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It's that time of year - have you thought again about running for ArbCom? Beyond My Ken (talk) 05:29, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Even if I wanted to run, haven't been active enough this year where I'd have a shot. Though, on the bright side, this was the last day I'll have to work more than 8 hours until February... TonyBallioni (talk) 06:07, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Enjoy your free time - hopefully we'll see you around more often. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:32, 18 November 2022 (UTC)


 * So, you were in town and didn't even stop by my page for a "hello" and a virtual glass of bubbly? You've changed, man.-- Ponyo bons mots 17:35, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:45, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

IPv6
Hi, Tony. I've just seen User:TonyBallioni/Just block the /64. I wonder I it might be worth just adding a note saying that an IPv6 address is one with colons rather than with dots. Possibly by now everybody knows that, but I wouldn't be totally surprised if there are still a few administrators who don't; certainly there were some as recently as just a few years ago. JBW (talk) 13:02, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi, feel free to add it wherever you think is best. Agree that it could be a useful addition but don't know the best way to phrase it! TonyBallioni (talk) 05:06, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays text.png Hello TonyBallioni: Enjoy the holiday season&#32;and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, RV (talk) 16:09, 25 December 2022 (UTC) Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

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Happy new era
Bishzilla and all her socks wish you a happy new Jurassic era!  bishzilla  ROA R R! !   pocket 16:36, 31 December 2022 (UTC).
 * I want to frame it. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:49, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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Hi TonyBalloni. Just letting you know about this as a courtesy since you are the administrator who blocked. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:30, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

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

Speedy deletion of hoaxes
Hello TonyBallioni, would you please reconsider the speedy deletion of Draft:JatinDesler and Draft:Kraist Search, the drafts were part of a series of hoaxes created by User:81.105.210.208. Thanks. Fancy Refrigerator (talk) 12:16, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't consider someone making up a page about themselves and something they want to build a hoax, which is what those appear to me to be. G13 will take care of them in 6 months. TonyBallioni (talk) 08:41, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

Attacks after election
I participated in the Arbitration Committee Elections December 2022. For that, I am facing some issues probably. Suppose, my stubbed article Arshiya Das has been nominated for deletion. But the subject is definitely a notable one and she also got recognition Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar from government of India for her outstanding career graph. I think I am possibly right on the topic. So, I shall not participate in the next elections anymore. Copy to : see here Wikifulness (talk) 12:59, 9 January 2023 (UTC)


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Coldwell AN
Thanks for the good summary and timely close. Implementation questions are popping up on my talk, so my first order of business today is to get a sub-page going at GA where questions and work can be centralized. Once I've done that, would you be willing to add it in to your closing statement, so people know where to go for info? Bst, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  12:35, 30 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Meaning pointing to something like User:SandyGeorgia/sandbox9 at the top of the closing, which will be moved to a GA subpage later today, once we settle on the name. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  18:20, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * , sure thing. Just let me know the location when its done and I'll add it to the close. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:06, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much; there is no hurry on this, and I want to be sure we get it right before moving to a GA subpage. I'll let you know; right now I'm stretched way too thin having to answer all the implementation queries and work out implementation details all over the place, so I hope to have this page in place by tomorrow. Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  23:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. I'll check in at some point tomorrow evening East Coast time. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:44, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Got it. Sandy Georgia (Talk)  00:21, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Update: I will not get my sandbox moved to a GA subpage today; there are too many loose ends I want to wrap up first. Maybe tomorrow ? Sandy Georgia (Talk)  16:34, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

Ready: whew, an already complex, never-before-attempted endeavor, was made even more difficult with the planned GAR process revamping, so I ended up with more work than envisioned, and seem to have become the coordinator of keeping all the pieces together. Anyway, it's finally launched in a GA subpage, after my attempts to wrangle everyone I could to review. Two things:
 * Good article reassessment/February 2023 can now be added to the closing statement.
 * In the History section of the AN, my original post indicated 233 GAs. My typical typos, the actual number is 223, and that typo could cause some bookkeeping concerns down the road.  Is it OK if I go in and add a note below that to correct that typo?

