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ScottPuppete

I know it screamed sock, but I was kinda curious to see what they did next, and you ruined my fun. Do you know who they are?--Bbb23 (talk) 20:00, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Censorshippolice and Scottpuppet for sure, but neither is tagged. Courcelles (talk) 20:03, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
Never heard of either of 'em.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:10, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
Me either, so sorry for ruining your fun! Courcelles (talk) 20:12, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) Hi, Courcelles and Bbb23. Also Censorshippatrol and Scottpuppetter. I vaguely think that I may have seen an earlier account, but if so I don't remember what account. However, Ohnoitsjamie blocked one of the accounts for "LTA", so they may know more of the background. ScottishFinnishRadish and Deepfriedokra have also blocked some of the accounts, so they may like to join the party. JBW (talk) 19:40, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
JBW, ygm. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:34, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
This individual. OhNoitsJamie Talk 11:27, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Temporary RPPD request

Hello, wondered if you would assist me again as you did in April for lowing the following five pages temporarily to Extended Confirmed so I could correct the lint syntax errors within each? I've been going after fostered content errors the last few weeks, and anything with a wikitable have been a gold mine for this type of error. I assume the same conditions as last time, and will again let you know when completed (each page looks simple with not many errors, so pretty sure it will be less than 24 hours) so that you can restore them back to full protection afterwards.

User:Baderimre (2007)
User:Oryanw~enwiki (2008)
User:DrChrissy (2017)
User:Fylbecatulous (2018)
User:Ihcoyc (2021)

Thank you for considering, Zinnober9 (talk) 15:17, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

@Zinnober9 All dropped to ECP. No rush on any of these. Courcelles (talk) 20:58, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
I've edited each and I'm all finished with them. Thank you again! Zinnober9 (talk) 22:14, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. All done back to full now. Courcelles (talk) 15:04, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/依頼人

LonesomeEditor? AFAICT, all tagged accounts are stale, but there should be CU log data and maybe it's helpful. Same topic area (Japanese footballers). Same rapid editing clip (trips the filter myriad times). Socks create lots of new articles. LE creates lots of templates. Even if LE is not a sock of that master, they are not new.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:16, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

@Bbb23 The geography lines up with what I can reconstruct. That said, if that's a new editor, then so am I, with my decade+ and 400,000 edits. Courcelles (talk) 16:24, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Ha! Blocked and tagged. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:51, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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Could you take a look at...

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/R.o.t. Not connected to previous cases we've both been involved with, so I'll understand if you decline. Skyerise (talk) 17:54, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Handled. (Hours ago, just didn’t note it here.) Courcelles (talk) 21:42, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Back as an IP: 85.76.164.111 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Skyerise (talk) 13:58, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Already blocked and protected. Courcelles (talk) 13:00, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for protection of page

Please protect this film's page Etharkkum Thunindhavan from vandalism by a user named LondonMelbourneAtlanta as soon as possible. Thanks. This user is saying he is a fan of someone and that no one would believe the gross collection of the film from a much reliable source The Telegraph. Cinephile4ever 15:00, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

@Cinephile4ever, that’s a sockpuppet anyway. Blocked and tagged. I’ll semi some pages, too. Courcelles (talk) 16:11, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, I thought of telling you that I suspected that user was a sock too. Cinephile4ever 16:14, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
Please protect this film's page Etharkkum Thunindhavan as they have started vandalism again, might be another sock of the same person who has been banned. Cinephile4ever 15:00, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Sock. Blocked. Movie article upped to extended confirmed protection. Courcelles (talk) 15:03, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks much Cinephile4ever 15:06, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Please block this sock too found in this edit request: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Etharkkum_Thunindhavan#Extended-confirmed-protected_edit_request_on_7_August_2023 they're personally attacking me again (by saying I have agenda), for which they got originally banned. Thanks. Also see that user's comment on my talk page which was reverted by someone else just now: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1169205874 Cinephile4ever 18:14, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Time zone differences mean I'm just now looking at this, but it seems to all be revision deleted and blocked. I cleaned up one last revdel that was needed. Courcelles (talk) 13:01, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Oh ok no problem, also please check that edit request page again, that blocked user is back with another IP address: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Etharkkum_Thunindhavan#Extended-confirmed-protected_edit_request_on_7_August_2023 I can't understand how that user comes back every time even after so many blocks. Cinephile4ever 15:58, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
That user BangaloreNorth personally attacked me so many times and was blocked for indefinite period, but if they can continue to come with many IP addresses and attack me again and again, I honestly don't understand what the use of blocking that user is. Cinephile4ever 16:04, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Also what is revdel? I have no idea. Cinephile4ever 16:07, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
I've semi'ed the talk page, as well. For WP:BEANS reasons I shouldn't go into detail why its so hard to block them effectively, but we can use page protection as needed. WP:REVDEL summarizes the ability admins have to delete single edits. Courcelles (talk) 16:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Ok thanks Cinephile4ever 16:30, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Also I wanted to ask another thing, there are already 3 different accounts blocked along with the original BangaloreNorth account for indefinite period for abusive editing and sockpuppetry, but of these 2 IP addresses, only one is blocked and just for 3 months. Can't these 2 IP addresses also be added to that sock page of BangaloreNorth and blocked indefinitely too? Cinephile4ever 16:47, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
IPs change rapidly. We don't indef IP's, and not even long term block unless they prove resiliently attached to a problem. Mobile IPs especially change like the weather, so long term blocking only produces collateral damage unless you're careful. Courcelles (talk) 16:57, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Block query

