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Welcome to Meta!

Hello, EPIC. Welcome to the Wikimedia Meta-Wiki! This website is for coordinating and discussing all Wikimedia projects. You may find it useful to read our policy page. If you are interested in doing translations, visit Meta:Babylon. You can also leave a note on Meta:Babel or Wikimedia Forum if you need help with something (please read the instructions at the top of the page before posting there). Happy editing!

Block

Dear user Epic, I'm reaching out to you with a request. I have been active on Wikipedia since January 2009, have started hundreds of articles, but have also knowingly violated the rules about not using more than one Account. I've had 4 accounts over the years (1 for german language, 1 for international, 1 for commons etc); two of them have been inactive for years. For the last few years I have been using 'Donald1972' on en-Wikipedia and Commons and 'Brederode' on de-Wikipedia and other wikis (unless I made a login error). Since I would like to continue writing on Wikipedia, I would like to request the global unblocking of an account, that of Brederode or Donald 1972. I sent this to a steward on 8/9/24, but no response to date. I look forward to feedback. Ticket link: 58671ce30edac92c51630539b95cee0246bb9c4e3d64af1bb5e1a52c065164a0103a87ccae6b789eb35c8e80a91059343724c3240683d84a7fe7c316488286e5 User:Brederode 109.178.170.151 22:42, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Your appeal has been received and will be handled in a matter of time.

I'd also like to note, however, that using other accounts to evade your lock while you are still locked (as you have been doing) is not a smart idea and may contribute to your appeal being declined. EPIC (talk) 06:48, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

thank you! I ve created Graeffworldwide to upload images. My fault. I know a little break would probably be good for me. How ever.. Regards User:Brederode

ticket to check

Hi EPIC, please take a look at ticket:2024091610009383 when you have a moment. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 00:06, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Thanks, just had a look and responded there. EPIC (talk) 06:46, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

The account you locked

Nagirakitan (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • gblock • ST • lwcheckuser)

Edits do not look like that of a spambot to me... ClumsyOwlet (talk) 20:59, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

I think this was just a user who happened to be locked in a spambot farm, unlocked the account now. EPIC (talk) 21:18, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

IndyProgressive01 (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • gblock • ST • lwcheckuser)

EagleEthan (talk • contribs • block • xwiki-contribs • xwiki-date ^(alt) • CA • gblock • ST • lwcheckuser)

ClumsyOwlet (talk) 14:37, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 14:40, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

Translations:Global locks/10/bn

Can you delete this? Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:39, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Done but note that you can use {{delete}} to bring it to the admins' attention since that will automatically put it in the speedy deletion category. EPIC (talk) 06:42, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Okay Cactus🌵 ^{spiky ouch} 06:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Steward requests/Permissions/2024-09#Reda Kerbouche@shy.wiktionary

Hello,
Thank you EPIC for the flag,
I just want to know again, because last time a steward mentioned that if I have more than 5 votes, I can become a permanent sysop. What do I need to do to obtain permanent sysop status?"
I have 9 votes and if we wait a bit I can have more then 10.. regards Reda Kerbouche (talk) 15:56, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi, as it's mentioned in MVR "The local community must be large enough to require an administrator. The definition of "large enough" is determined by the stewards but can include factors such as the number of deletions, blocks and page protections carried out by stewards or other global users over a significant period of time." Out of 8 voters, all of them have less than 100 edits on the project, and 6 of them with less than 5 edits, and there are only 11 non-bot users with activity in the last 30 days, so the community is unfortunately not large enough for permanent administrators at this time. Thanks and regards, EPIC (talk) 16:10, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Idea

There's an LTA that's creating/spamming my user-talk pages, for example, fr:User talk:Aafi, pt:User talk:Aafi (see history), sv:User talk:Aafi, etc. Is there a way to prevent this spam? I keep on getting notifications. Among the behaviours of he LTA, trying to login into using my username. I can find multiple notifications of these failures. But still, any idea to prevent creation of these user-talk pages by such LTA IPs? _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:39, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

We have a few filters for this LTA (I think XXBlackburnXx is the one maintaining most of them). I think we could potentially update slightly, though I'm not the best when it comes to abuse filters. EPIC (talk) 17:47, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

I hope @XXBlackburnXx responds here given the ping. @SHB2000, do you likely have any opinion around this? _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 17:53, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, unfortunately I'm with EPIC that I am not the best when it comes to abuse filters :-(. SHB2000 (t • c) 20:37, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

@Aafi - I've added you to filter 181, which works like semi-protecting your talk and user page, except in places where you're an admin. If you want more projects excluded let me know. - XXBlackburnXx (talk) 00:33, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

@XXBlackburnXx, thank you, seems a good relief however en-wiki should also be excluded. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 03:16, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Special:WikiSets/12

Hej! Could you please revert your edits ẗo this wikiset? The change is stopping us from doing what we need to do. Sotiale usually adds the new wikis to the wikiset – they're also a new wiki importer, and know when it's safe to do so. :-) Jon Harald Søby (talk) 08:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up! No issue, now done. Reason why I added them was because Toolforge didn't recognize one of the relevant wikis when I tried to grant rights there after an SRP request, which I thought was due to it not being in the wikiset, and because Superpes (who is not a LC member) had also previously added wikis there. EPIC (talk) 08:52, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

Tack! I would be surprised if something on Toolforge relies on this wikiset, but weirder things have happened, so I can't exclude it either. Which tool was that? Jon Harald Søby (talk) 12:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

The tool in question was Magic redirect, i.e what the "UserRights" link in the SRP template uses to redirect to the relevant Special:UserRights link. EPIC (talk) 12:48, 3 October 2024 (UTC)

It was a common bug that occurred for a while with new wikis, regardless of Wikiset. I didn't think there was an issue with it, as it was fixed soon after ;) Anyway, since Wikisets are usually changed when the importing work is completely finished and no longer needed, I recommend leaving it as is for 3 months or more if I don't touch it, or asking the importers! --Sotiale (talk) 02:33, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Please check Special:CentralAuth/Symonds_Gerother

