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Admin

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I am a Wikipedia:administrator since July 5, 2004. I first contributed to Wikipedia in April of 2001 (oldest edits lost in early software upgrades). My first edit with my username appears to be on April 26. I have been active on a number of online projects - active and passive (SETI@Home, Distributed Proofreaders, Mars crater labeling, Stardust@Home, Folding@Home on the Wikipedia team: Team page, etc.)


Admin statistics
Action Count
Edits 61490
Edits+Deleted 64846
Pages deleted 3958
Revisions deleted 14
Pages restored 30
Pages protected 80
Pages unprotected 9
Protections modified 23
Users blocked 101
Users reblocked 1
User rights modified 1

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Immediate requests Entries
Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages 0
Wikipedians looking for help 0
Requests for unblock 20
Wikipedia semi-protected edit requests 32
Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected edit requests 49
Wikipedia template-protected edit requests 9
Wikipedia fully protected edit requests 2
Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests 73
Requested RD1 redactions 1
Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations 1
Candidates for speedy deletion 26
Open sockpuppet investigations 43
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Administrative backlog

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Reports

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User-reported

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Candidates for speedy deletion Entries
Attack pages 0
Copyright violations 1
Hoaxes 0
Vandalism 0
User requested 4
Empty articles 0
Nonsense pages 0
Spam pages 5
Importance or significance not asserted 0
Possibly contested candidates 3
Other candidates 18
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Requested RD1 redactions – 1 item

Proposed deletion – No backlog currently
Usernames for administrator attention


User-reported

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Requests for page protection


Current requests for increase in protection level

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Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level

Place requests for new or upgrading of article protection, upload protection, or create protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.


Reason: Continued sockpuppetry. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TyMega. HorrorLover555 (talk) 06:57, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 08:03, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
    The previous request was denied at 03:39 with the following comment: "Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Since PC was imposed there has been one disruptive edit, and that IP has been blocked." At 05:51, the vandal came back with a new VPN IP and made dozens of nonsense edits. PLEASE SEMI-PROTECT THE PAGE. Everything else is a total waste of our time. — Chrisahn (talk) 10:48, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
  • Pinging Daniel Quinlan, who added the PC protection. Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 12:08, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 17:48, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: There has been an increasing influx of vandalism from unregistered users. I request the implementation of semi-protection for this page. ItsFeL (talk) 15:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Repeated IP edit warring and parts of the article falling under WP:ARBPIA. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 15:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: High traffic and common amounts of IP vandalism. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 16:00, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: High level of IP vandalism and new account User_talk:Adarsh_Chinnadan making same disruptive changes of boxoffice number without citing reliable source. Please protect page. IPs and new account have been warned but continue to vandalize again. Please protect page. RangersRus (talk) 17:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 17:21, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
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Indefinite pending changes: Persistent disruptive editing – Continuous style-warring and attempts to remove the most-common definition of the Droop quota by an unregistered editor. (Who has kept this up from many different IPs.) IP has repeatedly ignored attempts at explaining this on both the article talk and in a conversation I had with them on my user talk. (The Droop quota is sometimes defined vk+1 and sometimes v+1k+1; user keeps removing or obfuscating the first definition.) Update: unsurprisingly, despite previous decline of page protection because the user hadn't edited for a week or two, they've gone right back to it within 2 days, as they have for the past year—Special:Diff/1269731590.– Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 17:18, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Some IPs are repeatedly removing sourced content from the lead section, along with reliable sources. Aryan{Talk} 17:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: High level of IP vandalism. A user is persistently removing all the refs and added informations about kajri. Aman8188 (talk) 17:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 18:06, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Persistent unsourced additions by IP addresses since 13:37, 12 December 2024. Alith Anar 18:16, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

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Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level

Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.

  • To find out the username of the admin who protected the page, click on "history" at the top of the page, then click on "View logs for this page," which is under the title of the page. The protecting admin is the username in blue before the words "protected", "changed protection level" or "pending changes". If there are a number of entries on the log page, you might find it easier to select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" from the dropdown menu in the blue box.
  • Requests to downgrade full protection to template protection on templates and modules can be directed straight here; you do not need to ask the protecting admin first.
  • Requests for removing create protection on redlinked articles are generally assisted by having a draft version of the intended article prepared beforehand.
  • If you want to make spelling corrections or add uncontroversial information to a protected page, please add {{Edit fully-protected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. If the talk page is protected, please use the section below.

Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Reason: The page was protected due to BLP, and is still protected for that reason despite Santos dying in 2022. If the page is to stay protected, the protection reason should be changed. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 16:02, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Declined as you have not discussed this with the protecting administrator. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:12, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: The page was protected due to BLP, and is still protected for that reason despite Benedict dying in 2022. If the page is to stay protected, the protection reason should be changed. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 16:02, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Declined as you have not discussed this with the protecting administrator. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:14, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: The page was protected due to BLP, and is still protected for that reason despite Carter dying in 2022. If the page is to stay protected, the protection reason should be changed. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 16:03, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Declined as you have not discussed with the protecting administrator. As it says at the top of the page when you edit, this section is for removing or reducing the protection level of a page if the protecting admin is inactive or you have already asked them. Please stop posting requests like this when the administrator is active and you have not asked them first. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 16:16, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
I have had dozens upon dozens of requests approved without the need to ask the protecting administrator. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 17:57, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Current requests for edits to a protected page

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Request a specific edit to a protected page
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here

Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.

  • Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among {{Edit protected}}, {{Edit template-protected}}, {{Edit extended-protected}}, or {{Edit semi-protected}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed.
  • Where requests are made due to the editor having a conflict of interest (COI; see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the {{Edit COI}} template should be used.
  • Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not here.
  • If the discussion page and the article are both protected preventing you from making an edit request, this page is the right place to make that request. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to post requests.
  • This page is not for continuing or starting discussions regarding content should both an article and its discussion page be protected. Please make a request only if you have a specific edit you wish to make.


Add “by June 30, 2024” to the sentence: The Lancet has estimated 70,000 deaths due to traumatic injuries.[8] Seahumidity (talk) 23:09, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

I would like to add more information regarding his legacy. KiddKrazy2 (talk) 21:00, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Edit requests should take the form, for example, of change X to Y. What specific edit would you like to be made? — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:25, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Not done – Please use an edit request to request specific changes to be made to the protected page. Talk:Saddam Hussein is not protected. Favonian (talk) 12:09, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

In paragraph 4 is this assertion: "In private, White House staffers and Biden's family took measures to conceal and compensate for apparent declines in his acuity." There is no source cited for this consequential claim. The "apparent decline" of mental acuity in Biden, a lifetime stutterer, is a topic of contention. Rnperry (talk) 15:10, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Handled requests

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A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.

Protected edit requests

2 protected edit requests
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Page Tagged since Protection level Last protection log entry
Module:Message box (request) 2025-01-07 21:25 Cascade-protected from Main Page (log) Modified by KrakatoaKatie on 2016-11-16: "restore"
Rajput (request) 2025-01-16 06:19 Fully protected, expires 2025-01-19 at 04:57:03 UTC (log) Modified by Daniel Case on 2025-01-16: "Edit warring / content dispute: per RFPP"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 14:32, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
10 template-protected edit requests
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Template:Infobox Chinese (request) 2024-12-29 20:23 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Rail-interchange (request) 2025-01-06 03:20 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Infobox song (request) 2025-01-12 12:26 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Module:IPA/data (request) 2025-01-12 14:40 Template-protected (log) Protected by Favonian on 2023-09-16: "High-risk template or module: requested at WP:RFPP"
Module:Infobox military conflict (request) 2025-01-12 21:19 Template-protected (log) Protected by HJ Mitchell on 2014-10-08: "High-risk Lua module"
Module:Infobox military conflict/styles.css (request) 2025-01-12 21:19 Template-protected (log) Protected by MusikBot II on 2019-07-02: "High-risk template or module (more info)"
Template:Canadian election result (request) 2025-01-15 02:39 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Db-meta (request) 2025-01-15 03:05 Template-protected (log) Modified by NeilN on 2015-11-18: "per request"
User:AmandaNP/UAA/Blacklist (request) 2025-01-15 19:22 Template-protected (log) From User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Blacklist: Modified by AmandaNP on 2016-02-12: "we are going to try letting template editors edit"
Template:Country data Rwanda (request) 2025-01-15 22:38 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 17:52, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

