1803153379 (worthpoint.com) Odojoe (talk) 02:00, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi. It appears that you are referring to this addition to a disambiguation page. Whether it is "a valid product" is not the issue. In considering whether or not the subject has sufficient notability for a Wikipedia article, please refer to the guidance at Write the article first. Thank you. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:13, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

The IP hopping editor from India
i think you know who im talking about, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/171.76.28.10 would it be possible to range block this person. this has unironically been like the 40th or 50th time they've switched IPs and evaded the block --FMSky (talk) 02:47, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, I know the one. I'm not an expert on range blocks, I should say. But every time I've tried entering a few of the IP addresses into the rangeblock calculator, it has come back as too large of a range. Thanks for keeping an eye out and reverting, FMSky. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 03:50, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg ComplexRational · Extraordinary Writ
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Stephen
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Andrew Yong · Dbenbenn · DESiegel · GlassCobra · Joe Decker · Nancy · Pathoschild · StuffOfInterest · William Pietri · Wwwwolf · Xdamr

Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ivanvector · SilkTork

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg GeneralNotability · Moneytrees
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Guerillero · SilkTork

Guideline and policy news
 * Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

Arbitration
 * Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.
 * The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
 * The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
 * Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Gimmetrow
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Bjelleklang · Bob the Wikipedian · Leithp · WhisperToMe · 100 inactive admins



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim · MusikAnimal

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg BDD · Bradv · Donald Albury · Maxim

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, the administrator policy now requires that prior written consent be gained from the Arbitration Committee to mark a block as only appealable to the committee.
 * Following a community discussion, consensus has been found to impose the extended-confirmed restriction over the topic areas of Armenia and Azerbaijan and Kurds and Kurdistan.

Technical news
 * The Vector 2022 skin has become the default for desktop users of the English Wikipedia.

Arbitration Miscellaneous
 * The arbitration case Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 24 February 2023.
 * In December, the contentious topics procedure was adopted which replaces the former discretionary sanctions system. The contentious topics procedure is now in effect following an initial implementation period. There is a detailed summary of the changes and administrator instructions for the new procedure. The arbitration clerk team are taking suggestions, concerns, and unresolved questions about this new system at their noticeboard.
 * Voting in the 2023 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2023, 21:00 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
 * Voting in the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey will begin on 10 February 2023 and end on 24 February 2023. You can submit, discuss and revise proposals until 6 February 2023.
 * Tech tip: Syntax highlighting is available in both the 2011 and 2017 Wikitext editors. It can help make editing paragraphs with many references or complicated templates easier.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

not blocked
inre https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&diff=next&oldid=1139159476, the IP is not (actually) blocked. Cavarrone 18:29, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Hmm. To me, this shows the IP as blocked. Am I misreading something? Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 18:32, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Uh sorry, mistake of mine, the IP I wanted to report was another (95.244.238.63), there was an edit-conflict in the middle of my report and I somewhat messed up things. I will repost the report again. --Cavarrone 19:07, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 19:08, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg The Wordsmith
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Fuhghettaboutit · Spinningspark (deceased)



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

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

Guideline and policy news
 * Following a request for comment, F10 (useless non-media files) has been deprecated.
 * Following a request for comment, the Portal CSD criteria (P1 (portal subject to CSD as an article) and P2 (underpopulated portal)) have been deprecated.
 * A request for comment is open to discuss making the closing instructions for the requested moves process a guideline.

Technical news
 * The results of the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey have been posted.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 11 ("Request for Comment") of the Conduct in deletion-related editing case has been rescinded.
 * The proposed decision for the Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case is expected 7 March 2023.
 * A case related to the Holocaust in Poland is expected to be opened soon.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2023 appointees for the Ombuds commission are AGK, Ameisenigel, Bennylin, Daniuu, Emufarmers, Faendalimas, JJMC89, MdsShakil, Minorax and Renvoy as regular members and Zabe as advisory members.
 * Following the 2023 Steward Elections, the following editors have been appointed as stewards: Mykola7, Superpes15, and Xaosflux.
 * The Terms of Use update cycle has started, which includes a [p]roposal for better addressing undisclosed paid editing. Feedback is being accepted until 24 April 2023.