Hey. I saw in this comment that you blocked the IP as a proxy for a year. Without wanting to spill the beans too much, I was wondering how you came to that conclusion? I ran a quick check shortly after Dan filed the report and didn't see any evidence of proxy activity on the usual sources. Was there something that I or those missed? Happy to discuss further over email if you prefer. Sideswipe9th (talk) 17:21, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Do you think it isn't? The Toolforge checker said it was a proxy, which I've never seen be wrong. Courcelles (talk) 17:25, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm not sure. I can see through IPCheck that IPQualityScore is reporting that it is one, but the other services listed on the check don't concur. More often I check Bullseye, as it aggregates some newer and more accurate sources that IPCheck doesn't. I find Bullseye in particular tends to be way more accurate for residential proxies, which from a couple of the more recent reports Belteshazzar has used, as those are much harder to detect. I also didn't see any evidence of zombie or open proxying through Shodan, as you'd ordinarily see some sort of open port for that. I did stop short of running an nmap scan though because of the lack of data, though that would only really corroborate the Shodan data and not show any residential proxy usage.
Behaviourally, from what I've seen there is a reasonable possibility of a match, and maybe a block could be made on those grounds? But I'm not seeing any technical evidence of proxy usage, unless as I said there's something subtle that I've missed. Sideswipe9th (talk) 17:34, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
For a couple of quick comparisons, this report at the start of July is definitely still a proxy. IPCheck shows hits on two services, and Bullseye even gives us the names of the proxy services using it (see the Spur data). And this report from the end of July, is also still a proxy (check the Shodan info), but a different type than the one used at the start of July. Conversely the most recent IP, IPCheck has a hit on only one of the services it aggregates, and Bullseye is returning nothing for the services it aggregates. Sideswipe9th (talk) 17:42, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
I'm quite convinced the IP is correctly identified as to its current user... but you're right, I'm not so confident it is a proxy... but not certain the other way, either. Then again, the odds of a legitimate user stumbling on the same IP in the coming little while is pretty high. What would you do with it? Courcelles (talk) 18:23, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Short term behavioural block, somewhere between 1 and 3 months. The IP doesn't appear to be static, and on the off chance that Spur and the other sources have missed something and it is a residential proxy, those tend to rotate in and out of rotation pretty quickly so a short term block would cover it anyway.
From looking at the recent reports, the sock master doesn't seem to use accounts that often, so I'm not entirely convinced at the value of a hardblock. As such I'd maybe also consider changing it to a softblock, anon only and account creation blocked, just in case it gets reassigned sooner to minimise collateral. Residential proxies are ordinarily just some person's home connection that's been hijacked by malware or signing up for a deceptive service, so the collateral damage from lengthy blocks can be pretty high. Sideswipe9th (talk) 18:31, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Another block query

Hi. We go way way back, but I don’t want to presume on our relationship, so please discount it.

I’d like to ask that you reconsider the indef you just gave User:My name is not Alexander Hamilton.

Here is my reply on the Luis Elizondo Talk page, which I post below for reference. I believe the blocked editor, now subject to what I’d term grave dancing, was trying to make a case that deserved to be heard. I haven’t looked at all his edits, and I saw some heat from him. But new editors, as you know, don’t understand the culture here. I think a timed block, at your discretion, should be enough to make the point. The topic itself has become heated recently, and cutting the editor some slack might prove a net positive. Thanks, and Best Wishes.