WP:PERM

Requests for autopatrolled

Autopatrolled

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I've seen this editor's work on multiple occasions at New Page Review. Has created 208 pages, none deleted, more than 3/4 of them B-class. High-quality page creation with infoboxes, quality references with proper formatting, images, etc., requiring no cleanup by reviewers. Dclemens1971 (talk) 17:38, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm concerned that many of the articles on lifeboat stations don't meet GNG. After looking at a random sampling of them, most of them cite the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society (of which Martin states they are a member of on their talk page), which appears to be an WP:SPS, and The Lifeboat, a publication of the RNLI, which is not an independent source. voorts (talk/contributions) 03:15, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
@Voorts I would have thought the same thing when I first encountered these articles, but there are several independent published sources on these lifesaving stations. Whenever I've done a BEFORE search on one, I always find GNG-qualifying sourcing. This came up in an AfD for one of Ojsyork's creations last year (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bamburgh Castle Lifeboat Station), which resulted in a "keep". Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:21, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

I would like to request auto-patrolled rights on Wikipedia. I have been actively contributing to the project and have created more than 30 of articles to date, which adhere to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I believe my experience and attention to detail make me a good fit for this role. Granting me auto-patrolled rights would help reduce the workload on other patrollers by automatically marking my new pages as reviewed.

Please feel free to review my contributions and articles to ensure they meet the necessary standards. Let me know if any additional information is required.

Thank you for considering my request! Needforname (talk) 17:39, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason for requesting autopatrolled rights Ahola .O (talk) 22:56, 11 January 2025 (UTC) I am requesting the autopatrolled user right because I have been actively contributing to Wikipedia and believe that my experience and adherence to Wikipedia's guidelines make me a suitable candidate for this right, I have created over 25 articles, all of which comply with Wikipedia's notability guidelines and content policies. My contributions have consistently aimed to enhance the quality and reliability of the encyclopedia. I believe that granting me the autopatrolled user right will help reduce the workload of new page patrollers and allow me to continue contributing to Wikipedia more efficiently. Thank you for considering my request. Ahola .O (talk)

(Non-administrator comment) You are currently not adding to the "workload of new page patrollers", in fact, your creations need to be watched closely. Not when I specifically told you here that the pieces you presented to inquire about Bobo Ajudua are thrash and nonsensical and told you to focus elsewhere instead of on an article that has been deleted several times. Yet, you went ahead to create it, and now, it has been deleted again? via AfD. And this? Your creations need to be watched and that is what the NPP is for. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 17:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason for requesting autopatrolled rights I have created almost 50 articles and whilst producing these articles I have developed my understanding of wikipedia policies, conformed with the rules for biographies of living persons and have improved the content and formatting of numerous articles. SDGB1217 (talk) 14:46, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason for requesting autopatrolled rights - I had it in the past and honestly didn’t realise it was missing until I did a requested move today and the DAB I created had to get manually patrolled. Could I please have this back so as to not add work to others when I’m doing moves related work? Steven Crossin Help resolve disputes! 13:13, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done charlotte 👸♥ 17:50, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for AutoWikiBrowser access

AutoWikiBrowser

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Requests for confirmation

Confirmed

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Reason for requesting confirmed rights: Need to add official logo for a school page and edit the name to the more current/appropriate one Dagoofybloke (talk) 13:57, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done – If the file you want to upload is available under a free license, it should be uploaded to our free media repository, Commons. You do not need any special permissions to upload there, and you can use the same username and password you use here. If it is not available under a free license, it should be requested using the Files for upload process, which does not require any special permissions. Beeblebrox Beebletalks 19:27, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for extended confirmation

Extended confirmed

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I wish to be able to translate articles between the languages I speak, English and Spanish. I have already translated a page, but I want to be able to upload it. FroggyTranslator (talk) 23:00, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done Admins are not really empowered to grant this permission early, certainly not to a user with only twelve article edits. Beeblebrox Beebletalks 23:04, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, can i be an Extented Confirmed User? Sr. Blud (talk) 16:22, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done – Not done, as there has been no reason given. Please reread the text at the top of this page and submit another request only if appropriate.-- Ponyobons mots 17:32, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason for requesting extended confirmed rights

Some pages have ridiculous permissions, and i would like to be able to edit them to legitimately make wikipedia better IDK how to read (talk) 18:16, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for new page reviewer

New page reviewer

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Hello, I would like to apply for New page reviewer rights. I am actively involved in reviewing Recent changes and Pending changes. I have also been reviewing Articles for creation since December 2024. Additionally, I have participated in Articles for deletion discussions. My primary areas of interest include politics, politicians, history, sports and topics related to Sri Lanka. I always strive to explain to editors the reasons for reverting their edits or declining their submissions when addressing their queries. I have also contributed by creating articles in the mainspace and participating in the NPPS programme to enhance my knowledge. Thank you. QEnigma talk 19:59, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done (till March 2025) Sohom (talk) 01:16, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

