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User:ST47ProxyBot
Typo found. "an company" -> "a company". --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 04:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Mp3sandnpcs.com
You added this website to the local spam blacklist for "blogspam". However, looking at their website (which I found while looking for sources for an article), it does not seem spammy or malicious. Can you explain? wizzito &#124;  say hello!  18:05, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
 * It is a blog, it was spammed by a user claiming to be the blog's owner to many pages. It was blacklisted to prevent this behavior from continuing using sockpuppets. ST47 (talk) 20:48, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Blocked proxy 85.232.147.38
I'm guessing they've found another proxy. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 16:24, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:AFC Helper News
Hello! I wanted to drop a quick note for all of our AFC participants; nothing huge and fancy like a newsletter, but a few points of interest. Short and sweet, but there's always more to discuss at WT:AFC. Stop on by, maybe review a draft on the way? Whether you're one of our top reviewers, or haven't reviewed in a while, I want to thank you for helping out in the past and in the future. Cheers, Primefac, via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:00, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
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 * The template db-afc-move has been created - this template is similar to db-move when there is a redirect in the way of an acceptance, but specifically tells the patrolling admin to let you (the draft reviewer) take care of the actual move.

Please Unblock
Hi! Please can you unblock this user Choco Skit? We are undergoing a tutorial under the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and he was blocked while trying to log into the | dashboard. Thank you Olugold (talk) 10:06, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

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Have unblocked 38.17.44.0/22
Hey, just a courtesy note that I've  as it appears to have been  to a residential ISP -- TNT (talk • she/her) 00:30, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2022
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 * 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.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:47, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Bhumika Gurung recreation
Hi! I learnt that I have to approach you for the recreation of the blp article of Bhumika Gurung. Her article was deleted with the stated reason of lack of notability WP:N which is not correct as the actress has done several lead roles. She was the lead with titular role in Nimki Mukhiya & Nimki Vidhayak and also negative lead Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2. Apart from these lead roles she has also done prominent roles in films. She is verified across all social media platforms as a notable actress. So, I request the article be restored to draft space so that I can make suitable edits to it, to make it suitable for mainspace. Can you please help me with it because you were the administrator who WP:SALTed the page?Commonedits (talk) 07:03, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * There is no deleted history at . If you want to use an existing revision as the basis for a draft, you can follow WP:RUU and provide a link to the revision in your edit summary, and then continue working within draft space. ST47 (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Ok thank you. Can you explain how exactly I should go about to provide a link in the edit summary? Commonedits (talk) 05:41, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

Alex The Ander
You blocked this user a while back as a sock of. Since that user has been globally blocked, I declined Alex's unblock request on the grounds that it is not for us patrolling admins to lift the blocks of globally blocked sockmasters, and it was apparently based on checkuser data anyway.

He has emailed me and insisted he has nothing to do with Bodiadub, that he is willing to provide proof of his real identity as a Miami-area journalists. I don't see anything in their edit histories that overlap. Is there something I can't see that shows up in the checkuser data? Daniel Case (talk) 05:07, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
 * His appeal is currently with ArbCom. It appears to be a case of account sharing with a globally banned user. ST47 (talk) 15:42, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

192.80.184.0/22 block
I want to let you know that and  no longer belong to a webhost... it's part of the range  which is registered to "COASTAL TELCO SERVICES", which is a home ISP in Maine. wizzito &#124;  say hello!  23:38, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Interestingly it was handed over to Coastal Telco just 2 days after you made your latest 3yr block... weird. wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  23:39, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info, I've unblocked them. How do you know the date it was transferred? Are you basing that on the update date in whois? ST47 (talk) 00:43, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  03:45, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * P.S. belongs to Freedom Internet now, same rationale as the unblock of .  wizzito  &#124;  say hello!  05:45, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Editnotice SCW CR
Template:Editnotice SCW CR has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:01, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Prefix block
Hey, would it be possible to make the block for 82.221.0.0/16 more specific?

Colocation hosting is isolated to AS50613 or 82.221.96.0/19 and 82.221.128.0/19.