OK, my reply just now on the Elizondo Talk page:

  • So WaPo, a WP:RS and their fact checking that Elizondo was Director of AATIP is questioned, noted. A brief Google search shows the following backup, all mainstream Wikipedia reliable sources:
1) 60 Minutes Buried away in the Pentagon, AATIP was part of a $22 million program sponsored by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to investigate UFOs. When Elizondo took over in 2010 he focused on the national security implications of unidentified aerial phenomena documented by U.S. service members.
2) Harvard University "Elizondo is a former counterintelligence special agent and the former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). He served in the U.S. Army in intelligence for twenty years"
3) Politico According to a Pentagon official, the AATIP program was ended “in the 2012 time frame,” but it has recently attracted attention because of the resignation in early October of Luis Elizondo, the career intelligence officer who ran the initiative.
4) The Hollywood Reporter "The former head of the U.S. government’s secretive UFO program" in the subtitle, and "In 2008, he was asked to be part of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, a $22 million program sponsored by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to study UFOs. In 2010, he was made director of the program."
I submit that these reliable sources make a strong case indeed, and according to the sources Elizondo was AATIP Director.

Jusdafax (talk) 01:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

'My name is not Alexander Hamilton' wasn't blocked for claiming that Elizondo was Director of AATIP. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
What I see is a POV pusher who is trying to inch away at this UFO bullshit, something we’ve had quite a few problems with, and it is so obviously not their first account. Look at their earliest edits. Changing their personal CSS with a second edit? Setting this all up before ever touching a single article? Letting the account sleep outside the CU window before suddenly hitting the contentious topic areas hard? If they didn’t have a superficial argument, they would have just been Indeffed weeks ago. But it’s pretty apparent to me it’s a carefully constructed troll job to POV push. Courcelles (talk) 02:39, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Hmm, so be it. I withdraw my block query. As you may recall, I despise socks.
However that still leaves the reliable sourcing re: Elizondo's descripion in his WP article. No doubt, the topic attracts a lot of bs, but it appears to me there are a lot of solid voices validating Elizondo as Director. Aside from the above, The New Yorker describes Elizondo as head of the AATIP program. Soon afterward, Elizondo, the counterintelligence officer, was asked to take over the program. Beginning in 2010, he turned an outsourced study of Utah cryptids into the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, or aatip, an in-house effort that focussed on the national-security implications of military U.A.P. encounters." By the way, I started the AATIP article, and argued succesfully for Elizondo's article as a stand alone instead of a redirect. I assure you I'm interested only in real WP:RS on this contentious topic. Thanks again. Jusdafax (talk) 03:17, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
I’m fully of the belief that BLP/N can figure out what the article should say, especially now without the incendiary commentary coming from not Mr. Hamilton. Courcelles (talk) 03:29, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Cheischra Achom

I saw that other user, but they had focused so much on one article, I didn't feel comfortable blocking Cheischra Achom behaviorally. Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:42, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

They’re as identical a match as CU ever gives us. Given the ages of the accounts, I think we’ve got decades of nonsense here. Courcelles (talk) 22:46, 5 August 2023 (UTC)
@Courcelles and Bbb23: Pinging you both again! After Cheischra Achom was blocked at 10:34 on 6 August 2023 by User:Yamla, as a sock of User:Mubaoinam, a new account named Tanglei ariba was born on 6th August, the same day. This new user started editing similar articles on the same pattern, on the topics related to Manipur and Meitei people. Common articles of interest of User:Tanglei ariba having extensive editings are Manipur (princely state) (with User:Cheischra Achom), and Sanamahism (with the sockmaster Mubaoinam). Other newly created accounts which I suspect to be socks but have no substantial evidence as of now are KoubruNongpok (created today) & Sidaba mapu (created a week ago). Both these newcomers edited Mount Manipur today at 04:53 UTC & 05:12 UTC respectively. The names of these new users are also deities of Meitei religion, namely Koubru and Sidaba Mapu, very close, isn't it? --Haoreima (talk) 15:13, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

New suspected account

Hi Courcelles! Is it possible for a user who's already tagged technically irrelevant to a sock for a certain past time to be getting related in later times? I am talking about this user. This user is "super actively editing" articles like Meitei Leepun, Arambai Tenggol, NAMTA & is notably creating Draft:Anglo - Kuki War (Zou Gal) 1917-1919. The already blocked user Hacrv76765 had created an article Anglo-Kuki war of 1917-1919. All the mentioned articles were also "super actively edited" by the blocked user. Their common behavior is adding contents which are against the Meitei people and their culture. One point to be noted is that this blocked user was blocked on 15:45, 7 August 2023 by User:Bbb23 on account of sock puppetry. And the suspected user created its account just one day before on 6th. Haoreima (talk) 14:12, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