I request renewal of the rights to continue supporting the project effectively.tanks Mohammadkazemm (talk) 15:21, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user has 72 edits in the mainspace. MusikBot talk 15:30, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
 Not done. Sorry, but you do not currently meet guidelines for granting. Hey man im josh (talk) 17:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
tanks.i want only spend more time and help Mohammadkazemm (talk) 21:08, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

I am editing Wikipedia since 10 months and i had created dozens of articles and also participated in deletion discussions and also nominated some articles for AfD and most of them got deleted. Also i exapanded some articles of stub category and my area of interest are Politics, Rajasthan, BLPs, settlement articles, etc. Now i want to work with other editors on New page reviewing and i am requesting for a one month rights, firstly as a trial. TheSlumPanda (talk) 08:06, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Hey, I would like to apply for the NPR rights. As I have created more than 50 pages and I'm actively involved in reviewing drafts since last week of December 2024, you can check my reviewed articles here and the articles I putted up for deletion can be seen here. My primary focus are the articles related to Women, Politics, India, Poetry, Writers and Indian activists. I do sometime revert bad faith edits. I will contribute to the Wikipedia with NPR rights, same as I have contributed through the AFC Reviewer rights. Thanks and Regards. Taabii (talk) 12:24, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for page mover

Page mover

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Have participated in handful of RMs in past year, as well as at MRV. I've only come to RMTR once, but otherwise would be useful for disambiguation purposes. As I often create the disambig first, in order to justify a page moving away from ptopic; this often leaves me with having to swap the disambig page with the redirect and visa versa afterwards, when I simply need to perform a swap. I've otherwise closed RMs before, and would probably close more that aren't too controversial, but am often restricted due to the need to overwrite a redirect. CNC (talk) 12:54, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Leaning towards no, mainly on account of a lack of demonstrated need, but willing to be overruled or persuaded otherwise. Primefac (talk) 19:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
As an example; I'd be able to close this RM if there is no consensus, as I did the previous that lacked consensus, but I wouldn't be able to if there was consensus. The one I closed had sat in the backlog for almost two months. CNC (talk) 19:35, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I've been requesting occasional, regular and errant page moves at RMTR ever since I either created this account or achieved the extended-confirmed threshold. After 30 months of existence and persistence and in this new year, I'm ready to take the next step and have this right for a start as I can have an impact on this encyclopaedia. Intrisit (talk) 20:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm requesting page mover rights because I want to have the ability, which would help in vandalism patrols and other things. Currently, someone moved a page for basically no reason and I'm trying to move it back, otherwise the page will have no former revision history. Thanks! Ali Beary (talk2me!) (stalk me?!) 13:59, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user has 411 total edits. MusikBot talk 14:00, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
 Not done Please review WP:PMCRITERIA. More experience is needed before this right can be granted. In the meantime, you should report page-move vandalism at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests#Requests to revert undiscussed moves. --Ahecht (TALK
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Over time, I have made numerous move proposals on talk pages. Sometimes I don't get a reply from other editors and I bring it to WP:RM/TR. Other times, an administrator notices the proposal and implements it. Some of these could probably have been undiscussed bold moves and not required discussion at all. All of them are impossible without the page mover permission because they would overwrite a redirect. I'd rather save y'all the trouble of reviewing and do them myself.

I've made 269 page moves and 22 edits at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests. I was granted this permission once before, but it expired. Daask (talk) 21:30, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

I would like to have the page mover rights, I know how page movement works and the rules regarding page movements. SparklingBlueMoon (talk) 17:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC) SparklingBlueMoon (talk) 17:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user has had an account for 152 days. MusikBot talk 18:10, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for pending changes reviewer

Pending changes reviewer

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Note: The bot becoming silly, and marking as already done.