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Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (March 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg KillerChihuahua



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

Guideline and policy news
 * A community RfC is open to discuss whether reports primarily involving gender-related disputes or controversies should be referred to the Arbitration enforcement noticeboard.

Technical news
 * Some older web browsers will not be able to use JavaScript on Wikimedia wikis starting this week. This mainly affects users of Internet Explorer 11.
 * The rollback of Vector 2022 RfC has found no consensus to rollback to Vector legacy, but has found rough consensus to disable "limited width" mode by default.
 * A link to the user's page will now appear in the subtitle links shown on . This was voted #17 in the Community Wishlist Survey 2023.

Arbitration
 * The Armenia-Azerbaijan 3 case has been closed.
 * A case about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been opened, with the first evidence phase closing 6 April 2023.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:11, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Heads up
I appreciate what you have done with the edits on Shaggy Rogers by hiding them from public view. However the person has also done similar edits on pages like Sean Hayes and Jack McFarland. 2600:1009:B064:E3C5:B529:1904:28CA:C736 (talk) 21:22, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, I think I got them all. Let me know if you notice that I've missed some. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:11, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Block notification in reply
Hello. I recently left a warning on an users talk page for vandalism, and you blocked said user. Did you intend to leave the block notification as a reply? Seeing "You have been blocked temporarily from editing to prevent further vandalism." in my notifications was quite surprising. Saltq (talk) 18:13, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, the block notification was directed to the user whom I blocked, definitely not meant as a reply directed at you! Thanks for your vigilance. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 21:31, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Spicy
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ale jrb · Dbachmann · DGG (deceased) · Jimbo Wales



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

Oversighter changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Jimbo Wales

Guideline and policy news
 * A request for comment about removing administrative privileges in specified situations is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Progress has started on the Page Triage improvement project. This is to address the concerns raised by the community in their 2022 WMF letter that requested improvements be made to the tool.

Arbitration
 * The proposed decision in the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case is expected 11 May 2023.

Miscellaneous
 * The Wikimedia Foundation annual plan 2023-2024 draft is open for comment and input through May 19. The final plan will be published in July 2023.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:23, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

110.227.143.107 possibly returned
You blocked for block evasion yesterday, I think they are back on. Similar type of edits on Neha Dhupia.  Ravensfire  (talk) 20:24, 19 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. Blocked. Thank you. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 20:30, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

A couple of artists
Hi Paul, I hope you are doing well! Do you see anything for Monte Michael Moore or Jim Pavelec? BOZ (talk) 18:48, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi BOZ! I found just one new source for Moore, and nothing for Pavelec. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 02:17, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Much appreciated, and thank you. :) BOZ (talk) 06:25, 31 May 2023 (UTC)

Tif Macklem edits by brettm
Hello. I want you to reconsider your reversion of edits by me, Brettm, on the premise of a WP Synth violation. The violation guidelines state synthesis of a conclusion from primary sources - I made no such violation because I made no conclusion. I simply stated two facts with primary sources to back them up directly. Please reconsider your reversion otherwise I will escalate. Brettlm (talk) 20:56, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

Block of Marny63
Hello. I'm a bit confused by your block of. They were undoing vandalism by an IP, and you were reinstating it (e.g. here, where the IP removed the close by DanCherak, Marny63 reinstated it, and then you removed it again). Am I missing something? Cheers, Number   5  7  16:54, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi, yes, User:DanCherak is an impersonation account. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 16:55, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Ahhh, ok. What a mess. Cheers, Number   5  7  16:57, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – June 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Ingenuity
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ddstretch · Prodego · Resolute



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

Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, editors indefinitely site-banned by community consensus will now have all rights, including sysop, removed.
 * As a part of the Wikimedia Foundation's IP Masking project, a new policy has been created that governs the access to temporary account IP addresses. An associated FAQ has been created and individual communities can increase the requirements to view temporary account IP addresses.