Gunnar Guðvarðarson (My Talk Page) 16:04, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:14, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

105.112.208.185 IP Address Block
My IP address is 105.112.208.185. I've never connected to a VPN. Currently I'm working on some series of articles on the Igbo Wikipedia, Wikimedia Incubator and WikiData. I've received frequent IP Address Block from Tks4Fish and I humbly solicit for these frequent blocks to be stopped completely. Thank you. Timzy D&#39;Great (talk) 08:01, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement
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IP is not a web host provider
is at a branch of Brooklyn Public Library. May you please unblock it? Trillfendi (talk) 17:27, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * It belongs to SurfControl, which is a webhost. PRAXIDICAE💕  17:29, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ...which is apparently used by a branch of a library (seems likely, no?). Trillfendi: if you or anyone you know is affected by this block, feel free to request block exemption (and you can ask me directly, email or talk page). -- zzuuzz (talk) 19:12, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Blocked IP
Hi, I commented in an archived discussion about an IP block, could you please have a look? Thanks. Adam Harangozó (NIHR WiR) (talk) 08:42, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Not sure how best to resolve this. It sounds like it is correctly blocking IP space used by a datacenter type of provider, but that provider is offering a VPN service that you (and others) use?
 * WP:ACC is always a solid way to request that an account be created for you, if you know of anyone who does not have the ability to access Wikipedia using their normal residential ISP's connection. ST47 (talk) 02:48, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Chaz Stevens WP:REFUND to userspace?
This morning I read a slew of hilarious articles about a Florida activist who is asking that wonderful state to ban copies of the Bible from its schools, per the precedent it has otherwise been setting with math books et al. They say he has also done similar things in the past. So I decided to write a Wikipedia article about him, only to find from looking at the Chaz Stevens red link that we apparently had one before, that was deleted, not once, but twice, once speedy, once AFD. Or I guess it could have been a completely separate Chaz Stevens? Would one of you three kind gentlemen administrators - two of whom deleted it, and one of whom nominated it for deletion - be so good as to restore the two versions we had to my userspace, so I can see if they were actually about that persona, and if they had anything worth keeping? They might not, of course, since the AFD said the last one was very promotional, in which case I would write one de novo but at least I could use them for inspiration, see if they mentioned incidents or had references I might otherwise miss, etc. I have successfully done the same sorts of things before, both rescuing articles after deletion - Miss and Mister Supranational; Summer Rayne Oakes; Tina Machado - and political humor Cthulhu for President. Thank you kindly. --GRuban (talk) 13:05, 27 April 2022 (UTC)


 * It's a plausible enough subject that I've restored to Draft:Chaz Stevens. —C.Fred (talk) 17:29, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Wow! That thing is huge! Jesus Christ! (Or, rather, given the subject ... Beelzeebub!) It's got 75 freaking references, most from highly reliable sources! How the ... (see previous) ... did it get deleted and not cleaned up?!? Honestly, I was expecting something three paragraphs long with only the guy's own blog as sources. I'm afraid now, because just from a casual look, I'd be perfectly fine producing something half that length, and would expect it to pass AFD with flying colors. I mean, I guess I will add the recent mentions, and clean up some of the promotional language, but that will be far less than what is already there. It seems to have been judged by a far too strict standard. --GRuban (talk) 17:37, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see now. It was mostly written by User:Ubiquitouslarry for money. That's why it was judged to a strict standard, and that explains the promotional language. OK. Just a formal announcement, I've never met the subject, corresponded with him, or even heard of him before reading this morning's news like https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094740651/florida-man-asks-schools-to-ban-the-bible-following-the-states-efforts-to-remove and https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chaz-stevens-bible-ban_n_6268e98ee4b0ea625c0e2b58. So hopefully when I clean it up it will be judged to merely ordinary standards. --GRuban (talk) 17:44, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, ! ST47 (talk) 02:44, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Minor issue
By far the most severe problem on Wikipedia today, and well even ever has or possibly could happen, is that User:ST47/non-cu sock blocks has a redlink to User:ST47/non-cu sock blocks/header. DMacks (talk) 17:51, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Haha, it's been a while since I've even looked at some of those reports! That one is nice though, since it's a good way to find users who maybe deserve a CU check for sleepers and who probably didn't get one. ST47 (talk) 02:45, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

whois-referral
Hi,

It was reported on IRC that your tool (whois-referral.toolforge.org) was not responding. I got one of the WMCS admins to look and they've restarted it. Could you please take a look if you get a chance and see why?

