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Simonm223


I'm on vacation from tomorrow to next Tuesday and probably won't be online much but, once I'm back, I'd be very happy to lend a hand with WP:SPI. I've mentioned before that I am not, at this time, interested in becoming an admin so I asked how I could help otherwise and was advised to apply to be a trainee clerk. So here I am. Simonm223 (talk) 17:26, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I am back from vacation and interested in picking up this line of discussion. Simonm223 (talk) 12:31, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Drm310


Hello all, I am returning after being a trainee clerk in 2023. I did some training last year with, but then had to go on a hiatus which included a six-month absence from Wikipedia entirely. My time is more available now, so I'm looking to see if anyone has capacity to take me on as a trainee again. Thanks again for your consideration. Drm310 🍁 (talk) 16:34, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Case merging request
Please merge WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Honey Honey Bee Honey into WP:Sockpuppet investigations/BMX On WheeIs, as a user on there confirmed the accounts to be BMX. --Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 15:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Please tag the BMX SPI as crosswiki as well. --Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 16:17, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Clerks needed?
I read about SPI clerks and am interested in becoming a trainee if they are needed. Anyone willing to train me? If you reply here, please ping me.  —  thetechie@enwiki  :  ~/talk/  $  00:29, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Follow the instructions at the top of the page.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:45, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

TheTechie


This was copied from the malformed request above: I read about SPI clerks and am interested in becoming a trainee if they are needed. Anyone willing to train me? If you reply here, please ping me. —  thetechie@enwiki  :  ~/talk/  $  00:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Help!
The SPIHelper just barfed while I was merging Sockpuppet investigations/Justinaintime into Sockpuppet investigations/MariaJaydHicky. I got a 'failed to undelete Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MariaJaydHicky', then two 'Edit failed on Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/MariaJaydHicky: internal_api_error_DBQueryError' messages. The reported account is confirmed to the master, and I've blocked them, and the script has created a new case for MariaJaydHicky, but all the history is gone. Can someone better than me a merges/undeletions etc recover the situation please? I'll then finish off the paperwork and request lock, don't want to edit the new case until it's tidied up. Girth Summit  (blether) 10:09, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I think I've fixed this. I had to undelete the history in chunks as I got a server error otherwise... Spicy (talk) 10:34, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks Spicy - much appreciated. Girth Summit  (blether)  10:37, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

Malformed SPI submission
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/User:ZipthatChop looks malformed. Also, it's transcluded on the main SPI page under, despite that section being for non-sock checks only. I'm not sure how to fix it, or if I'm even allowed to, so notifying the SPI clerks seems like the next step. jlwoodwa (talk) 01:17, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I've deleted the SPI as hopelessly messy. The Quick CheckUser request should be declined, but only a CU can do that - maybe a clerk, but certainly not a "patrolling admin" (me).--Bbb23 (talk) 01:35, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I've removed the request from the "Quick CheckUser requests" section and left a clarifying note on the user's talk page. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:19, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

spihelper development
With GeneralNotability inactive for quite a while now, I'm wondering if anyone else has commit access to the Github repository for the spihelper script? Obviously we can just move the whole thing somewhere else if GN is gone for good (I hope not), but it would be a shame to lose the infrastructure (issues, PR's, etc) that we've built up around that repo over the past few years. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:30, 20 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I am not sure. We will need to consider that stewards can now globally block accounts, and as such soon we may need to add a button that allows spihelper to request global blocks. In the future global locks may be removed and replaced with global blocks, so we might also need to remove the global locks feature too. Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:01, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * There is also the bullseye tool - https://github.com/GeneralNotability/bullseye Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:02, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I've found this commit: https://github.com/GeneralNotability/spihelper/commit/fabc06720b774698d5d5e7dc67f15f7204dc4f24
 * That suggests that @TheresNoTime has access to merge commits on that repository. Do you still have that access / know what level of access you have? Dreamy Jazz talk to me &#124; my contributions 10:05, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * It appears I do still have commit access to that repo, yes — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 10:08, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * In that case, could please review the pending pull requests? I've got two right now, one is some misc fixes, the other adds support for the mobile theme. Sir Sputnik (talk) 00:15, 21 July 2024 (UTC)