Technical news
 * Bot operators and tool maintainers should schedule time in the coming months to test and update their tools for the effects of IP masking. IP masking will not be deployed to any content wiki until at least October 2023 and is unlikely to be deployed to the English Wikipedia until some time in 2024.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration case World War II and the history of Jews in Poland has been closed. The topic area of Polish history during World War II (1933-1945) and the history of Jews in Poland is subject to a "reliable source consensus-required" contentious topic restriction.

Miscellaneous
 * Following a community referendum, the arbitration policy has been modified to remove the ability for users to appeal remedies to.

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Administrators' newsletter – July 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2023).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Deckiller · Electionworld · MBisanz · Penwhale · Raul654 · Roadrunner · Viridae · Yannismarou

Bureaucrat changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg MBisanz

Guideline and policy news
 * Contributions to the English Wikipedia are now released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) license instead of CC BY-SA 3.0. Contributions are still also released under the GFDL license.

Technical news
 * Discussion is open regarding a proposed global policy regarding third-party resources. Third-party resources are computer resources that reside outside of Wikimedia production websites.

Arbitration
 * Two arbitration cases are currently open. Proposed decisions are expected 5 July 2023 for the Scottywong case and 9 July 2023 for the AlisonW case.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Possible block evasion
Hi Paul Erik. I thought I'd bring to your attention that a new IP user,, made an edit to that was similar to others by previous block-evading IP users. Thank you. KyleJoan talk 18:04, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Thanks, ! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 18:05, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Big thanks
Hi, Paul Erik -- Thank you for nipping that IP user in the bud! Stay well. -- Bringingthewood (talk) 02:13, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Sure! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 02:22, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Question
With the ongoing antics of serial evader KompressO, (their most recent activity just hours ago), would a range-block be of any use here? It's clear that the 97.112.x.x range is often used by them. Cheers - w o lf  04:43, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I had checked that yesterday – it looks like too wide a range for a long-term block. Consider an WP:RBI approach with this user. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 12:05, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking. And yep, RBI is the way to go. Cheers - w o lf  16:13, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

This is a sock of WP:LTA/AG1204. Please revoke TPA if possible (and revoke TPA for all future socks) because past socks have abused it to troll people. — Prodraxis {talk • contribs} (she/her) 22:50, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Got it. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 22:56, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Possible that you didn't actually block this IP?
I saw you left a message on 159.196.12.40 (talk) on 29 July saying that you blocked them, but as of 5 August they're still disruptively editing on Doki (TV series) here. Thank you. FutureFlowsLoveYou (talk) 12:27, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I did block that IP for 31 hours. (See block log here.) They've made just the one edit today, but if they start up again, I (or someone else) can block them for a longer period. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 14:11, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism
Can you or someone watch Marc_Leder? Subject to odd deletions, w/untrue assertions of "no citations." 2603:7000:2101:AA00:9DA9:2B98:1019:EB09 (talk) 06:08, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Firefangledfeathers
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg AlisonW · Amberrock · Closedmouth · Scottywong

Interface administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Novem Linguae

Technical news
 * The tag filter on Special:NewPages and revision history pages can now be inverted. This allows hiding edits made by automated tools.
 * Special:BlockedExternalDomains is a new tool that allows easier blocking of plain domains (and their subdomains). This is more easily searchable and is faster for the software to use than the existing MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist. It does not support regex (for complex cases), URL path-matching, or the MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist.