Hello, as a Wikidata admin and a Wikimedia Steward, I want you to check this user. The user has been blocked by Wikidata abuse filter as LTA (Macyway4) (d:Special:Contributions/Symonds_Gerother). Is this the LTA in question? And if so, do you think a lock is needed? The user has been editing simplewiki for a while (their earlier edits can be seen here, including RFD votes and w:simple:WP:AN). If this is a false positive, please unblock the user as soon as possible. I look forward to hearing from you. MathXplore (talk) 07:29, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Looking at the hit and the filter in question, it might be them, though I'm not sure since I'm not too familiar with this LTA, and it seems that there is also a possibility that it was just a coincidence rather than the LTA in question, also from looking at their user page at simple. Perhaps a simplewiki CU if there is past data? EPIC (talk) 08:11, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the information and feedback. I have no idea about this LTA, and I'm not sure if they previously appeared to simplewiki, so I will report this to d:WD:AN to hear from other Wikidata admins, and I will also inform user:Vermont and user:Bsadowski1 as soon as possible. MathXplore (talk) 09:18, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

(xwiki talkback) I have an update about this case, please see d:Special:Diff/2261895565 for further information. MathXplore (talk) 00:16, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Thể loại:Chờ xóa

Hello, can you help me delete the pages in the "Thể loại:Chờ xóa" of Vietnamese Wikiquote? Thank you. Pminh141^talk 01:58, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Deleted the empty categories and two other pages. Waiting with the others for someone else to determine whether they should be deleted or not. EPIC (talk) 07:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

w:pnb:علی ظفر

Hey, you declined this deletion request, because it’s connected with other language projects. I can explain what happened here. There’s no relation of w:pnb:علی ظفر with other language projects, this article and other articles on different language are totally different. And this page is similar with pnbwiki:عمر جام, which you've already deleted with spam rational. However, I've already contacted with the local Administrator, there's only one admin, so haven’t received any response yet. :) –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 16:12, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, Now I got what happened here. This was vandalised and added those spam content long time ago ( this is what I got from the history), so I thought it was created as spam. Now reverted with fixed content. –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 16:19, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification! No issue, I was simply confused since the article was created in 2017 and there was interwiki to 29 other languages. But I see why you tagged it. EPIC (talk) 16:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Revisiting global lock request of Special:CentralAuth/Trishneet_Kalra

Hello, after my last lock request was declined, the user was blocked in enwiki and their unblock request was rejected. In w:special:diff/1249095256, the user's likely relation with w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Viralvilla has been pointed out. What are your thoughts about this? MathXplore (talk) 00:34, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I'll have a look in some time. Thank you for informing. EPIC (talk) 03:34, 18 October 2024 (UTC)

Advertisment of administrator's vote in Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia

Hello! Unfortunately, I haven't managed to reply directly at steward request's page. The vote in Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia is advertised here now: https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedii:Portualu. We hope that everybody who is interested in this vote can take part in it and discuss everything there. Onegaborg (talk) 10:22, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Onegaborg: Thanks for the explanation! Then I'll have to close as not done at the moment, since per MVR the discussion needs to be publicly linked as we otherwise can't verify whether the votes have come from off-wiki canvassing or the like (of course, I'm not saying that this was the case for the your discussion - just noted why it's required).

With that said, if there are no objections, please open a new SRP request on 25 October (a week from your notification) and we will extend your rights again. In the meantime, if you need any help with admin tasks, feel free to request at GSR (for smaller cleanups) or SRM (for more complicated requests), and we'll be happy to help. EPIC (talk) 08:19, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

(Excuse the somewhat belated answer as well, for some reason I didn't see this until now) EPIC (talk) 08:19, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

SRG report

Hi EPIC, Hope you're well, I was just wondering why blocking this user take so long? I didn't know whether I had reported too early or whether It was because the original report wasn't as detailed as my replies after?,

I'm just baffled why it took so long and didn't know if it was anything to do with me or whether It was just a case that it wasn't as important as the rest of the reports?, Btw this isn't a criticism or moan I just want to learn from it and maybe do things differently next time if I was the reason, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 16:24, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

It took more time because it needed more time to be evaluated and also because I had been handling more recent reports in the meantime. The user was only blocked on enwiki when the report was posted and most edits cross-wiki had been unreverted. I checked the edits again some time later and then locked the account. EPIC (talk) 16:44, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Oh okay I didn't realise they were only blocked on one Wikipedia at the time of reporting, okay no worries I'll be more patient and in cases like this will submit more detailed reports in future, Thanks for replying and explaining why, Have a great day, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:24, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Question about a user and their edits

Hej! I have a question about a user and their edits as I'm not sure it is enough for a local, let enough a global block. They are editing crosswiki and crossproject in languages they clearly do not know. I have had to revert them on smnwiki and fiwiki for changing existing categories on category pages to categories that do not make sense. They have also been warned on enwiki for the same disruptive behaviour, but not blocked afaik (they have blanked their talk page this summer apparently in an attempt to make it look like they haven't been warned so often). It is possible they have been warned on other wm projects for this too, but I haven't checked. The focus on videogames makes me think it is a user who has likely been blocked under a different account before, but I can't place my finger on what the account was. So, where to start with this mess and should their edits be reverted en masse already now? - Yupik (talk) 11:35, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for informing! I'll have a look in a while and let you know. EPIC (talk) 11:38, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! - Yupik (talk) 12:11, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

@Yupik: Sorry for the slight delay; I just looked into it, and considering that the user has 15,000+ global edits with no local blocks, I'm hesitant to a global block at the moment. However, if local communities explicitly object to the category changes, they can feel free to notify/warn them. If the user still does not adhere to that, the administrators can proceed with placing a local block on them.

Other than that, I haven't found any sign of lock evasion or anything else suspicious, but please feel free to ask further questions if needed. EPIC (talk) 15:37, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

No worries about a delay. Thank you for looking into this; I appreciate it! I'll let you know if the user ends up being blocked on more than one of the projects I work on, which is likely if the unhelpful category edits continue. - Yupik (talk) 15:53, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Global Ban

Hi! I am really sorry for breaking the rules. I made the entries in good conscience. It would be a real shame to lose my account completely. Please think again about your decision. Vielen Dank Fini85 (talk) 22:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

OK, I am willing to give you another chance. I have unblocked your account, so please keep in mind that further cross-wiki abuse will result in a reinstatement of your block. EPIC (talk) 02:02, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi! That's really very kind, thanks. Of course I will not do this again. I hope I don't get another report for my recent cross posts?! Should I try to remove any? Regards Fini85 (talk) 04:06, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