Hello I'm Ampil. The right set to expire 7 days. I've received a award. and I'm a AfC reviewer. ~🌀 Ampil 💬 / 📝 04:39, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

{{already done}} (automated response): This user already has the "reviewer" user right. MusikBot talk 05:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
@Ampil I know you noted in your original post, but just in case: this is not already done! Ampil is asking for the permission, which they currently hold, to not expire. Zanahary 20:08, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
Zanahary, Thanks. I've removing the pin message. Because the bot had not been becoming silly. My PCR right makes without expiry. ~🌀 Ampil 💬 / 📝 11:45, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

I have lots of experience in the WP:TW scale of reverting edits, and wish to continue this through WP:PENDING BryceM2001 (talk) 20:40, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user has 92 edits in the mainspace. MusikBot talk 20:50, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

I'd like to request pending changes review rights because I am familiar with the policy and this would help me with my vandalism patrols. Furthermore, I am currently trying to accept a request, but I do not have the permissions. Thanks! Ali Beary (talk2me!) (stalk me?!) 13:29, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Ali Beary Given your recent WP:CUTPASTE move, I'd like to see a little more time for you to demonstrate your knowledge of Wikipedia policies and procedures before granting additional permissions. --Ahecht (TALK
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@Ahecht, ah, apologies. I didn't realize a "request moves" page existed, and I do not have move or merge permissions. I was simply undoing something that wasn't correct... hence why I requested move perms earlier so I could fix it. Ali Beary (talk) 12:38, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I've been active in the Wikipedia community adding new content and creating articles, but especially fighting vandalism. I have also gained experience in reviewing by looking and reviewing semi-protected and protected pages edit requests. I am now looking for a new challenge, and I think I could help by putting forth my skills for the pending changes reviewer role! Thanks for the consideration.TYPEINFO (talk) 06:36, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done Sohom (talk) 13:04, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

My sole purpose of editing or the desire to review edits is for the wellbeing of Wikipedia. I made a few pages and made 1300+ edits. I believe in quality not quantity. TrueMoriarty (talk) 17:36, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Requesting pending changes reviewer rights to assist in recent changes patrol, am very active on the English Wikipedia and have good knowledge of Vandalism policy and other basic content policies. Sophisticatedevening (talk) 21:25, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for rollback

Rollback

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Hello everyone. I would like to request rollback rights here. I have a long and controversial history on the English Wikipedia but hope that especially in recent years, I have proved as to other editors, as well to the administrators, a positive change in my editorial behavior. I myself, don't forgive and don't forget my mistakes, but believe that with my experience and knowledge on the Macedonian issue, I will be useful in the fight against vandalism in this complicated question. Even though I'm worried, I remember Matthew 7:7-8: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." Thanks. Jingiby (talk) 09:01, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello Jingiby. You had rollback declined a few years ago (June 20, 2018), per this link. At that time, reviewers mentioned your prior blocks on enwiki and an indef block on the Macedonian Wikipedia. The admin who declined your rollback was User:Swarm. Have there been any new developments since 2018 that you would like to bring to our attention here? EdJohnston (talk) 23:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
I haven't been blocked on the Macedonian Wikipedia for years, but in general, the attitude towards Bulgarian editors on historical topics there is a quite special. Jingiby (talk) 06:03, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
By the way, during the last 15 years I am busy to deal with such IPs' activity. Jingiby (talk) 12:49, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
Regarding my mistakes of the past, those of 10 years ago, I will strive to avoid them and not repeat them again. There are no ideal people, but I am neither a paid agent of the Bulgarian authorities, nor are there specially trained propagandists hiding behind my nickname, as some IPs are trying to present me. I am an ordinary person. Jingiby (talk) 19:06, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
  • Third user comment: I coincide with this user often, everytime I check their contributions they're filled with reverts of IPs and warning messages. I checked and they were unblocked from Macedonian Wikipedia in 2019, plus their claim probably has at least some truth, it's a small Balkan Wikipedia after all. It's also been 6 years and a half since their last request; it had been one year here since they were unblocked at that time, and now it's almost eight, no small amount. I'd recommend a trial period on this user. They'd probably do well. Super Ψ Dro 23:12, 13 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi, User:Super Dromaeosaurus, and thanks for your comment. Jingiby (talk) 04:16, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
  • Third user comment: I am not really sure how exactly rollback works, but regarding Jingiby, with whom I happened to interact a few times in the past, I'd say that they are indeed a pretty hardworking and dedicated editor in Balkan-related history articles. They have been doing an immense work with reverting IPs and vandals for years and WP would certainly be in a much worse place right now, if it weren't for them. If this rollback feature is going to help with their editing, I believe they deserve it, in my humble opinion. Piccco (talk) 21:10, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi, User:Piccco, thank you. Jingiby (talk) 04:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

I am requesting rollback rights for the ability to use a tool-assisted diff viewer, either huggle or meta:SWViewer. I have a lot of experience doing recent changes patrolling and fighting vandals and am interested in doing so with the semi-automated tools available. I have read the policy for using rollback and always warn users when reverting their edits. cyberdog958Talk 10:49, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I've been editing Wikipedia for about a year, with more active contributions over the past 5-6 months. i edited over 1000 edits and made some pages as well. During this time, I've frequently reverted vandalism and unconstructive edits and have become familiar with handling such challenges.