Thanks, ~ Rhinos F1 (Chat) / (Contribs) 15:38, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

So many blocked proxies
Oh! I have found that his bot blocked so many IP addresses due to open proxies in one day! Why the heck it was be that there!?! 2405:9800:BA20:AB7A:75EE:A289:9805:9A19 (talk) 08:46, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2022
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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)

189.217.93.78
Your bot blocked them as a proxy. They say they've closed port 1723, which might have been the reason for that. Is it possible to check again? Daniel Case (talk) 06:30, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

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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.
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:56, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Unblock 103.122.251.167
Accidentally sometimes i use vpn for works. I am not aware vpn restrictions in wikipedia. So, Your bot made my ip 103.122.251.167 several times. I email the authority about this. they said it is fine. But again and again my ip has been blocked. Please solve this issue. Jubair Sayeed Linas (talk) 21:03, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Change to softblocks
Hi ST47,

Just wondering what rational your ProxyBot uses to determine if an IP should be hard or soft blocked? The only reason I'm asking is I've seen a few ACC requests that are hardblocked from STPB that potentially could be softened, mainly mobile networks that are probably CGNAT, this being an example. Can STPB be changed to keep these as softs - Rich T&#124;C&#124;E-Mail 15:13, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

103.237.36.227
, previously blocked by ST47ProxyBot, is back and making unhelpful edits. I'm not sure whether the bot accepts tip-offs or will work out whether this is an undesirable proxy for itself. Certes (talk) 19:51, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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User:99.231.173.67
Hi--I don't quite understand the block log, with all the short blocks, so to speak. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 01:31, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Same with 70.80.99.68, 72.140.17.121, 184.148.235.219, and all have been vandalizing. Drmies (talk) 01:41, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

User:136.57.191.25
This user, Special:Contributions/136.57.191.25, just told me to stop making pointless edit summaries. My edits are not pointless. So could you please tell him to stop sending me messages about that? AdamDeanHall (talk) 13:26, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

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

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

Recurring 504s on whois-referral
https://whois-referral.toolforge.org is currently returning a 504 Gateway Time-out error — this has happened a few times over the last few weeks. The last time this happened, I poked someone to restart it and that resolved the issue. The logs they provided last time are below, should they help. tools.whois-referral@tools-sgebastion-10:~$ kubectl logs pod/whois-referral-8b7bfd9b5-psg8s open("/usr/lib/uwsgi/plugins/python_plugin.so"): No such file or directory [core/utils.c line 3724] !!! UNABLE to load uWSGI plugin: /usr/lib/uwsgi/plugins/python_plugin.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory !!!

If you're around, would you mind restarting the pod? — TNT (talk • she/her) 10:26, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Correction, the above log entries are apparently expected — the error this time was: Thu Jul 14 10:28:43 2022 - *** uWSGI listen queue of socket ":8000" (fd: 4) full !!! (101/100) *** It has been restarted — TNT (talk • she/her) 10:32, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Hi ST47. The user who filed this UTRS mentions one of your rangeblocks. However I didn't see any reason to look further into his concern, or to modify the block. I ran a check which indicated he wasn't even using the range he complained about. Details are in the UTRS. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 04:29, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

User:GRuban/Chaz Stevens almost ready for prime time
A couple of months ago [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:ST47&oldid=1085041489#Chaz_Stevens_WP:REFUND_to_userspace? I asked] that you (plural) restore Chaz Stevens to userspace so I could work on it, which C.Fred did. I'm mostly ready to push it live, but if any of you have any specific issues I'd love to address them first. Or you may be amused to just read the thing. Personally, even though I tried to stick to the facts, I think parts (such as the story of the Pompano Beach Church of Satan) are hilarious - but then I wrote it, and have been accused of having a strange sense of humor. --GRuban (talk) 20:54, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * That silence sounds like consensus. Live. --GRuban (talk) 17:55, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
 * yes it's ok for mainspace, but I think it's dtill disproportionately heavy in anecdotes and overdetailed. By the way, silence implies consent doesn't work this quickly for me, I often take a week or two to reply, because I sometimes want to think first.   DGG ( talk ) 19:03, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

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ST47ProxyBot peer-to-peer block
Hi. Your bot blocked my IP address for three days twice, even though I was editing from home and have never used a proxy before. I requested unblocking, asked on Discord and IRC twice, and, when that didn't work, submitted a UTRS appeal, and, when that didn't work, I followed what the answer said and emailed stewards, to which I am waiting for a reply. What should I do so that this doesn't happen again? Thanks, — V ORTEX  3427 (Talk!) 07:48, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

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



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 * 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.