No one has ever ran a CU on Hungeki, I’ll do it and get back to you. Courcelles (talk) 14:13, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
No wait. I’m an idiot. I clicked the button that would have told me if they had RAN any checks. Doh. Courcelles (talk) 14:16, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
@Haoreima Can you check the stuff added to N. Biren Singh? Courcelles (talk) 14:25, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Also does Meitei Leepun look like it needs a spin through the AFD cycle? Courcelles (talk) 14:28, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Yes, it's created by a sock and expanded by another sock. It needs AFD. --Haoreima (talk) 14:50, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
@Haoreima Okay, technically I agree with what I said yesterday, there’s no technical connection at all. But it’s behaving like a meatpuppet. And that’s just as bad, so I’ve blocked. I’ve also laid down some protections under ARBIPA. Let me know if I’ve missed any obvious targets that ECP would help reduce nonsense on. Courcelles (talk) 14:42, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
I see some other suspected accounts too. I have added most of Manipur related articles in my watchlist. So, whenever new people edited there, the watchlist helps me a lot to find them. I will inform you those others, after finding out the evidences. --Haoreima (talk) 14:50, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Doesn't Draft:Anglo - Kuki War (Zou Gal) 1917-1919 need deletion as it's a creation of a sock? If kept, its content may be possibly copied and pasted at other places by new socks (if created again) in future. --Haoreima (talk) 15:18, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
One is left, here Draft:Anglo - Kuki War (Zou Gal) 1917 - 1919. --Haoreima (talk) 16:56, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Gone. Courcelles (talk) 17:44, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
Thanks for the good work! Andre🚐 18:33, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, happy to help. I didn’t figure that problem was going away anytime soon. Courcelles (talk) 20:08, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Nobody messes with ...

Herriot. Knitsey (talk) 19:20, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

LOL. I don’t have any idea why that’s on my watchlist, but, my tolerance for nonsense was exceeded. Courcelles (talk) 19:22, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
My watchlist seems to consist of wrestling and influencers, and I know nothing about either subject. Knitsey (talk) 19:52, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
Stick around long enough and your watchlist will actually contain very few articles you know much about! Courcelles (talk) 20:59, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

At what point if any may I just revert LTA on sight?

Xref #My SPI re LTA user: TheCurrencyGuy (above). I believe that he is back again (he really doesn't approve of ISO 4217) :

I understand that to accuse someone of being a sock without SPI evidence is a WP:AGF violation but for how long do I have to play whack-a-mole by the book? or risk wp:boomerang by getting irritated (as happened to the other editor who tangled with this tar baby, as I mentioned above). When does WP:DUCK apply? (Thus far, it hasn't reached the level of egregiousness given in the example in that essay.) Can you advise? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 14:35, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

That's TCG, no doubt. (Check the geolocation of those IP's.) I've had enough of this nonsense to start semi'ing his targets basically on sight. I think the other person's problem was that they got combative and started seeing socks everywhere. (If you see TalkTalk IP's acting like this, its him.) I really don't have any magic bullet advice here, just to not spend a lot of time sock hunting, and that protecting pages requires a pretty low bar, if you want me to look at any more IP's that show up. Courcelles (talk) 14:48, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
More, TCG isn't a vandal that's putting filth or porn into articles. So you don't have to rapidly revert their edits on sight, so not getting into revert wars can help with the combative nature of sock work here! Courcelles (talk) 14:49, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for the quick reaction. Next time, how should I handle it? Presumably you don't want to be a permanent help-desk for such things, or are you happy to be advised of obvious IPs and their favourite lamp-posts as they arise? I have assumed that WP:AIV is for blatant vandalism, what we need is a WP:AISP!
Yes, I recognise the sock-hunting syndrome, it can easily turn into a "reds under the bed" obsession. I'm really not interested in currencies, believe it or not – it is a side effect of an interest in typography and symbol. In future, I'll try to let it ferment for 24 hours. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 15:08, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
With the acknowledgment that I sleep, I'm happy to serve as a replacement RFPP to deal with this. If SPI wasn't chronically a month behind it wouldn't be a big deal to bring things there, and it isn't for accounts, but TalkTalk IP's are so dynamic that the workflow is just too slow there to make meaningful blocks. It's why I think the protect button is a better choice (and why coming here is no big deal time wise, I can get to it whenever.) Courcelles (talk) 15:17, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