About global blocks

グローバルブロックについて

私はKDDIの無線wifiを使って投稿しています。先ほど106.155.8.0/21の範囲のIPから日本語版ウィキペディアに投稿しようとしたところ権限がないとのことで投稿できませんでした。wifiを再接続して106.154.128.0/17の範囲のIPで投稿しようとしたところ投稿できました。どちらの範囲もあなたによってグローバルブロックされており「匿名利用者のみ」とのことなのですが、106.155.8.0/21のほうは設定がうまくできていないのだと思います。確認して修正をお願いします。

さきほど上記のメッセージを投稿しようとしましたが、投稿できなかったので、KDDIのスマートフォンのテザリングで投稿しています。

About global blocks

I post using KDDI's wireless wifi. I just tried to post to the Japanese Wikipedia from an IP address in the 106.155.8.0/21 range, but I was told I did not have the necessary permissions and was unable to post. I reconnected the wifi and tried posting from an IP address in the 106.154.128.0/17 range, and was able to post. Both ranges are globally blocked by you and are "anonymous users only," but I think the settings for 106.155.8.0/21 are not set up properly. Please check and correct them.

I tried to post the above message earlier, but I couldn't post, so I am posting it using KDDI's smartphone tethering. --製作工房 (talk) 02:09, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello - as you said, both ranges are set to only affect logged out users. The blocks should therefore not affect you unless you are editing logged out. Other than that I don't see any other larger ranges being hardblocked. EPIC (talk) 08:44, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

106.155.8.0/21の範囲のIPから投稿できました。ありがとうございます。 I could post from IPs in the 106.155.8.0/21 range. Thank you.--製作工房 (talk) 14:13, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Request to Unblock

I am a very sorry for your inconvenience. I am a very primary editor in Wikipedia, mainly in Bengali Wikipedia but Arabic, Urdu and English as well. I have done more than 500 edits in various platforms of Wikipedia through my Laptop. I admit for some valid reason I had to use a VPN about which I wasn't well informed. For several days there was an Internet blackout by the then-government in my country for which I had to use a VPN to connect with the world. Another reason is when I use my browser, I can get no access to many important websites like web.archive.org, research-gate, academia etc. but when if I use VPN, I can immediately go to those websites for collecting data. So, this might had changed my IP address about what I had a very little knowledge. Additionally, I was not very well known about the detailed terms and conditions for the user here in the Wikipedia. So, I might be mistakenly violet the rules of Wikipedia. I just do translation and spell checking and rearrange the paras in Wikipedia. After learning wiki's conditions, I now well known about its rules and regulations. I have uninstalled all proxy or VPN connections. Now I checked my IP address which is also returned to the actual form. Therefore, I urge your high esteem to unblock my IP kindly from all its sites and give me the chance to contribute to such a great platform. I am assuring to abide by the rules of Wikipedia and forgive for my information lackings or gaps. Your regards, MohdMabroor 58.145.189.238 19:51, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

How to mass delete

Hi! Someone on German Wikibooks (not a GS wiki) asked about mass deletions. Can you tell me how you mass delete files? MGA73 (talk) 20:17, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, I've think I've done it in one of three ways in the past.

1. Using AramilFeraxa's QD script, which gives a special menu at Special:QD to delete all pages/files in a category with a set reason. (quite sure this one only works for GSes/stewards)
2. Using Animum's mass deletion script, which will give a special menu at Special:MassDelete, where one can paste the names of all pages to delete and then delete all of them at once. (this requires one to be a local sysop, so only being a GS/steward doesn't work)
3. Deleting all of them by hand.

EPIC (talk) 20:29, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! --MGA73 (talk) 20:34, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Uprooting Sjaak and Greta (Mertens) Gielen family from the Netherlands and replanting it in New Zealand.

Why have you EPIC blocked SjefGielen form proceeding with project for this Gielen family in new Zealand? SjefGielen (talk) 22:43, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello. The reason for the block is stated in the block reason. EPIC (talk) 23:15, 8 November 2024 (UTC)

GLock for example account

Please reconsider your response here. As stated, the User:Red link example account is intended to exist solely for documentation and testing purposes. "Ignore all rules" should apply. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:16, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello - point is, there shouldn't be a need for a lock if it won't be used. EPIC (talk) 15:41, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

No that is not the point. Elsewhere, I have already had people telling me they will only protect the talk page - it is vital to its purpose that it is not created - if the account is glocked. Glocking it will have zero cost and do zero harm. Glocking will prevent the possibility of the account being compromised; and will reassure editors - admins especially - on other projects that it's not a live account, liable to making edits. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:26, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

OK - if you insist on having it locked then I'll go ahead and do it now. We generally don't fulfill self-lock requests, but there's probably no real issue in doing it in this case. EPIC (talk) 18:26, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

CheckUser

Hello, I need some assistance. Currently, there seems to be an increasing number of "puppet accounts" (sockpuppets) on the Uzbek Wikipedia. To help identify and manage these accounts, I would like to request checkuser status. Is it okay to leave a request on the Meta page for this? Abdufattohov Ibrohimjon (talk) 02:07, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

@Abdufattohov Ibrohimjon: Hello - for that you will need to be elected through a local vote in accordance with the CheckUser policy. There also needs to be at least two checkusers on a wiki. With that said, the amount of steward checks at uzwiki already seems to be quite low? EPIC (talk) 11:30, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Yes, currently there are no users on the Uzbek Wikipedia who can use CheckUser, which is why I want to apply for it. After the local election results, I will place my candidacy in the requests. Thank you. Abdufattohov Ibrohimjon (talk) 12:57, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Block request

Hi EPIC, So sorry to ask here but could you block 188.50.146.145 please as It wont allow me to report them at SRG,

I've followed the big red box message and gone to IRC but it wont even let me post there either (⚠ Cannot send to nick/channel) so I'm lost,

The IP is vandalising various projects and trolling, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:10, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 21:16, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you it's very much appreciated, Take care, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:20, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