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

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 * A discussion is open to define a process by which Vector 2022 can be made the default for all users.
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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.

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 * 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.
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Please vote in the 2022 Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election
Hello hello. I hope this message finds you well.

The Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Board of Trustees election ends soon, please vote. At least one of the candidates is worthy of support. --MZMcBride (talk) 14:54, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

https://whois-referral.toolforge.org/ 504 Gateway Time-out
Hello friend. Was wondering if you can investigate the issue in the title. There's a thread about it at Village pump (technical). Thank you. – Novem Linguae (talk) 09:59, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Restarted, same issue as previously mentioned — hope you're okay, and your inactivity is due to positive real-life events would you consider adding me as a maintainer to https://toolsadmin.wikimedia.org/tools/id/whois-referral? — TheresNoTime (talk • she/her) 21:57, 9 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I have no idea why it keeps crashing - toolforge's web service running system is very confusing. Normally one would expect a service to be restarted if it crashes, and logs to be emitted somewhere. I will try to add you as comaintainer. ST47 (talk) 00:09, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I found your username and added you to the tool's list of maintainers. ST47 (talk) 00:17, 10 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks - hope you're doing well — TheresNoTime (talk • she/her) 19:54, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

IP blocked
This is first time happening to me; why my IP 196.189.243.78 is blocked - I am not still understanding the actual reason why that happened. I use this IP address while editing, when I am very frustrated. And to mean, I never used the IP address for (savage) or that kind of vandalisms Wikipedia do not appreciates them. And yes, I cannot deny made mistakes but can you clearily tell me why that happened why the blocked happened so that I can really fix myself after reading what you will reply to me Simple Jack, the character (talk) 19:06, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Bot needs to be less zealous and especially not hit entire blocks at a time
While Claro Honduras nows mainly assigns me (and I guess a whole lot other people) IPv6 addresses, many IPs in its IPv4 block (which it still occasionally assigns) have been recurrently hit by claims of P2P proxy use, which I can guarantee you I don't use, and at least no seemingly suspect edits were seen in edit histories. An example of such histories is the one on Special:Contributions/181.115.61.24, all done personally by me. Either your API is faulty and not clearing its cache of previous proxy users or it's hitting a whole bunch of addresses in a range due to the actions of one malicious individual. You have to remember static addresses are not the norm in a whole of territories, and thus these bad implementations hurt Wikipedia's diversity of editors. 2803:4600:1116:12E7:49D8:1CE:E2D2:6B78 (talk) 04:01, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Blocked from editing
I don't understand why you block me from editing Objectivescholar (talk) 07:39, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Web Host Block
Hi!

My house IP address lies within a range blocked by you some time age due web hosts present (185.223.0.0/16).

The problem is, I do have a home media server exposed through http(s), as such other admin recommended I contact you. There are no tor exit nodes nor proxies running on my network.

I there anything I could do to be able to use my home network to edit wikipedia?

Thanks Oneardicento (talk) 18:46, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Continuous problem Bot & Blocked from editing
Hello ST47 for a couple of months I have been having a problem with a Bot operated by you ST47ProxyBot, it continues to block me continuously for no reason caused by me, I do not use Proxy or VPN,Peer-to-peer of any kind, this does not allow me to edit foe weeks and continues blocking by mistake without me changing my IP address, it's frustrating when I have not issued any apparent reason for such blocking. I don't understand why your Bot block me from editing. Evanex (talk) 04:31, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * It appears that several IP addresses that you have recently used are indeed also acting as P2P proxies. I was about to give you IP block exemption, but it seems you already have it. ST47 (talk) 15:26, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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Proxies
ST47, in the slew of IPs that I blocked there were two proxies that you had placed blocks on earlier. If you have a moment, would you have a look at the others, and see if they need (longer) proxy blocks? Ranges would be even better... Thanks, Drmies (talk) 12:51, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

More proxy
Can you see if 178.170.8.57 needs to be blocked again? It's being abused by a blocked editor. Thanks. Drmies (talk) 14:04, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

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