The mole has popped up again. Would you semi ISO 4217, please. No real point in blocking the IP address short of blocking all of talktalk, which would be excessive. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 08:14, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Done. Courcelles (talk) 12:43, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

I like duck but I'm not overly fond of salty duck

See A type of cabinet, originally named Salty Ducks. I noticed that they alleged at ANI that a user, Cool90630, was a sock. I removed the allegation and left a note on their Talk page. Their userpage says they "lurk" at SPI, even though they've never done anything at SPI. I realize that "lurk" could mean just hang out without editing, but they also say they lurk at ANI, and that is true, or at least lately true. Their first edit back in April was to create their userpage with that language. At a glance, their other edits don't appear to be disruptive, although they don't look like those of a new editor, e.g., advising another editor what to do at ANI, and using better edit summaries than many experienced editors. I don't suppose it reminds you of anyone? BTW, you should read what Cool90630 says at ANI; their English is truly remarkable.--Bbb23 (talk) 20:08, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Cabinet looks like an experienced editor, but generically so to me. Not sure who they are, if anyone. Cool well, if their article edits make as much sense as their ANI ones, I can see a CIR block someday. They manage to use 120 words and I have no idea what they’re supposed to mean. Courcelles (talk) 21:00, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Cool reminds me of another user whose name I can't remember (not that I'm saying they are a sock of the other user). It's like you take a coherent sentence and then rearrange all the phrases before writing it. If I understand correctly, they're from Southern California, but that of course doesn't mean they are a native speaker, but their English doesn't remind me of any people I ever knew down there. I almost blocked them because of the CIR issue, coupled with the attacks, but they've apparently apologized, although it's hard to tell.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:02, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
In terms of coherency, I'm actually amazed. They have edited some of their comments and each time the result is less understandable. I agree with CIR here. I don't believe they have enough of a grasp of the English language to contribute constructively at a content level. They should probably focus on zh.wikipedia, where they have had far less issues. A type of cabinet (talk) 22:20, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
I've been here for a long time. Unless you are super interested in refrigeration systems engineering, I am nobody interesting.
I've been editing on and off for about 15ish years. My current interest here is mostly at the administrative level. It's a very different experience than the average editor gets. As such, there is a substantial and different learning curve, as there is with Wikipedia in general.
None of us were even remotely good at this when we first started. I am still learning, as we all are. A type of cabinet (talk) 21:17, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Yes, but most of us did not start new accounts declaring an interest in ANI or SPI with first edits. Or even knowing those acronyms. So you might be able to see why folks would be suspicious you are someone we have shown the door before? Courcelles (talk) 21:20, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, I can absolutely understand that. I am just here to try and contribute. Be it through content or the various boards.
I know you have CU. If it would help alleviate any questions of a nefarious past, please feel free to do your magic. A type of cabinet (talk) 21:31, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Report on Zocdoclesson

@CourcellesHello Sir, This user @Zocdoclesson had insulted one of the Hindu Gods Indra. See here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1169953409 He said he did that because i did the same for "Francis Xavier" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1169959138 See my comment on him which he is saying Insult: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1169951810 I just said what is mentioned in that article(see last paragraph of aftermath section of that article which also has marked source for it) & also not understood that the statement "they fled to the tomb of Fransis Xavier and wished that Sambhaji(Maratha king) should go back" insulting Francis Xavier?

This user is also doing unconstructive edits on various pages by mostly having Pro Christian intention. he was warned many times by different users & Administrators on his talk page 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1168526349 2.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1168520419 3.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1162695381 4.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1166708024 5.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1167752206 6.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1168528060 7.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1168525999 8. This user not talk politely to other users and always use harsh and insulting words by defaming them.These are some of the examples: 1.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1169959138 (Stop scapegoating)

2.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1169954389 (Don't be a hypocrite) 3.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1169920515 (that were maliciously removed)

Pinging @Rosguill, @DSP2092,@Haoreima & @Kautilya3

I hadn't taken this to any notice board because even after finding many I didn't get noticeboard for "insulting words" or "religious statements" that's why I contacted you directly. This User Should be blocked. Ignore my grammer mistakes,I am improving it & will be perfect within some days. Thank you. Aryan330 (talk) 13:02, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