A word of thanks

I really am sorry for repeatedly socking while locked. I've appealed successfully via UTRS. Hope stuff is going alright on your end. JayCubby (talk) 15:57, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

help unblock

Hello. I can't speak or write English. That's why I use Google Translate. I hope you understand what I wrote. I've been using Wikipedia for a long time, but I've been using it less and less. I can't access Wikipedia. You've blocked my username and IP address. I don't fully understand why. I would like to learn a lot from Wikipedia. I'm disappointed that I can't access Wikipedia. 188.253.220.201 15:54, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, your IP range is only blocked for logged out editing. Both logged in editing and account creation is open, so you may edit through an account instead. EPIC (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Zamin2024 (talk) 16:33, 22 November 2024 (UTC)

block request

76.121.217.240 is just vandalizing/spamming. i can't figure out how to report a user; ¡wiktionary is so complicated like that! from their global block log, it looks like you've blocked them in the past so please do so again if you can Brawlio (talk) 04:00, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Hello, sorry for being a bit late on seeing your message. It seems that the vandalism ended for today, but I went ahead and placed a new global block for six months. EPIC (talk) 10:43, 24 November 2024 (UTC)

Internall discussion

Hello. I made a request for adminship on Mongolian Wikipedia, however you wrote that you want to discuss it internally first. If it is not secret, approximately how long it is gonna be? Thank you for your attention. Have a nice day. Enkhsaihan2005 (talk) 12:36, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

I can't say specifically, but it shouldn't take too long. We'll close it within the next few days. EPIC (talk) 14:02, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, I understood. Enkhsaihan2005 (talk) 14:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

He’s doing it again…

Please see my talk page for Wikisource, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. This knucklehead with the username “Hurricane Clyde is obsessed with Andrew5” (obvious personal attack name) left me three talk page messages on different wikis. There was also a fourth message (this one on Commons); from an IP that claimed that I had a “crush” on Andrew5. The Commons messages was reverted by someone else before I woke up; but the messages from the other wikis were still there. I have a feeling he’s the same person who trolled me back in August; and he may perhaps be Andrew5 himself, idk. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 17:23, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

I’ve just blanked the two other talk pages of mine that the comments were put. It erroneously tagged the Wikidata blanking as vandalism so let’s hope that no bot tries to undo it and restore that garbage. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 17:53, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Also, thanks for globally locking that troll. Hurricane Clyde (talk) 18:46, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

request

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steward_requests/Checkuser/2024-11#https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587:%25D8%25B3%25D9%2588%25D8%25A1%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25D9%2581%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AF%25D9%2587%25E2%2580%258C%25DA%25A9%25D9%2586%25D9%2586%25D8%25AF%25DA%25AF%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586_%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B2_%25D8%25AD%25D8%25B3%25D8%25A7%25D8%25A8%25E2%2580%258C%25D9%2587%25D8%25A7%25DB%258C_%25DA%25A9%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A8%25D8%25B1%25DB%258C_%25D8%25B2%25D8%25A7%25D9%25BE%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B3/FreeZoneF

Hi, I have submitted a request but I don't know if it is in the right place. Can you please review it and advise?

troll with many accounts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Claggy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Twenty77

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/FreeZoneF (Rename from: Mpj77)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mpj7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Sarlaxi

thanks for reply, but the user was reported in the local wiki space, but the active inspector user has not been there for more than a month and has not been reviewed. Can I request an inspection in another location?

One of the local checkusers last edited yesterday, and the other edited four days ago. Since we generally do not perform checks on wikis with local checkusers outside of emergencies, could you make a local request? EPIC (talk) 06:16, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

I am not very familiar with its method. But I know that the response time and method in the Persian section is very slow. A large number of requests are not reviewed after several months. One of the admins told me that only the information of malicious accounts remains for three months. And there is only one day left for its review. If you could kindly request a quick inspection of the following two accounts in the English section, I would be grateful. Because I do not know the process. But I looked at the articles and saw that they have edited the Persian articles and the corresponding English articles with different accounts and they have been blocked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Claggy (was ban)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/FreeZoneF (past name: Mpj77) (was ban in persian)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mpj7

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Sarlaxi

I am certain that these two accounts (Mpj7 and Sarlaxi) are the same. They have vandalized the exact same article and made edits within minutes of each other. The sub-account was created solely for sabotage. If it is inspected soon, it will probably never be discovered. Thank you for your cooperation.

The page for requesting checks on the English Wikipedia is at en:WP:SPI, if you want to place a local request. Please remember to provide enough evidence as well. EPIC (talk) 06:57, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

I looked at this link but I really didn't understand what to do. Also, note that most of the evidence of vandalism is in Persian, not English. In Persian, the inspectors are very slow. Many cases are closed after months without being investigated. This user has used a combination of accounts and both of them should be considered together. And I think this should be investigated because the evidence in English alone is not enough. Check at least the two accounts below to prove that it is one. I have already reported all the evidence in Persian to the Persian administrators. But as I asked, the first administrator there was blocked by Wikipedia globally a few months ago. And he has poor management. So I ask for your help. This user's last edit was 89 days ago and if it is not checked now, there will be no information left to check. In terms of content, the main user and the sub-user are completely consistent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_duck_test

According to the duck test, the two accounts FreeZoneF and Mpj7 are the same. Based on old username FreeZoneF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/FreeZoneF (past name: Mpj77) (was ban in persian)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Sarlaxi

The user has done exactly the same kind of vandalism on this article with four different accounts, three of which have been closed. And in the English article, the same article has had simultaneous edits. When his first account was closed, he edited it with another account in both languages ​​in less than two hours. On his Persian talk page, he has openly admitted to having several backup accounts. You can ask the Persian admin below.

https://fa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86&action=history

https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%98%D9%87:%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7/DejaVu (persian admin)

Almost all Persian inspection files are closed without being inspected. Because they only have two inspector users who are mostly inactive. I just looked at eight out of ten files, they have closed them all with a semicolon without even checking. The administrator who closed the files has no access to inspection at all. Two users have the ability to inspect, and they are active two or three times a month.

Let me know if you need more information. thanks

As mentioned both projects have local checkusers and therefore local users to determine whether the check should be performed, which means they are responsible for handling such requests. Ladsgroup was active just yesterday and Huji was active four days ago, and should be able to assist, but in either case, unless it is an emergency, we will not be the ones performing the check. EPIC (talk) 11:35, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Question regarding block of User:Q131029980

I was curious about your block of User:Q131029980 and which LTA it was associated with. I have identified what looks to be additional sockpuppets.