Thanks again, Sandy Georgia (Talk)  20:54, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
 * done. And yes, I don't have a problem with a minor correction of a typo in a close section. IAR, not a bureaucracy, etc. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:38, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Thx, Tony; done. Regards, Sandy Georgia  (Talk)  00:41, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

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

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Arbitration case
Hello. As evidenced by the recent essay by mainstream historians Jan Grabowski and Shira Klein, Wikipedia has allowed severe distortions of history including the insertion of anti-semitic tropes in various articles related to the Holocaust in Poland. Decisions by administrators and arbitrators have enabled the perpetrators. Have a nice week, Robby.is.on (talk) 13:51, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Robby.is.on: Wikipedia administrators don't make content decisions. We make conduct decisions. The editor you are discussing is now one of the most prolific sockmasters we have (see Sockpuppet investigations/יניב הורון). I wrote a large part of the essay that advocates blocking anti-semites on sight. I certainly agree with you that anything that is anti-semitic should be removed from Wikipedia; the problem with Yaniv is that his approach was and is running around edit warring and attacking anyone who disagreed with him rather than following our established methods for handling such problematic content. While I understand that this has come up again recently, I really don't want to speak about it much more because the topic area has become so toxic that any explanation that strays much beyond 'he had a long history of conduct that fell short of our standards' has the potential to be taken out of context. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:48, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * The edit summary was "rv antisemitic vandalism", clearly referring to the content being reverted. Calling content inserted by another editor who is not an anti-semitic troll “antisemitic vandalism” is a personal attack, He called an established editor a vandal over a content dispute, and no, it was commenting on a contributor, bot content. – I disagree. Adding anti-semitic content or being accused of this does not necessarily mean one is anti-semitic the same way doing a stupid thing does not necessarily make one stupid.
 * Wikipedia administrators don't make content decisions. If you're judging an editor for their description of another editor's content addition you're making a content decision. Imagine you'd be knowledgeable to enough to judge whether certain content is anti-semitic and content that is clearly anti-semitic were called out as such. Would that still be wrong? Robby.is.on (talk) 10:02, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yaniv had and long history of behavior that violated policies and guidelines, and there were many sanctions leading up to his block. If any other editor had acted in this way about any other topic area, they would have been blocked as well.While I appreciate your concerns, the banned user who appears to be the source of framing these accusations has waged a years-long campaign targeting individuals off-wiki for any action that he disagrees with. The employment and family of those in this topic area have been subject to abuse as well. I do not feel comfortable responding beyond what I have said given that the source of this journal article appears to be Icewhiz, a serial violator of the English Wikipedia's policy on harassment. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:08, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Jonathan Karp
Hello! Back in 2017, you participated in a discussion about which projects to mention in Jonathan Karp's biography. I've submitted an edit request to include mention of some the books for which he was the principal acquirer and publisher, as verified in secondary coverage summarizing his career. I'm hoping you might be willing to contribute to the ongoing discussion, or review any of the other edit requests I've submitted at Talk:Jonathan Karp. Thanks in advance for any assistance! Inkian Jason (talk) 19:24, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – March 2023
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:20, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Suspected sock of blocked sockpuppet Iamfrzu07/ Farzanfa007


This page Shaiju Damodaran is created by user:Akevsharma ,on checking the pic uploaded in the page, its uploaded by user:Iamfarzan, when clicking the user page link of user:Iamfarzan it redirects to user:Akevshama. He has renamed the user page to hide that same user uploaded the image. Is is COI as well ?

User account created on 14 April 2020 similar to Iamfrzu07 and after block of Iamfrzu07, which was Created on 14 March 2020

user:Akevsharma aka user:Iamfarzan created around 30+ pages and all pages are related to ISL and kerala blasters.

user:Akevsharma aka user:Iamfarzan edited Manjappada as well on 17 December 2020‎. link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Farzanfa007 Its pretty evident its a sock. Please check Christopheronthemove (talk) 20:36, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Honest Question Here
I see you closed an RFC on race and intelligence that determined that racial hederitarianism is fringe. I would like to ask you, independent of a vote among established Wikipedia editors, what kind of evidence, if you could imagine it, would persuade you that racial hederitarianism is not fringe, is that even a possibility? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:581:C180:1980:998A:2971:EF34:F150 (talk) 17:25, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
 * As the closer, I summarized the consensus. I don't think discussing things you need to show me to convince me of something has any impact on Wikipedia policy. TonyBallioni (talk) 17:59, 2 April 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2023
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:12, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