This primarily looks like a content dispute. The tit-for-tat invocations of St. Xavier and Indra should stop right now, but provided that they do, I don't see a need for sanctions at this time. signed, Rosguill talk 13:17, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
@Rosguill There is a incident happened during that conflict about "Francis Xavier" & that is present on that article's last paragraph of aftermath section(with marking reliable source to it already)
But there is no connection of Indra atleast here.
& The user himself told that he did it in response because I have quoted statement about Francis Xavier(by reading that article& source)
This shows he completely Insulted a Hindu deity & it's very serious issue.
Should be sanctioned.
Should take action. Aryan330 (talk) 13:23, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
You're welcome to take this to WP:ANI, but I seriously doubt that the broader editing community will interpret these comments as "completely insulting" a Hindu deity or a cause for immediate sanction if they are not continued. signed, Rosguill talk 13:26, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
@Rosguill Thanks for your suggestion about how to comment in a right way. Insulting any respected person or diety from any religion would be enough reason for blocking someone.Many users even after doing that didn't tell about it but this user himself told that he did it because I did to the Xavier.
According to historical incidents(take article Maratha Portugese war 1683-1684 for reference) if that incident which I have mentioned is not found to be true then block me,I will not do any comments against it.
That incident was happened but Indra is nowhere there.
This is the Insult of a deity.
You suggested me for taking it to WP:ANI
But if this will be settled here it would be better.
Waiting for the reply of @Courcelles Aryan330 (talk) 13:52, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Isn’t this at AE? Why is this my problem? Courcelles (talk) 15:18, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
@Courcelles
I hadn't taken this to any notice board because even after finding many I didn't get noticeboard for "insulting words" or "religious statements" that's why I contacted you directly.(commented already it seems you didn't read whole) Aryan330 (talk) 15:22, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Go to ANI or wherever. I’m not involved in this and do not want to be. Courcelles (talk) 15:30, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Retired user 78767

L Doungel, a new account, has made only one edit to Kuki Rebellion of 1917-1919, but it's a relatively obscure article created by confirmed sock Hacrv76765.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:16, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Another: Zacky Carey.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:27, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Both are socks, and blocked. No sleepers I can see. Courcelles (talk) 15:32, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Can they both be tagged to Ru78767? If yes, what tag? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:38, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Proven, at best. They’re directly confirmed socks of each other, and obvious on behavior, but technically they’re on a different continent. Courcelles (talk) 15:41, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
I could double-tag them, confirmed to each other and suspected maybe to Ru? Different continents doesn't sound good unless you suspect proxies or something.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:48, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, that works. Something strange is going on here. So let’s try this. Courcelles (talk) 15:51, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Yes, I noticed you added ECB to the article. Makes it more difficult to trap socks, but probably a good idea. I only spotted the socks because the page was on my watchlist, and it was only on my watchlist because an experienced editor tried to get it speedy-deleted, which I declined.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:17, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Honestly, I kind of think this might be a good mix of socking and off-wiki coordination/meatpuppetry, in which case 500 edits and 30 days is enough of a burden to reduce the nonsense. Of course, I’m getting more and more inclined to believe a lot of ARBIPA articles would benefit from an application of ECP. Courcelles (talk) 16:23, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

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Using unreliable source repeatedly and request for protection of page

Please check this user, they have been warned 9 days before to not use an unreliable source called "baap of movies" in their talk page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Rocky_Chandra_Mondal

I too have written explanation on a few pages not to use this source since it cites box office figures from a site called sacnilk.com which is considered unreliable as per guidelines: Wikipedia:ICTFSOURCES. But this user is repeatedly using this source on many films even after multiple warnings. So I request you to do the necessary, thanks.

Here's that user's contribution page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Rocky_Chandra_Mondal

Also I request you to give extended confirmed protection to this page for at least a month as soon as possible: Jailer (film) since this movie has just been released and the box office numbers are coming in and there is already a lot of vandalism in that page and I expect it to increase. Thanks.