• Q130330775 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• User:Child of Hoplamazian Q106967454 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• User:Rahul Varun Q113589827 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• User:Jeh Cyrus Vandrevala Q106957769 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)
• 94.40.72.241 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

All are active on Wikidata and have abnormally deep knowledge of Wikidata and Wikipedia for new users. I left messages on the talk pages of a few asking if they had other accounts and got no response. Then within the next 18 hours they cycled to a new account. William Graham (talk) 06:03, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, I locked the remaining accounts. EPIC (talk) 08:32, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Bismarck, Hans Christoph von 1704-1773 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

New user, follows the same pattern as the others naming their account after the first item the account edits. William Graham (talk) 05:39, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Done for that one as well. EPIC (talk) 12:18, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

You locked User:Jeh Cyrus Vandrevala Q106957769 and then User:BLOPvio nominated wikidata:Q106957769 for deletion. Another in the line of socks. William Graham (talk) 23:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Done EPIC (talk) 23:19, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Back as User:Julie Elisabeth Helene Sievers. Second edit is Julie Elisabeth Helene Sievers (Q63677232). William Graham (talk) 05:08, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Another, User:Seb Mazurek and first edit is Sebastien Mazurek (Q130644299). William Graham (talk) 23:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Done as well. EPIC (talk) 18:24, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Dear William,

I am highly surprised that you asked to block me for no reason, except that I updated my personal profile that was firstly introduced by my friend, who I work with.

I belong to a group that work on Dura-Europos, an ancient site in nowadays Syria, and I am doing by job by documenting a building I am in charge in.

I believe that instead of reacting on no reasonable grounds and instinctively, you should really investigate deeply.

I have already asked the stewards for objective arguments and to unblock my account, otherwise I will not be able to perform the job, I was asked for.

Regards,

Mazurek Sebastien 188.146.32.64 14:38, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

@William Graham: I see User:Seb Mazurek is effectively contributing to Wikidata:WikiProject IDEA and the pattern of editing seems very different from the other blocked users, since it is mainly related to the site of Dura Europos; IMHO the block should be undone. Best, Epìdosis 00:03, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

On a second look I think these are unrelated, so I've unlocked the account. EPIC (talk) 00:17, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Apologies for my error. William Graham (talk) 06:38, 8 December 2024 (UTC)

Question Gondolabúrguer

I have been investigating for some time a case of multiple accounts possibly associated with Gondolabúrguer. I obtained information that a series of accounts are linked to AMrEschi, which you globally blocked with the justification of a compromised account. I wonder if you could take over the verification starting from the global block, as you have more information than I do. I recommend starting by checking the accounts Insider R1 and St15td. Let me know if you need anything. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 14:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

With the information I have on the Portuguese Wikipedia, I cannot confirm or dismiss the connection between these accounts and Gondolabúrguer. Regardless of that, since I observed this global block, I suspect it might be a case of blocking, even if it has no connection to Gondolabúrguer. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 15:02, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

@Conde Edmond Dantès: Thanks for the information! All accounts except Insider R1 are stale, so there is no data for me to compare with them. With that said, I checked Insider R1 and didn't find anything there. Is there any data from any local checks listed at CU wiki? EPIC (talk) 17:09, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Upon checking the account AMrEschi, globally blocked by you, I identified two dynamic IPs. There are numerous accounts accessed by the same IPs, from the same device, on the same date, and at nearby times. In other words, it is highly likely that all these accounts were accessed by the same person. Since AMrEschi was blocked for compromise, it is very likely that the offender is the same person using the other accounts. Furthermore, there is suspicion that they may be puppets of Gondolabúrguer. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 17:43, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

You blocked the account AMrEschi on August 13, 2024. The person responsible for this account attempted to access it on the Portuguese Wikipedia on October 27, 2024, and November 12, 2024. On both days, numerous other accounts were also accessed, and several of them edited project articles.

What I would like to know is whether the data from August is still available for comparison with the data from October and November, in order to determine whether it is the person responsible for hacking the account or the victim. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 17:56, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

@Conde Edmond Dantès: I don't have full data with UAs etc and can't access it either since the data is stale on metawiki, but the IP used for the compromise was logged. If needed I could provide it to you on CU wiki. EPIC (talk) 19:32, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Please! This way I can compare it with the data I have. If you'd like, I can provide the data from pt.wiki there. Edmond Dantès ^{d'un message?} 19:52, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Done - provided by email. EPIC (talk) 20:10, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Email ;)

I wonder if you received my email a day ago about un-locking AafiOnMobile or it landed in your spam-folder? _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 16:45, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Looks like it somehow passed me unnoticed. Done. EPIC (talk) 17:15, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. ─ Aafī on Mobile ^(talk) 17:54, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

165.225.202.xxx

Please unblock this IP range Argo Navis (talk) 08:53, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, the range is only blocked for logged out users. As long as you are logged in to your account you shouldn't have any problems editing from it. EPIC (talk) 08:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

please unblock others wikipedia 176.221.126.237 15:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Global block on LifeIsTrash

That was fast. Thanks for making my first global block request such a painless experience. :-) --Ser Amantio di Nicolao (talk) 19:00, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

No issue, happy to help :) EPIC (talk) 19:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the CAPTACHA refusal

Hi EPIC, don't you think it's a bit premature to refuse a request because one steward didn't seem happy (more of being unsure) with it? Leaderboard (talk) 04:44, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello - I closed the request considering the opinions of other users there, and opinions of other stewards in private. EPIC (talk) 06:30, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

Cross-wiki vandal in 85.249.160.0/20

Hello EPIC. I decided to write here because of the semi-protection of the SRG page. Found continuous cross-wiki vandalism in 85.249.160.0/20 range (for example: [1] [2] [3]), this range is already blocked in lbe.wikipedia, but a global block would be much better. Don't make it too long — this range is quite active in ru.wikipedia, there are different users making good faith edits. Let's see the results of 2-week or maybe 1-month block. 2A00:1FA0:4322:33AF:EC67:A48B:FFB5:5FA5 02:23, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, it looks like most of the edits have only been at ruwiki? EPIC (talk) 18:23, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Request

Hello am writing to request the appropriate page that I will post my request on how to be permanent admin in ffwiki.

