User talk:ProofRobust

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Hi - per the request made at my talk page, and following the comment you made using your Eyebeller account, I've enabled the Extended Confirmed and Rollback user rights on this account. You already know what they do, and what the usage expectations are, so I won't give you the spiel about them being withdrawn if misused etc. Happy editing Girth Summit  (blether)  09:34, 30 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks! ProofRobust  09:38, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

References and External Links for Gong Jun Wikipedia page
Hi, Thank you for your message through my talk page, I actually going through the references lists and noticed that some links were broken, or not working anymore. I have updated new references links but were reverted by you. So just checking if it is okay for me to undo your reverting. Hope to hear back from you soon :) Thanks User talk: 90.255.28.105
 * Thanks for your message and for the explanation. I see what you are doing now. Sorry for the incorrect reverting on my behalf. Please have a look at Edit Summaries. This can help to avoid confusion for other editors. I will undo my reverting and the warning I left you on your talk page. ProofRobust  11:27, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Sure, will include explanation next time to avoid confusion. User talk:

Administrators' newsletter – July 2021
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Arbitration
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Moktan147 (talk) 18:23, 3 August 2021 (UTC) Hello I am Ashish Moktan. Yes I have made edits as there are some obvious mistakes. Himalayan Sheepdog is just informal name mostly used in India to denote dogs from Himalayan range in India. Here in Nepal, we call them bhote kukur only. In India there are local names of these dogs such as bhutia, bhotia, gaddi etc. All these dogs registered name is Tibetan Mastiff. Please check the wikipedia of Tibetan Mastiff for more info on these dogs.


 * Hello Moktan147. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia. In the edit I reverted, you removed a lot of content without any explanation. Please have a look at Edit Summaries which help you to explain your changes.
 * For such a significant change, I would recommend commenting on the articles talk page. Thanks. ProofRobust  21:18, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

The other mistake I noticed is their life span. They are long life dogs with mostly living above 15 years in good environment.

These are the changes that I have proposed.

ProofRobusr, would you be kind enough to make changes or allow changes ? Moktan147 (talk) 02:28, 4 August 2021 (UTC)


 * I will not make the changes because I have not researcbed enough into the topic to make such a change and even if I deemed such a change to be appropriate I would still post a message on Talk:Himalayan Sheepdog do discuss the proposed change since it is significant. I recommend that you do this. ProofRobust  08:33, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Regarding reverting my edits
Hi, I am editing Nasir Aslam Wani. And I had given reason also to various edits. I think you should restore my edit so that I can Copy-edit the article completely. Because this article is about a politician but the infobox used in it was of a person simply. I removed the content which should not be on Wikipedia as per WP:NPOV. I am still editing. Please restore the edits asap. So that I could complete it and fix all errors. GaffarSofi96 (talk)
 * Why are you removing so many references? Thanks. ProofRobust  10:20, 4 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Please see again, the references were placed duplicate/repeated in references section. After reflist code. You know better where the citation have to be added. Please restore now. GaffarSofi96 (talk)
 * I see. I will restore your edits. Happy editing! ProofRobust  16:01, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank You So Much. GaffarSofi96 (talk)

FYI
Hi ProofRobust, regarding Special:Diff/1037068888, please see WP:BLANKING. Users are allowed to remove notices, including warnings and block notices from their talk page. However, declined unblock requests should not be removed. --Viridian Bovary (talk) 10:12, 4 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for clearing that up. I assume that the policy was changed recently then. ProofRobust  10:15, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

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Arbitration
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Administrators' newsletter – October 2021
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Guideline and policy news
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Technical news
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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.
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2021
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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
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Arbitration
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2021
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Arbitration
 * Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee Elections is open until 23:59, 06 December 2021 (UTC).
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Administrators' newsletter – January 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2021).

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 * 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.


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Arbitration


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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
 * An RfC is open to gain consensus on whether Fox News is reliable for science and politics.

Technical news
 * The impact report on the effects of disabling IP editing on the Persian (Farsi) Wikipedia has been released.
 * The WMF is looking into making a Private Incident Reporting System (PIRS) system to improve the reporting of harmful incidents through easier and safer reporting. You can leave comments on the talk page by answering the questions provided. Users who have faced harmful situations are also invited to join a PIRS interview to share the experience. To sign up please email Madalina Ana.

Arbitration
 * An arbitration case regarding Conduct in deletion-related editing has been closed. The Arbitration Committee passed a remedy as part of the final decision to create a request for comment (RfC) on how to handle mass nominations at Articles for Deletion (AfD).
 * The arbitration case request Jonathunder has been automatically closed after a 6 month suspension of the case.

Miscellaneous
 * The new pages patrol (NPP) team has prepared an appeal to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for assistance with addressing Page Curation bugs and requested features. You are encouraged to read the open letter before it is sent, and if you support it, consider signing it. It is not a discussion, just a signature will suffice.
 * Voting for candidates for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees is open until 6 September.

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

Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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Guideline and policy news
 * 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.

Technical news
 * 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.