Please protect this movie's page as they are adding unreliable sources again and again. All those vandalism in that movie's page are done by users who aren't extended confirmed. Courcelles Cinephile4ever 18:58, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

ECPed, but you need to read Wikipedia:NOTVAND, you’re labeling things as vandalism that aren’t being done in bad faith, just a lack of understanding of reliable sourcing. Courcelles (talk) 02:55, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Ok I read it, I thought it was vandalism because many users were giving the same unreliable sources again and again continuously even after me explaining by citing the guidelines page. I thought they all might be the same person using different accounts since there have been many such instances before. And when I checked those users contributions pages, their contributions were all almost citing the same unreliable sources on many films pages despite being warned like that user I mentioned, so I thought maybe they had an agenda or something. Some users contributions were only for that movie article which you protected now, so I thought they must have only created accounts to overstate the box office numbers of that movie. That is why I used the word vandalism. Anyways thanks much for the protection. Cinephile4ever 03:25, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Vandalism is a loaded word here, a lot of substandard nonsense that needs to be reverted or improved doesn’t meet the definition of “vandalism”, and there are places here, like ANI, that will use the definition strictly, so it was better to just be aware of that now. Courcelles (talk) 12:09, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ShappeAli

This is a bit complicated. I CU-blocked the master back in 2019. They were unblocked by GeneralNotability per the standard offer on August 17, 2020, after TonyBallioni gave his permission to do so, with GN "strongly advising" the master not to use more than one account again. On November 30, 2020, a couple of months later, Saan Allo was created. The page intersection between the two users/accounts is one of the largest I've ever seen. As an aside, I have not been monitoring ShappeAli's edits (pretty much forgotten all about them); I stumbled across this while patrolling Recent changes.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:32, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

@Bbb23 the geolocation matches, one account is using mobile, one is not. Courcelles (talk) 16:03, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
"geolocation matches": do you mean the same IPs, same IP ranges, different IPs but the same exact city? "mobile": I never understand how a user can be using mobile but have no mobile tags on their edits (I did see one mobile tag on the master - could have been more - too many edits); perhaps you could explain? How long have these tags been around? Did they exist pre-2020?
If you had to translate all this into a CU finding, what would it be? BTW, from a behavioral standpoint, I also noticed that neither user/account uses edit summaries. Sean Allon, out of about 1,000 edits has used edit summaries 4 times, whereas ShappeAli technically uses edit summaries far more, but they are of the same type as Sean Allon's - Wikipedia calls them edit summaries but, AFAIK, the system automatically generates them when an editor does a move or creates a new page.
As long as I'm building a case, while I was looking at edit summary stats, I also noticed that neither user edited in July 2023, an interesting coincidence. I'm strongly inclined to block based on behavior alone, but I'll wait for further clarification on the technical end.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:01, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Look at all my edits this morning. Done on my phone, but on the desktop site, not en.m.wiki, which is how things get tagged. Or if done through an app. Completely manual edit, no scripts, done on an IPhone 13 not connected to wifi, no mobile tag, just to show it happens.
As to this case, same city, but consistently on different ISPs, one a normal fixed ISP, one a mobile provider. And it’s not a particularly populous city at all. So,  Possible? Both explanations, that they’re different people, or one person with one account on their computer and one on their phone fit the technical data equally well, as far as I can tell. Courcelles (talk) 17:15, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you, I appreciate the more detailed explanation. I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet, but from what you say it sounds like at least meat puppetry if not sock puppetry. I want to let it simmer a bit more before I decide if I'm going to act.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:18, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
No rush, of course, of course you’d would want to be sure of behavior before doing anything. These coin flip technicals are always the hardest. Courcelles (talk) 00:59, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Orchomen

Shqipodrilo, new account filing SPI and Based.shqiptar.frompirok supporting new user; + username similarity. New user mentions Based. in their filing, seemingly in a negative way, and linking them to NormalguyfromUK. Note that Based.shqiptar.frompirok was alleged to be a sock of Normal back in June and found unrelated by RoySmith. As I write this out, I'm getting a bit dizzy. Maybe it's the heat (we're having an unusual heat wave where I live).--Bbb23 (talk) 16:43, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

FWIW, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shqip RoySmith (talk) 16:57, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
@RoySmith, I see you ran the CU. Anything worth noting? I’m highly suspicious of a new account finding SPI on their 2nd edit. Courcelles (talk) 17:49, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
I am also highly suspicious of accounts filing SPIs on their 2nd edit. But, no, I'd have to call it Red X Unrelated. RoySmith (talk) 17:52, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you both.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:01, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism on the Strictly Come Dancing articles

Thank you for your quick response. Can I get protection on these pages? I will submit them to RPP if that's what I need to do. Please advise, and thank you! Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:09, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