Arbitration
 * The arbitration cases named Scottywong and AlisonW closed 10 July and 16 July respectively.
 * The SmallCat dispute arbitration case is in the workshop phase.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:54, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Michael Fishel
Hi Paul! Do you see anything for Michael Fishel? BOZ (talk) 05:41, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi BOZ. No, I checked but can't find anything. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 02:12, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking. BOZ (talk) 07:00, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for catching my whoopsie...
...here. I didn't mean to rollback my own reversion; it is way too easy to accidentally rollback on mobile, and this has inspired me to create an associated mobile account without rollback rights so this doesn't happen again. Regards, Orange Suede Sofa  (talk) 02:32, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Aha, good to know. I did think it was odd that you had rolled back your own reversion. Best wishes. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 03:11, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Cleveland’s age when meeting future wife
Why is it not appropriate to point out explicitly that Cleveland is 27 years older than his future wife? Why force the reader to discover Cleveland’s north year and calculate it him/ her self? Is the specific difference not important? Wis2fan (talk)< Wis2fan (talk) 21:13, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * This appears to be related to my revert at the article Frances Cleveland while it was featured on the main page. As I had said, you were adding something to the lead section which did not appear in the article body; see MOS:LEAD. As this is a featured article, it would have had many editors already give careful consideration as to how to present the information. Following WP:FAOWN, it would be advisable to first present your suggested change on the article's talk page. Thanks. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 14:56, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Pppery · Theleekycauldron
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dwheeler · G.A.S · Royalbroil · Ssd



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

Oversighter changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
 * A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news
 * Special:Contributions now shows the user's local edit count and the account's creation date.

Arbitration
 * The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for following and blocking the IPs involved Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Country music category vandal from Tennessee. You beat me to AIV this morning! ☾Loriendrew☽  ☏(ring-ring)  14:45, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your vigilance too! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 14:46, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

IP spamming user talk pages
Back in August you blocked 171.250.34.133 for 31hr for block evasion, after they had been spamming user talk pages to proxy edit Akane Yamaguchi. They are back as. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested ∆transmissions∆ °co-ords° 15:33, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Thanks for letting me know. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 15:47, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

New to Wikipedia - edited Kirsten Gillibrand's article
I edited her article with information about her son's current whereabouts. You reverted my edit, citing Wikipedia's official policy on Linkedin. However, that section on Linkedin, said that it is OK if it's authenticated. I think it's pretty common sense that Theodore Gillibrand himself has published his linkedin page even if you just take a cursory glance at it.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/theodore-gillibrand-33a767206/ Nsandell123 (talk) 03:07, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


 * The more important policy here is the the privacy of names. This subject's family member is not independently notable, and unless there is substantial third party coverage about that family member, it is not appropriate to include such detailed content, even if they did publish it themselves elsewhere. Regards, Orange Suede Sofa  (talk) 03:47, 10 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for offering that, Orange Suede Sofa – I agree with you. I'll just add that we don't typically go digging into people's LinkedIn postings for material for a Wikipedia article. If the subject matter is significant enough, there will be a more reliable source that has written about it; see WP:V policy, including the section on self-published sources. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 16:28, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (September 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Alex Bakharev · CorbieVreccan · Cyphoidbomb · Davodd · Hog Farm · JamesR · KnightLago · Mark Ironie · Nosebagbear (deceased) · Rschen7754 · Tamzin · TonyBallioni



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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Ferret · RickinBaltimore
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TonyBallioni · Worm That Turned

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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg RickinBaltimore
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg TonyBallioni · Worm That Turned

Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC is open regarding amending the paid-contribution disclosure policy to add the following text: Any administrator soliciting clients for paid Wikipedia-related consulting or advising services not covered by other paid-contribution rules must disclose all clients on their userpage.

Technical news
 * Administrators can now choose to add the user's user page to their watchlist when changing the usergroups for a user. This works both via Special:UserRights and via the API.

Arbitration
 * Remedy 9 ("MarioProtIV topic ban") of the WikiProject Tropical Cyclones case has been rescinded.