Tesla Master Plan
Saw that you deleted this. I was the author this time. I put comments on the talk page, but the deletion occurred without any response. Specifically I didn't repost the deleted article (I was unaware one had been written, much less deleted). I wrote from scratch, with an emphasis on aspects that were not considered in the delete discussion. Thanks. Lfstevens (talk) 19:55, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi Lfstevens, it was recently deleted at AfD. While there were differences in the article and the AfD had some other concerns, there was an overall consensus at the AfD that a business plan is not notable. I don't think it is within the intent of the policy that we should have two AfDs within a month to determine the same policy point, even if there are differences in the specific wording/sourcing. If you want others to review it, you can contest at WP:DRV. Please just let me know if you decide to go that route. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:44, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * It seems that if two editors independently thought it was worth an article that should count for something. However, I won't contest. My sense is that the original (basically unanimous) decision to delete was a reflection of the Tesla hate going around, and I don't have the army of supporters that it would take to overcome them. I'll add something to the main Tesla article. Thanks for responding. Lfstevens (talk) 02:11, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the initial delay in response. Had been traveling the earlier part of the week without access to my computer. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:12, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Regarding Articles for deletion/Donald Trump (3rd nomination)
Was there any offensive content in the April Fools' AfD that you deleted? I am an apolitical April Fools' participant, but unless there was offensive, potentially G10-worthy content over at the AfD, I believe that "[t]his is just a bad idea" sounds too much like IDONTLIKEIT for a supposedly-"uncontroversial" G6. How about we send it to DRV first to see what others think? Thank you for your attention. N ot ·R eally ·S oroka  04:21, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Having seen this on my watchlist, I strongly endorse the deletion. Newyorkbrad (talk) 04:30, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Newyorkbrad May I ask whether there was a content-related rationale behind your endorsement? NotReallySoroka (talk) 04:33, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I would have hoped that a reference to common sense would be sufficient. Newyorkbrad (talk) 04:38, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * , a tip: when the community turns a blind eye to you vandalising Wikipedia on 1st April, the implicit bargain is that you don't then make life more difficult for those who have to clean up after you. By wasting time objecting to the deletion of pages that clearly have no encyclopaedic value, for example. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 04:39, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * @Joe Roe I believe that it is a false equivalent to tie every April Fools' prank to vandalism. NotReallySoroka (talk) 04:41, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * April 1 is over. This is an encyclopedia. Please do not waste any further time. Johnuniq (talk) 04:40, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * , traditionally the way April Fools Day works is that if there's a reasonable objection to a joke, the joke is either rolled back or deleted. Someone nominated that article as G4. It was different than the one deleted a few years ago, obviously, but the underlying concerns are the same: it was created surrounding his indictment and people were already making jokes that could be inflammatory. Not to mention that keeping it would call into question the project's commitment towards neutral point of view toward living people (i.e. if a similar AfD had been made about Biden and had commented on his mental state or his son's legal matters, we would have deleted in a heartbeat.)But even ignoring all of that - IDONTLIKEIT is a perfectly valid speedy deletion rationale for an prank April Fools Day AfD about arguably the most famous living person on the planet, and arguably any living person. So no, I'm not undeleting it. If you wish to further disrupt the project past April 1st, feel free to take it to DRV. TonyBallioni (talk) 00:54, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I fully agree with Tony except in one respect: please don't feel free to take it to DRV; just drop it. Thanks, Newyorkbrad (talk) 01:17, 14 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Neutrally mentioning that there appears to be an AfD related to the topic of AfDs on BLPs caused by this year's April Fools: Wikipedia_talk:April_Fools. Since this thread on my talk page has seen commentary on the topic, mentioning it to stalkers. TonyBallioni (talk) 16:27, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:34, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Self-requested block until September 15, 2023 for User:CodemWiki
Hello, I have read here that you are one of the only administrators willing to block users on demand.

I am an 18 years old student and failed my exams because of a lack of planning, discipline and a rampant Wikipedia addiction. It would significantly improve my odds at becoming happy and disciplined if I was blocked from editing this website for the next few months. I absolutely love building this encyclopedia and will probably reasonably do so throughout this century if I don't die young, but at this specific point in my life (these few decisive years) it causes me harm. I have tried browser extensions that block a website for a certain period of time, but i didn't work. On the contrary, my addiction has become worse. I am doomed to depressively read Reuters articles and academic papers all day and add all the knowledge they contain to the respective Wikipedia articles with links and citations in the appropriate sections if nothing is done.

I am not even supposed to use English so much where I live, the competences I am exercising here are not required for what I do in real life. My non-English speaking friends are much happier and skilled than me.

Please, block me from editing until September 15, 2023. I have read your conditions. At the end of my block, I would prefer to keep my "extended user" confirmation as I foresee needing it in 10 or 15 years. I sincerely apologize if your talk page was not the appropriate place for this request, and in that case redirect me to the correct talk page.

Thank you for offering help. CodemWiki (talk) 11:03, 9 June 2023 (UTC)