Miscellaneous
 * An administrator's account was recently compromised. Administrators are encouraged to check that their passwords are secure, and reminded that ArbCom reserves the right to not restore adminship in cases of poor account security. You can also use two-factor authentication (2FA) to provide an extra level of security.
 * Self-nominations for the electoral commission for the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections open 2 October and close 8 October.
 * 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.
 * Tech tip: You can do a fuzzy search of all deleted page titles at Special:Undelete.

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

Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser 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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Administrators' newsletter – December 2022
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2022).

Administrator changes
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Interface administrator changes
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CheckUser changes
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 * The arbitration case Stephen has been opened and the proposed decision is expected 1 December 2022.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:44, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

NPP
Hi ProofRobust. Please stop asking for this user right, it's not going to happen. Your recent messages to Rosguill (1, 2, 3) and subsequent edit warring to remove Rosguill's replies (1, 2) are disruptive and constitute harassment. Please be advised that continuing down his path will result in loss of editing privledges. Thanks,  F ASTILY   05:39, 19 December 2022 (UTC)


 * , Yes, you're right. With this account it's not going to happen. With a WP:CLEANSTART account, I can get it in 2 months. I am not harassing anyone. I was simply asking for advice and following agreed policy - WP:NPA. Your prejudice against this account is very concerning. You do not read what I am saying. You are firmly set in your ways and do not consider any alternative arguments I have made. You simply ignore them which is even worse. As I have said before, If this is how "exemplary users" behave - users who are supposed to be an example for all other editors then something has gone seriously wrong at the top. I'll leave you to sort it out.  ProofRobust  10:05, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * "Clean start" means disconnecting and using your new account to do things that are very different from the things that got your old account into trouble. Making a new account with the apparent intention of preventing administrators from evaluating your entire track record when reviewing your next PERM request, after an administrator has told you that continuing to pursue the user right in question might lead to sanctions is not a clean start. That's just evasion of scrutiny. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:18, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you can assist. The administrators are simply not listening to what I am saying and refuse to give less merit to the actions of 2 years ago. This account will always be prejudiced against. I have laid out my thoughts here: Special:Diff/1128192299. ProofRobust  14:45, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

December 2022
 You have been blocked indefinitely from editing because it appears that you are not here to build an encyclopedia. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. signed,Rosguill talk 19:12, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm imposing a block to prevent you from creating new accounts in an attempt to evade scrutiny, as declared above. This is implemented as a partial block, so it does not affect your ability to edit on this account, but does prevent you from creating new accounts. signed,Rosguill talk 19:14, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * And I've upped the block to indef. Enough community time has been wasted on ProofRobust's tantrums, and they clearly aren't interested in making constructive contributions to Wikipedia. -  F ASTILY   08:56, 20 December 2022 (UTC)


 * , What can I do to convince you? ProofRobust  10:45, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've reviewed your request so won't be reviewing your next request. What I'd expect the next reviewing admin will want to see, though, is you directly addressing the concerns around WP:IDHT and WP:CIR and your harassment. Why did it take a block to get you to pay attention? How can we be sure you won't harass anyone going forward? Basically, you need to demonstrate and convince us you plan to take a totally different approach to Wikipedia going forward. --Yamla (talk) 10:48, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