While I’m still learning some aspects of Wikipedia policies, I feel that rollback rights would help me revert vandalism and const. edits more efficiently, especially when i have to do repeated cases. I’m committed to using these rights responsibly to maintain the quality of Wikipedia.

Much Regards. Callmehelper (talk) 03:26, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi! I've been editing for half an year (less than others I know) and have amassed a total of 1600 edits, with about half of those being in mainspace. I have patrolled recent changes for a while, and have been adequately warning users since I learned about Twinkle. Note that the block I have received was a self-block to study for finals. I want rollback permissions in order to use tools such as Huggle effectively. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 20:12, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello. I am requesting this permission in order to fight vandalism in a faster and more efficient manner, when I encounter it in my work here (with this being one of the worst examples I've seen so far). If granted, I intend to use it responsibly (and just occasionally – when needed), in the same way as I am using other permissions that were granted to me so far. Of course, I am aware that this tool is supposed to be used, basically, just to target vandalism – not at all in content disputes, etc. As for my experience, I have been around for almost 15 years, with c. 150,000 edits. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 16:01, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

 DoneTheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 16:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for template editor

Template editor

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Hello,

Recently, I went on vacation, which has given me more time to dedicate to Wikipedia. During this period, I noticed some issues with the Dark mode theme.

Inspired by user @Synpath, who took the initiative to propose changes to the Drugbox template, I began working on fixing dark mode compatibility in other templates. Specifically, I have contributed to improving Template:Annotated image 4, Template:Enzymatic reaction, and Template:Biochem reaction subunit.

In 2019, I created a Lua module for the Portuguese Wikipedia to assist editors in finding articles without citations. This tool categorizes articles by the month and year the tag was added and allows sorting by pageviews. You can view the module and the associated template. I mention this to demonstrate my ability to work with modules if needed, although I currently do not intend to work on modules.

The primary reason for this request is to be able to contribute more actively to the Drugbox and Chembox templates. I have previously participated in discussions to update the Brazilian drug legal status parameter in them (see: Template talk:Infobox drug/Archive 19#Legal status in Brazil - Add subclasses F1, F2 and F3 and Template talk:Chembox/Archive 13#Template-protected edit request on 15 August 2023).

I am also contemplating starting a project, potentially under the umbrella of Wikipedia:WikiProject Pharmacology, to expand the "legal status" parameter to include additional countries, particularly China and India. This expansion would aim to improve greater understanding of how different countries regulate and culturally perceive various substances.

Thanks! -- Arthurfragoso (talk) 17:51, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Evaluation against the granting criteria:
  1. checkY The editor should be a registered Wikipedia user who has been editing for at least 1 year.
  2. checkY The editor should have made at least 1,000 overall edits.
  3. checkY The editor should have made at least 150 total edits to the Template and Module namespaces.
  4. checkY The editor should have no behavioral blocks (including partial blocks) or 3RR violations for a span of 6 months prior to applying.
  5. Question? The editor should have worked on the sandbox version of at least three template-protected templates or modules.
  6. Question? The editor should have requested and had successfully enacted at least five significant edits to template-protected templates or modules.
@Arthurfragoso While you have some activity related to the last two points, I don't see sufficient evidence that these criteria have been fully met. If your intention were limited to dark-mode fixes, I would be inclined to grant the right on a time-limited basis. However, your request indicates plans for more extensive, non-dark-mode fixes. In light of that, I personally am not comfortable granting the right at this time.
Marking this as {{not done}} based on the above assessment. (If an admin has more familiarity with Arthur's contributions they can/should override this decision.)
Sohom (talk) 04:37, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
@Sohom Datta I had a look and felt comfortable with their judgement. They use sandboxes and testcases and discuss changes appropriately. At least when I was more active a few years ago it was common practice on this page to leave your comments on a candidate and leave it open for other admins to have a look for non-trivial decisions. It is one of our most powerful permissions after all. Trialpears (talk) 06:48, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
#5 for me is Green tickY, as I count 5 sandboxes. I do see Red XN for #6 with only three TPERs (plus one pending), though. Normally that would put me in a "leaning no" direction, but usually with these borderline cases the editor fails both of the "soft" metrics and it's a bit easier to lean that way. I wouldn't argue against a short-term grant OR dropping the protection of those two templates for a while until the proposed changes are made. Primefac (talk) 12:34, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
Looking through this again, in light of the comments above, I wouldn't oppose a time-limited grant to work on drugbox and chembox as well. Sohom (talk) 13:01, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
 Done for 3 months per the above. Primefac (talk) 13:04, 14 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks! I will handle this role with care and responsibility! -- Arthurfragoso (talk) 16:01, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