Miscellaneous
 * The 2023 CheckUser and Oversight appointments process has concluded with the appointment of one new CheckUser.
 * Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections opens on 2 October and closes on 8 October.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Bio sources
Hi Paul! I recently worked on Julie Ann Dawson, Steven Belledin, Scott Bennie, Matthew J. Finch, and Ethan Skemp, and was wondering if you saw anything more out there for any of them. I know I had previously asked about Dawson, Belledin, and Skemp, but sometimes new sources come up over time, and better to check than leave it undone. :) Anything you can find on any of these would help! BOZ (talk) 13:42, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi – good to see that you are working away on the articles. I think you can access The Wikipedia Library; is that right? Through there, you can access ProQuest, which is the database I have been searching when you stop by to ask me. I've been glad to help, of course. These topics, role-playing game writers, are not ones I am especially interested in, though. Given your strong commitment to the subject area, the encyclopedia might benefit more from your careful searches than mine. :)  Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 00:11, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh OK! How do I find ProQuest from there? BOZ (talk) 01:29, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Go to the page The Wikipedia Library. Under "What we do", click on "Database access". Follow the login instructions. In the "My Collections" tab, find ProQuest and click on "Access collection" and you're in! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 01:37, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * OK cool, thanks! :) BOZ (talk) 01:55, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I hope it leads you down the path of finding many sources for the articles you work on! Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 01:57, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (October 2023).



Administrator changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg 0xDeadbeef
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Tamzin
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Dennis Brown

Interface administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ragesoss · TheresNoTime

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Technical news
 * The WMF is working on making it possible for administrators to edit MediaWiki configuration directly. This is similar to previous work on Special:EditGrowthConfig. A technical RfC is running until November 08, where you can provide feedback.
 * There is a proposed plan for re-enabling the Graph Extension. Feedback on this proposal is requested.

Arbitration
 * Eligible editors are invited to self-nominate themselves from 12 November 2023 until 21 November 2023 to stand in the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections.
 * , and  have been appointed to the Electoral Commission for the 2023 Arbitration Committee Elections.  is the reserve commissioner.
 * Following a motion, the contentious topic designation of Prem Rawat has been struck. Actions previously taken using this contentious topic designation are still in force.
 * Following several motions, multiple topic areas are no longer designated as a contentious topic. These contentious topic designations were from the Editor conduct in e-cigs articles, Liancourt Rocks, Longevity, Medicine, September 11 conspiracy theories, and Shakespeare authorship question cases.
 * Following a motion, remedies 3.1 (All related articles under 1RR whenever the dispute over naming is concerned), 6 (Stalemate resolution) and 30 (Administrative supervision) of the Macedonia 2 case have been rescinded.
 * Following a motion, remedy 6 (One-revert rule) of the The Troubles case has been amended.
 * An arbitration case named Industrial agriculture has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case close 8 November.

Miscellaneous
 * The Articles for Creation backlog drive is happening in November 2023, with 700+ drafts pending reviews for in the last 4 months or so. In addition to the AfC participants, all administrators and New Page Patrollers can conduct reviews using the helper script, Yet Another AFC Helper Script, which can be enabled in the Gadgets settings. Sign up here to participate!

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Sam Heughan
Hi Paul Could you please leave the Sam Heughan 'talk' page alone. Your edit broke the context, and censored unresolved fan, and edit requests. A chatty tone perhaps, but in a question answer, resolved yes/no format 62.6.135.250 (talk) 19:48, 3 December 2023 (UTC)
 * "Sam and Chris and Freddie should do Top Gear together." "Boring... Is he on only fans ?" This kind of thing does not belong on a talk page. Please see WP:TPG for what is suitable. What edit requests are you referring to? Someone joking around and saying the page should be renamed to the character he plays on Outlander? Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 21:46, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ajpolino · Lourdes · Mairi · RockMFR · Somno · WilyD
 * Pictogram voting rename.png →



CheckUser changes
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Oversight changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * Following a talk page discussion, the Administrators' accountability policy has been updated to note that while it is considered best practice for administrators to have notifications (pings) enabled, this is not mandatory. Administrators who do not use notifications are now strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user page.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Extended Confirmed Restriction has been amended, removing the allowance for non-extended-confirmed editors to post constructive comments on the "Talk:" namespace. Now, non-extended-confirmed editors may use the "Talk:" namespace solely to make edit requests related to articles within the topic area, provided that their actions are not disruptive.
 * The Arbitration Committee has announced a call for Checkusers and Oversighters, stating that it will currently be accepting applications for CheckUser and/or Oversight permissions at any point in the year.
 * Eligible users are invited to vote on candidates for the Arbitration Committee until 23:59 December 11, 2023 (UTC). Candidate statements can be seen here.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:54, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!