"I did not act appropriately" you possibly mean "I did act appropriately". This is unclear. --Yamla (talk) 11:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * , I have re-read my unblock request and see no reason to change anything. What exactly is unclear please?  ProofRobust  11:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * You are correct, I was mistaken. I hadn't had enough coffee and misread what you wrote. Thanks. --Yamla (talk) 12:15, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Except I'm not the target of your harassment. You should start by apologizing to Rosguill. -  F ASTILY   19:50, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * , I apologise with the way I have dealt with you. I hope we can move on and communicate in a peaceful manner, if you so wish. ProofRobust  20:30, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm indifferent to apologies extracted under duress, nor did I really want an apology in the first place. As I've been pinged here, I will say I am concerned about the framing of "viewpoints" in the unblock request, and would want to see evidence that you actually understand the extent to which your behavior has been disruptive by identifying the advice you have repeatedly ignored, as well as the reasons for which your requests for advanced permissions have been declined. signed,Rosguill talk 22:36, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * By "viewpoints" I am not referring to anything specific, just any opinions when consensus has already been agreed. The reasons for NPP permissions being declined was because I didn't do so well at NPP School and the advice I have ignored was to move on to other areas of editing. ProofRobust  22:53, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * This does not demonstrate to me that you understand the reasons that NPP was declined, and identifies only a single, relatively minor aspect of the advice you have been given. I'm left with the sense that the problems from your original block as Eyebeller in 2021 persist. signed,Rosguill talk 23:10, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I think the main reason was your concern as to how I would treat new editors and whether I would bite them or be harsh with them. Anyways, I really do want to be a helpful editor. I think it is quite obvious that I need some help/guidance - but I don't feel like I'm getting it and have no clue how I would ask for this. Trial period - shutdown. Asking for advice - shutdown. Perhaps I should stick with the stuff I know and am good at then e.g. anti vandalism as I can't convince anyone to let me have a go at anything else. If no one wants to have anything to do with me - fine. I'm not forcing anyone. Just unblock me and let me carry on as I was before, doing anti vandalism work. ProofRobust  23:16, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ,, Any update? ProofRobust  19:24, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ProofRobust, I've taken a chance on you by taking you on as a student twice already; I find your continued sense of entitlement astounding. I think it's pretty clear that this has been a poor use of my time thus far and I'm not interested in pursuing it further. signed,Rosguill talk 23:13, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I am not asking to be taken on as a student, this is an unblock request which had no activity for 6 days. Therefore, I was asking for an update. Plus, no matter how many times I am a student of yours, I fail to see how that, or anything else, will convince you that I won't bite new editors. ProofRobust  23:47, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
 * ProofRobust, I think you should have patience. Obviously, admins who review unblock requests have their own doubts about unblocking you after reading this discussion. But the fact that you are not unblocked should be balanced by the fact that your unblock request hasn't been quickly denied either. Admins who review these requests are probably weighing the costs vs. benefits on unblocking you and will come to their own decision on their own time. I wouldn't be in a hurry if I were you. Instead, I'd advise you to spend some time working on other Wikimedia projects which can demonstrate that you are a productive editor elsewhere. Liz Read! Talk! 03:18, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your comment. I was simply trying to get things moving as I do not want this request to turn into one of the ones that is left pending for months. I have no interest in participating on other Wikimedia project at the moment., as the blocking admin, can you respond to this please?  ProofRobust  22:42, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
 * , as I mentioned in my previous unblock request, I want to carry on with my anti-vandalism work and potentially create new articles. ProofRobust  23:20, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I saw that comment, which was pretty general; what topics might you create articles about, or perhaps edit existing articles about? 331dot (talk) 00:16, 12 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I have not thought about specific topics that I might create new articles on. That is not going to be my main focus. My main focus will be to continue with my anti-vandalism work. ProofRobust  00:29, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
 * , Are you going to review this or do I need to open another unblock request? ProofRobust  09:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Please make a new request. 331dot (talk) 11:52, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

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

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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.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:09, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

is closed. Came here from there. Not convinced either way. My sense is to decline the unblock request  as not ready yet, but I'll leave it open for review by someone more open minded. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 23:30, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

February 2022
ProofRobust 11:55, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

, thank you for your comments. Not sure how much you know about me but I have been doing anti-vandalism work on Wikipedia, on and off, for over 2 years. The rollback rights that I have are sufficient for this. There have never been any major significant issues with my counter-vandalism work. On the contrary, I have been thanked for it instead. I have already taken a 2 month break as my block was made in late December. Please let me know your thoughts. ProofRobust 10:43, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I do not feel confident that unblocking you for counter-vandalism work is a good idea. Counter-vandalism involves interacting with editors, and part of this block concerned your interactions with other editors. Furthermore, many reasons you flunked NPP school are related to counter-vandalism work, so I would not be confident that you could assess harder-to-determine cases of vandalism. I would suggest seeking to be unblocked so that you can learn the basics of editing Wikipedia by actually editing and adding prose to articles. Once that is mastered, advanced permissions can be sought after. Z1720 (talk) 17:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

, I have a good amount of experience with counter-vandalism and have graduated from the CVUA with very high marks. I have never had any major issues with my anti-vandalism work but rather have been thanked time and time again. I have been trusted with the rollback right for 2 years, it has never been withdrawn from me. I have experience dealing with new users, and abusive users, treating them appropriately on a case by case basis. The fact that my rollback right had never been withdrawn should prove to be a good testament. Please consider this. ProofRobust 17:44, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * I have already declined this request and stated my opinion above, and I do not wish to reverse it. I recommend that you take a couple months away from Wikipedia before filing your next unblock request. When you are ready, you can post a new unblock request below and another administrator will access it. Z1720 (talk) 17:50, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your thoughts. I do not see what another break will achieve in addition to the already 2 month break I have already taken. I will be posting another unblock request shortly. ProofRobust  17:55, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

is declined and ProofRobust is strongly cautioned to stop abusing UTRS. This is the fourth such abuse of UTRS. --Yamla (talk) 15:08, 26 April 2023 (UTC)


 * I do apologise. I was not aware that this was considered “abuse” and will not use UTRS for this purpose anymore. ProofRobust  17:56, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

October 2023
Checkuser data shows no evidence of block evasion. --Yamla (talk) 22:23, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * - any objections to giving this user another chance? Girth Summit  (blether)  13:11, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I think @Rosguill is also one of the blocking admins. Looks like the sequence of blocks was Rosguill full block -> Rosguill downgraded to partial block -> Fastily upgraded back to full block. Hope this helps. – Novem Linguae (talk) 16:07, 9 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok to unblock? -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 16:28, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Still no evidence of recent block evasion (good). I think this user should be closely monitored if unblocked, but other than that, I have no objections. --Yamla (talk) 16:33, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with it to, on the condition that any repeat of the same behavior that led to the original block will result in an immediate re-block -Fastily 22:34, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * No objection. signed,Rosguill talk 23:16, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Unblocked. Welcome back -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 00:10, 15 December 2023 (UTC)