Thank you in advance Fulani215 (talk) 18:19, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

You can post a request in Steward requests/Permissions#Administrator access if you have opened a local discussion which has been open for at least one week. With that said, considering the current size of ffwiki's community, I'm not too sure we can consider it large enough for permanent administrators at this time per MVR. EPIC (talk) 18:23, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello am writing to tell you that I have post a request on my local wikihttps://ff.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hello_ja%C9%93%C9%93orgo&markasread=31752&markasreadwiki=ffwiki for last one week, following my intention to become adminship in ffwiki. I look forward for the approved

Fulani215 (talk) 17:26, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, as mentioned, please place a request on the linked page. EPIC (talk) 17:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Unblock

Hi EPIC. Could you please unblock, my IP is 14.186.23.114 which is being banblockby you in a very wide range so I accidentally got stuck in that IP range. I currently want to contribute to Vi Wikipedia but because of this banblockcannot contribute, and I am not a puppet, maybe the puppet master has not used this IP for a long time, also because of that, I looked at the IP banblockg and saw that recently no stewardess has changed the global block anymore. I hope you will consider it. Sorry because I am not good at English. Best regards! Lacky.lacky (talk) 08:14, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

I've tried setting the block to only affect anonymous users. Try again now. EPIC (talk) 10:54, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks you very much! Lạc Kỳ (talk) 14:32, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

2 tickets

Please check on these tickets:

• first
• second

Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 11:14, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Replied on both tickets. EPIC (talk) 12:08, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Help for Unblock

Hi sir @EPIC

This is my new user wright after My user globally locked and blocked with no previous notice. I explained a lot everywhere and now I would mention that I have a brother and he was fan of Farsad (rapper) and sometimes vote in AFD and make some edition in Farsi Wikipedia and we mostly use same PC. And explained to The user but he blocked me again! I didn't any mistake anytime and I if I did unwanted I apologize.

I had no relation with other users anytime.

Please unlock my user and IP, Thanks for the corporation Timasr2024 (talk) 11:36, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Then please send in an appeal to us at stewards-appealswikimediaorg so that we can look further into it. In the meanwhile I am locking this account as lock evasion. EPIC (talk) 12:11, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

hi

ive already sent an email but im hadjnix and i dont want to be asosciated with LTA insulting people was a wrong thing but i make constructive Edits too and i dont want to be blocked forever cuz thats not the solution Neewam (talk) 11:01, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

You were globally blocked for socking and cross-wiki abuse, though since it's a global block, you can still log into your account, and srwiki may still exempt the global block locally. With that being said, if you want to appeal, please send one in to stewards-appealswikimediaorg and we will take it from there. In the meantime I am locking this account. EPIC (talk) 11:04, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Request to hide version

Hello sir, which page do we report the version hiding request to? The IP address and phone number have been shared, which means personal information has been shared. I could not find the request page, thank you. Mr. Tamarize (talk) 17:30, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

If it is a project that doesn't have an oversight team, you can report here: Special:Contact/Stewards. Be sure to include a link to the page. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:58, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, this is the link shared in meta: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ask_a_question/Recent_questions&diff=prev&oldid=27985543

@Xaosflux Mr. Tamarize (talk) 18:03, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Mr. Tamarize This has been removed. In the future for suppression requests here on the meta-wiki, you can use Special:EmailUser/Meta-Wiki_oversighters (linked from Meta:Oversighters. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 19:32, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Xaosflux Hello, thank you very much for sharing this valuable information with me. Kind regards. Mr. Tamarize (talk) 04:56, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Stop banning polish IPs and unblock Play and Orange

I see that you are prejudiced against Poles. You are Checkuser, but you are using inadequate means. You have blocked the Orange 46.134.0.0/16 range for 3 years! However, you are constantly imposing longer and longer IP blocks on Play and it irritates me a lot, because I want to help, I teach history and my hobby is to fix dates, tables, etc. I even wanted to create an account, but it failed three times because of these sick blocks. It is a large network and it is not a proxy. What had to happen that you blocked a million or two million IP addresses for so long. Maybe you will cut off all of Poland from Wikipedia, Mr. Checkuser? I do not know what happened, but collective responsibility is never a good solution.94.254.132.10 12:25, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

The ranges are being blocked due to repeated abuse. Most of the blocks are set to only affect logged out users, so if you register an account, you can edit as usual from the blocked ranges. EPIC (talk) 12:28, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

But to create an account you need an unblocked IP which I just got now, but I'll probably get 5.173.0.0/16 again soon. Also, consider how many users edit without creating an account. Wikipedia loses on such radical steps. You can always write a complaint to Abuse. 94.254.132.10 12:39, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

It is repetition of the very same story as once w:pl:Wikipedia:Blokada_edycji_dla_sieci_Orange_i_Play/en + w:pl:Wikipedia:Blokada_edycji_dla_sieci_Play_2013/en. Media coverage should do the thing. 170.245.132.83 13:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

You may still create an account through a non-blocked range, alternatively request an account through en:WP:ACC. EPIC (talk) 13:49, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

You can forward whole affair to various online Polish press and news, as was once done. This should coerce Abuse of both P4 and Orange to take necessary steps. 170.245.132.83 13:58, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Nobody is doing anything about it. It's worth mentioning that 5.173.0.0/16 is a very popular range and most edits even from IP alone are not vandalism.94.254.166.42 01:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Remove my block, I haven't done anything wrong.

You've framed me for something I haven't done. Ilijich (talk) 20:49, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Your account is not blocked anywhere. Are you affected by a global IP block? EPIC (talk) 20:50, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Must be affected by IP Block Mr. Tamarize (talk) 20:52, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

Globally locked?

For pretending to be Mid Atlantic Baby on one wiki only? 2602:FE43:1:46DD:117B:EE17:3A65:54EA 07:22, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I get it! Thanks for the beans. 2602:FE43:1:46DD:117B:EE17:3A65:54EA 07:42, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry. I must have accidentally clicked the rollback button and tried to self-revert first. Codename Noreste (talk) 07:48, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Why is my account locked?