BOZ (talk) is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Don't eat yellow snow!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding to their talk page with a friendly message.

I'm wishing you a Merry Christmas, because that is what I celebrate. Feel free to take a "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings" if you prefer. :) BOZ (talk) 00:21, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Merry Christmas, dear BOZ! Best wishes. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 00:29, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Germans (band) albums


A tag has been placed on Category:Germans (band) albums 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 removing the speedy deletion tag. Liz Read! Talk! 03:16, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2023).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Dennis Brown
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Julia W · Marasmusine · PBS



CheckUser changes
 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh · HJ Mitchell · Sdrqaz · Spicy · ToBeFree · Vanamonde93 · Z1720
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

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 * Gnome-colors-list-add.svg Aoidh · Firefly · Sdrqaz · ToBeFree · Z1720
 * Gnome-colors-view-refresh.svg Maxim
 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Enterprisey · Izno · SilkTork

Arbitration
 * Following the 2023 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee:, , , , , , ,.
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee rescinded the restrictions on the page name move discussions for the two Ireland pages that were enacted in June 2009.
 * The arbitration case Industrial agriculture has been closed.

Miscellaneous
 * The New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in January 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,000 unreviewed articles awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

Administrator changes
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 * Gnome-colors-list-remove.svg Ameliorate! · Ancheta Wis · Anthony Bradbury (deceased) · Cobi · Ev · Moondyne · Worm That Turned

Bureaucrat changes
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CheckUser changes
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Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * An RfC about increasing the inactivity requirement for Interface administrators is open for feedback.

Technical news
 * Pages that use the JSON contentmodel will now use tabs instead of spaces for auto-indentation. This will significantly reduce the page size.

Arbitration
 * Following a motion, the Arbitration Committee adopted a new enforcement restriction on January 4, 2024, wherein the Committee may apply the 'Reliable source consensus-required restriction' to specified topic areas.
 * Community feedback is requested for a draft to replace the "Information for administrators processing requests" section at WP:AE.

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 * A vote to ratify the charter for the Universal Code of Conduct Coordinating Committee (U4C) is open till 2 February 2024, 23:59:59 (UTC) via Secure Poll. All eligible voters within the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to either support or oppose the adoption of the U4C Charter and share their reasons. The details of the voting process and voter eligibility can be found here.
 * Community Tech has made some preliminary decisions about the future of the Community Wishlist Survey. In summary, they aim to develop a new, continuous intake system for community technical requests that improves prioritization, resource allocation, and communication regarding wishes. Read more
 * The Unreferenced articles backlog drive is happening in February 2024 to reduce the backlog of articles tagged with Unreferenced. You can help reduce the backlog by adding citations to these articles. Sign up to participate!

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:00, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

IP editor on Andrew Hyra
Hey there, I'm messaging you because you have done some reverting on this article in the past (as has, pinging them too)

It seems like this continuous IP editing Andrew Hyra is under one LTA as Loriendrew called out, and they're still hanging around. What's odd is that all they're doing is fiddling around with the default sort template. It's not like a problem, but apparently they're an LTA and block evading, so I'm pointing it out just in case. Panini! • 🥪 17:00, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's the same editor. Thanks for letting me know. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 18:11, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * For details, please see Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Country music category vandal from Tennessee.-- ☾Loriendrew☽  ☏(ring-ring)  23:40, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Why delete valid edits?
When blocking people for block evasion, why do you also revert their valid edits:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deaths_in_1989&diff=1176173457&oldid=1176166215

Is there any valid reason this edit should not have stayed? Surely the block is penalty enough ... why penalise others? Braintic (talk) 11:58, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

Block length
Just wanted to point out that the block on that LTA was(and still is after your reason change) for 24 hours. – 2804:F14:80C5:3C01:E903:6335:76BA:FBB4 (talk) 04:35, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Now changed to indef. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 04:37, 27 February 2024 (UTC)