    I am at about 70,000 edits aross all Wiki projects.

    I, Solipsist, hereby award you this Barnstar of Diligence for you extraordinary patience, over many years, in handling perennial Corn vs. Maize debates.
    The Minor Barnstar
    Minor edits make a major difference. Gaff ταλκ 04:03, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
    The Minor Barnstar
    Ahh, a sigh of relief from IvoShandor to Rmhermen, thanks for your work on articles related to the Black Hawk War. IvoShandor 05:31, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
    The Original Barnstar, for good deed #1 The Original Barnstar
    This barnstar is for that quick and poisonous work you did on the Ayina River. Yours sincerely, GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:52, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

    Templates I use often but never remember

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    • {{NorthAmNative}} {{WikiProject Michigan}} {{WikiProject Protected areas}} {{river}}
    • (Wikipedia:Template_messages/Image_namespace)
    • {{fact}}{{no license}} {{no source}} {{or-fu-re|Image:replacementimage}} {{Orphaned fairuse not replaced or {{or-fu-nr}} *{{PD-USGov-Interior-NPS}} {{subst:deletedpage}} {{globalize/USA}}{{intro-missing}}
    WP:AIV
    WP:ANI
    WP:NPP
    WP:RPP
    WP:RFR
    WP:AFD
    WP:XFD
    CAT:CSD
    WP:CSD
    WP:RM
    WP:RAA
    WP:DR
    WP:TM
    WP:TT
    WP:RCU
    WP:LOP
    CAT:AB
    WP:BS
    WP:RD
    WP:NFC
    WP:IUP

    Help box by Jennavecia (talk · contribs)

    "Do you want to take a survey?"

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    On Feb. 12, 2005, I did a random pages survey. Out of 100 random pages, only 1 was a U.S. town. That's progress. Three towns in the UK, 1 in Spain and 1 in Portugal also turned up. Overall biographies were the largest category at 22%, followed by geography with 15% total. Then Lists at 7%, Disambiguation pages at 6%.

    On Feb. 24, 2006, I repeated the 100 random page survey, this time getting 5 U.S. towns. Overall, geography had 26%, biography 21%, fiction 9%, music 4%, colleges 4%, lists 3% and disambigs 4%. Clearly geography and biography are our largest areas. Music, science and business scored less than I expected. Non-individual History was hardly discernable.

    Even by Feb. 2005, 100 out of almost 500,000 was not statistically significant but was as much as I had patience for.

    Wikiprojects I am a member of:

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    Wikipedia:WikiProject Protected areas
    Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers
    Wikipedia:WikiProject Space missions
    Wikipedia:WikiProject Michigan

    Short To Do list

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    Early Anon work, no need to bug the developers

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    Up to Dec 16, 2003, all the edits at these anonymous id's were mine (59 edits):

    More recently 1,250 or so edits on 75.41.110.200 are apparently all mine. Apparently my new ID is 75.41.109.190. There are undoubtedly many others as the earliest history of many articles was not preserved by the software.

    List of most of my original pictures and some maps

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    For copyright declaration purposes The following photographs and diagrams on Wikipedia were taken by and uploaded by me and released under GNU-FDL:

    • Update March 21, 2006 by searching with Interiot's Tool (no longer updated - [1] does edit counts though)

    Pictures

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    Maps

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    Numerous locator maps for U.S. national parks like Image:LocMap Big Bend National Park.png and Image:LocMap Tongariro National Park.png - most now replaced by dynamic map system