Hello, I am waiting for an explanation why my account was locked. What is your purpose in locking it for no reason? Unlock it. 176.89.118.95 11:01, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

The lock reason was likely already stated in the lock reason, but you can make a formal appeal if desired. EPIC (talk) 11:09, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello

Please remove all of my global rights if possible. Thank you! Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 17:13, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@Iwaqarhashmi: I removed your oathauth-tester and GIPBE flags as well as your local autopatrol here on Meta. Since VRT permissions flags are handled by VRTS admins and the other wikis on which you have local rights have local administrators, please ask them to assist you with removing that. EPIC (talk) 17:16, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 17:17, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

False positive in filter 201

Hello. An IP was filtered on french wiki by the global filter 201 (see here). In this case it's a false positive. The word "retard" is a correct word in french (for example "je suis en retard" means "i'm late"). Can you correct the filter or do an exception for french wiki ? Supertoff (talk) 22:45, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

The FP happened three years ago, it seems that it has already been fixed. EPIC (talk) 22:50, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, my bad, sorry (abused by an IP request...) Supertoff (talk) 17:21, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Help

My account user blocked because of Template:Checkuserblock-account I had no another account on Wikipedia I'm Farsi wiki editor and My user globally locked and blocked with no previous notice. I explained a lot everywhere and now I would mention that I have a brother and he was fan of Farsad (rapper) and sometimes he vote in AFD and make some edition in Farsi Wikipedia and we mostly use same PC. And explained to that moderator who blocked me but he didn't pay attention! And other 2 account only made for submit massage in order to get help to other moderator; I didn't any mistake anytime and if I did unwanted I apologize. And I submitted ticket bud they answer me wrong! Please help me if you can, thanks 5.115.138.165 22:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC my last ticket number is #2024121610009662 but More than 6 Days left and no one answered yet 2A02:4540:AC:6A4:1:0:37AF:19C3 05:47, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Lock appeals submitted to us can generally take some time. You were locked for cross-wiki abuse/sockpuppetry. EPIC (talk) 07:18, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC What should I do to get unlocked sir? I apologize for all the things that happened and I guarantee to never happen again! I only opened 2 other accounts right after my main account banned, for put massage in order to get help so it seems it's out of rules and I didn't know that. By the way I apologize 2A02:4540:23:66D5:1:0:8063:1FE5 08:14, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Two accounts

Hi EPIC, Sorry to bother you but regarding this, Would you say using two accounts is fine providing no policies are being broken ? or should there be a reason as to why the second account needs to be used/exists?,

The user isn't circumventing any blocks and they're not disrupting anything but I've always thought there had to be a reason for a second account otherwise it would need to be blocked ? Am I wrong on this?, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 13:31, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, it depends from case to case, though generally having multiple accounts isn't wrong in itself as long as they aren't being abused. EPIC (talk) 13:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Ah okay I didn't know that - I thought there had to be an actual reason for a second account, I didn't think you could just create one and then edit from both accounts (ignoring shared pcs, awb, etc etc),

As the user created 10 alts on Enwiki 7 months ago I therefore thought this new account was a major red flag and that history shouldn't be repeating itself but I guess I'm wrong on this, I don't understand why it's okay and I don't understand why nothing is being done about it at Simple Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Sock_block_request but I guess it all comes down to them not actually doing anything wrong so it's fine, I don't think it is "fine" but I'm obviously in the minority on that,

Anyway thank you for replying and thank you for helping me better understand why, Felt like I've been going around in circles for the past 2/3 days, Your help is very much appreciated so thank you again, Have a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Healthy New Year, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:19, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes, generally there still has to be a good reason to create more than one account, but 10 is quite over the general limit. EPIC (talk) 15:24, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

But this is my point EPIC - no good reason has been provided from this user, That being said we're not at 10 accounts yet (as far as I know) so maybe I'm caring too early I don't know, I just don't see why they need to be editing from two accounts when SOCKLEGIT doesn't apply to them, Anyway I've closed that thread as you've said having two is okay and no one seems to want to do anything at Simple - I guess it's a problem if they were being deceptive, commenting twice on things etc etc, Thanks again for your help it's much appreciated, Take care my friend, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:38, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Request for Review of IP Block

Dear Administrators,

I am reaching out to request a review of a block placed on my IP address. I believe that this block was either a mistake or a result of a false positive. I have not engaged in any disruptive activity, and I would greatly appreciate it if you could look into the matter and consider lifting the block.

Thank you for your assistance!

Best regards, AuthorChiman (talk) 16:13, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@AuthorChiman: I assume you are affected by a global hardblock. Could you write to stewardswikimediaorg and provide more information? EPIC (talk) 17:46, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Okay Thank You! AuthorChiman (talk) 17:49, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Sysop and Bureaucrat rights

Hi EPIC, hope you are doing well. I think my rights were removed by mistake. Because the claim is against the local rules. The reason is that I am inactive. But this is not right. I am the 9th most active sysop among 15 sysops in the last 6 months and the 11th in the last year. According to our local rules, the minimum requirement is 25 sysop actions in the last 6 months. However, I have made 149 sysop actions in the last 6 months and 476 sysop actions in the last year. The interesting thing is that the sysop who made the claim has made fewer sysop actions on our local wiki than me in the last six months :) I am leaving here the statistics of sysop actions on the local wiki in the last 6 months and the last 1 year. Please review and return my rights, I still have the desire to be active. If necessary, I will give up the rights myself. I would also like to inform you that there is no vote or any decision other than the claim of inactivity.

Hope you wonderful holiday, sincerely --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 17:18, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Eldarado: I removed the rights on request of another local bureaucrat per the inactivity policy. As far as I could read, the policy also requires 500 edits in six months, and 25 of them needs to be related to moving pages, creating templates/categories and uploading files, and if I understood correctly, it was that part which wasn't met, which is why the flags were removed (the policy mentioned that the removal will be an automatic removal without a vote if there has already been a vote in the past). With that being said I might have misunderstood. @Turkmen: Could you please clarify the removal request? If it was an incorrect removal then I could restore the rights. EPIC (talk) 17:36, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks EPIC for the reply. Our rule says that if a vote has been held on reason of the inactivity of a sysop and it hasn't been approved, then after 6 months of inactivity, you can get the status without a vote. However, there was no vote on my inactivity. (last vote wasn't for inactivity) If the reason is my inactivity, a vote should be started on it first and my opinion should be asked. In addition, I am not inactive and I have 500+ edits in the last six months. --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 18:19, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello, there is no misunderstanding. In February 2024, a request was made by the user to remove the rights due to inactivity and other reasons, and a vote was held here. The user avoided getting his rights with only 1 vote. However, there was no change in the user's activity after that process. And the vast majority of deletions there are mass deletions via twinkle. For which the user was warned by another admin. And many of the pages were later restored by that admin. Excluding these wrong deletions, the user's contributions in 2024 are: 15 (8 blocks, 1 block change, 1 unblock, 1 protect, 3 page restore (same page) and 1 patrol). Regards, Turkmen ^talk 18:53, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Turkmen: Was the vote related to inactivity? The policy seems to mention that the voting should be related to the user's inactivity (i.e it can't be just any regular de-sysop voting). EPIC (talk) 18:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Of course that voting wasn't related inactivity. First started voting for all sysop then some of then accepted. 100% election wasn't related my inactivity. I'll send the links here when I get my laptop at night. --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 19:03, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC, Yes, one of the main reasons was inactivity. The user who started the request clearly stated his opinion here. For example, it is enough to look at these comments (1, 2 , 3, etc.) during voting. As the user said above, although he previously said he would voluntarily give up on user groups, unfortunately he does not. He also avoids starting a discussion in the local. Turkmen ^talk 19:24, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

This is the voting in February. You can see all sysops on the voting :) it means all sysops are inactive? @Turkmen:, if you have a problem with me, don't do this type of things, because you are harming our Wikipedia with such actions. --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 19:16, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Eldarado, In the voting there, 1 admin's rights were removed for inactivity, 1 admin's rights were removed for abuse (then blocked indefinitely). Only 2 admin rights were not received. One of them is now actively countributing. And you have been removed for continuing to be inactive. Please don't mislead the discussion. If you have objection, you can open a discussion in the local. If you're right, the community will support you anyway. Turkmen ^talk 19:27, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Turkmen:, First of all, the correctness of the decision must be confirmed after that you can also open a discussion for me. You did not answer the question addressed to you in here. --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 19:43, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

What question? Turkmen ^talk 19:51, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Turkmen, You just mentioned the comments of the users. You couldn't show us the reason of the voting. All sysops were on the voting and you are telling us the reason was inactivity. Sorry, but you are no adequate and I can't continue to discuss with you. I'm just waiting for the Steward decision. --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 19:58, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

After some further looking at the voting in question, I do agree on the impression that the vote might have been part of a general confirmation which involved all sysops. As such, I have restored the flags at the moment, at least pending clarification. Considering the controversy/uncertainties here, could you open a local discussion, or alternatively have the other two local bureaucrats give their comment on whether they think the removal is in line with policy? EPIC (talk) 20:08, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I think this was the wrong decision. There is no concept of "general voting" on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia. I will start a general community discussion tomorrow. Thanks for your attention! Turkmen ^talk 20:15, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

The confirmations involved all sysops at that time as far as I can see (regardless of whether they were inactive or not), thus why I get the impression that it was just a general admin confirmation, even though I notice that inactivity was part of the background to why it was opened. Since this case seems rather complicated, I restored the rights, though as mentioned, the other two local bureaucrats are also free to give their opinion on whether they think the policy is met here. @Eldarado: FYI as well. EPIC (talk) 20:24, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@EPIC good day.

I have also taken a deep look at discussions and current azwiki rules.

Eldarado's (and others, including me) admin status was put into discussion in February, to get general opinion of the wikipedians. Following that, Eldarado's status was nominated for voting. The arguments were his position and activity. He stood as admin by 1 vote.

The local policy says that a sysop may get their flags revoked if they have't improved their activity from the previous voting for inactivity. Turkmen's removal of Eldarado's rights is understandable as the discussion (17 February – 3 March voting of his) featured arguments of this kind. Toghrul R (talk) 21:10, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Got it EPIC, I already asked for two bureaucrats' opinion. --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 20:41, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

EPIC, both bureaucrats mentioned their opinion and both are said votings are not releated inactivity. Yes Toghrul "The local policy says that a sysop may get their flags revoked if they have't improved their activity from the previous voting for inactivity" and where is my voting for inactivity? Could you please show us? Thank you --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 23:22, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

I understand both sides here, but since both of the other two bureaucrats seem to be unsure as well, and technically the inactivity policy isn't met here, I would say to refer this to the local community. Open a local discussion, and return with a new SRP request if there is consensus to remove. EPIC (talk) 23:52, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

EPIC, I understand you, there is a language barrier. You can assign Turkish or Azerbaijani languages known steward here for read our local discussion and mention their opinion. In addition, according to the rules, I am not inactive. Above I have posted statistics for the last six months and the last year. From there you can see that there are 6-7 more sysops with less activity than me. Why is my inactivity being discussed. In your opinion, is this fair? --eldarado (talk | contributions | meta page) 00:43, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

@Turkmen and @Toghrul R are right. The main reason why @Eldarado's status was brought up for discussion (passed the initial stage) was his passivity. It has not been active at all in the last 1 year. Bot edits and similar activities are not considered activity. Samral (talk) 04:56, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Merry Christmas, User:EPIC.

Hi, User:EPIC. I hope you're doing well. I wanted to wish you a merry Christmas, because you helped in the Gagauz Wikipedia. I also wish you the best for 2025. I hope you live a happy life and enjoy your time in Commons. I hope I see you next time. Bye. OperationSakura6144 (talk) 11:51, 25 December 2024 (UTC)

Last Request

Hi Sir @EPIC

I submitted ticket to he steward but I didn't get answer, may I have last chance to get back my account ? I apologize for all things that happened, thanks. 2A02:4540:A6:9607:1:0:5260:9A22 17:30, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Re: Horcus

Hello, EPIC: Yes, I understand. Horcus is basically my partner. I encouraged him to participate in Wikipedia, and, well, he ended up voting for me and for other users. I apologize for not mentioning earlier that we share the same IP address; I did clarify it later. On my local Wikipedia, as far as I know and as an experienced user, this is not prohibited unless it’s a sockpuppet directly linked to me. That said, if necessary, as a consequence of this issue—which also caused problems for another user’s request—you may revoke my application for global renamer. Additionally, the account was not created with the purpose of securing votes for myself or others—I essentially don’t know any of the other users. Moreover, the user is actively participating in the Spanish Wikipedia. That said, I once again apologize for the inconvenience. If necessary, you may revoke my application due to this issue, and if required, impose a sanction for both of us within Meta. Best regards. —Aopou {discusión} 00:16, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

@Aopou: Excuse my somewhat late response. I'll also tone down some of the stuff I wrote on your talk page. Yes, sharing the same IP address is fine indeed and no sanctions will be imposed, nor will your discussion be closed. In this case, the votes were striked since it seemed that one of the reasons why the account was created was either as a sockpuppet or to gain support in your request (but per your explanation I think the first one isn't likely). In cases like this, it is indeed therefore useful to disclose any additional accounts or users you share an IP with. With that being said, as mentioned, we will assume good faith here and there is really no need to scold or punish anyone for it, since it seems that the account was simply created in good faith. EPIC (talk) 08:10, 29 December 2024 (UTC)