No need to flood RFPP. Let me pull out my laptop and do this. Courcelles (talk) 01:11, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you; you're my hero. Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:13, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
All done. Everything that got hit tonight semied for a year. (Yes, I’m tired of this, too.) Courcelles (talk) 01:16, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Can you revert everything that User:Kiwi Jaden just did, or do I need to manually revert each one individually? It doesn't matter to me either way. Bgsu98 (Talk) 00:04, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
Done, I think. I can’t believe that level of vitriol towards making things readable to the color blind. To be around for ten years… hopefully this will be the end of it. Courcelles (talk) 00:16, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
That person has been over-the-top awful for months. I spent some time yesterday writing a lengthy explanation of why all of the changes were necessary. I knew they wouldn't care, but I wanted to cover my ass for when I'd eventually have to escalate things to ANI. Thank you for your assistance! Bgsu98 (Talk) 00:32, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
They were doing this a long time. I’m more than convinced indef was the right block duration for this. Courcelles (talk) 00:50, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
And… he didn’t want the colorblind to be able to read the pages? Wikipedia:Avoid Parkinson's bicycle-shed effect. Courcelles (talk) 00:52, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

CheckUser for account adding spam domain

Could you please do a CU for User:KothaKamal? After a fairly long hiatus, the account used the same spam domain (baapofmovies.com) in a new article as User:God leven and User:Rocky Chandra Mondal and made two edits to Hanu Man right after User:Rocky Chandra Mondal. Then the account went inactive again. The account also has the same habit of marking substantial edits as minor as the two blocked accounts. Thanks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:20, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

@Daniel Quinlan The God leven sock farm is consistently in the wrong country to be Kotha. Technically, Red X Unrelated, though I did find an unblocked account in the Leven farm. Indian cinema seems to be a spammy mess, sad to say. Courcelles (talk) 22:31, 16 August 2023 (UTC)
We can't get them all, but I'm glad the CU netted another account. Thanks for the quick check. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:38, 16 August 2023 (UTC)

Crusade

Admits that they are "On Wikipedia to find Sockpuppets and reporting to Wikipedia". Filed the SPI. Filed a long (now closed by me) report at WP:ANI. Filed reports at WP:AIV. Filed at WP:RFPP and then edited the archive (reverted by me). E-mailed me two duplicate e-mail (I noted this on their Talk page - they blanked their Talk page). Based on the results of Materialscientist's check at SPI, Nat's report had merit, but still ....--Bbb23 (talk) 16:04, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

I’m suspicious of this being Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Devoter, but I can’t be sure technically. Courcelles (talk) 16:09, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
I should have noticed that, if nothing else because of Operation Swift Retort (short film). I've just reviewed the behavioral analysis at the first report at SPI, and there are a lot of behavioral similarities, including quirks in edit summaries and userpages. How unsure are you technically?--Bbb23 (talk) 16:20, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
it wouldn’t be any more than possible technically, but that overlap on an obscure article? Would not object to a proven finding. Courcelles (talk) 16:25, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
I'll interpret your non-objection not to be a preference. Although I don't think it's a big deal either way, I felt more comfortable with suspected. Hope you don't object to that. :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 16:30, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
Of course not! Courcelles (talk) 17:01, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Possible copyright

This edit [13] came up on my watch list. I haven't checked every single episode summary but some appear to be copied from [14]. Would you mind taking a look to see what you think? I haven't checked the additional text yet, just the episode summaries. Knitsey (talk) 18:28, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Zapped it all. Call it fruit of the poisoned tree or whatnot, there’s enough copyright problems to be suspicious of the entire edit. Courcelles (talk) 18:33, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
Saves me doing the copy-vio request, thank you, Knitsey (talk) 18:35, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

User:Lester Nygaard loves Jelly Jamm

Hi

Just to let you know you may want to revoke TPA from that user you just blocked as they are now abusing their own talk page.

Thanks. TLJ7863 (talk) 22:57, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Already done. Courcelles (talk) 22:59, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Account Majid Sajadi

Hello, I am sending you a message about my account that you blocked. As far as I know from Wikipedia, this article (Majid Sajadi) that I edited did not have any problems and I am sorry for causing you a problem, if it is possible.  Unblock my Wikipedia page Kurd Blanoshii (talk) 23:17, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Do you understand that deletion templates may never be removed by the page creator? Why did you choose to continue doing so after being warned? Courcelles (talk) 23:40, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
I didn't know about it until I read the instructions. I apologize for such behavior and apologize to you. If you can, please unblock my account, nothing happens anymore Kurd Blanoshii (talk) 00:30, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Is it possible to unblock my account? Kurd Blanoshii (talk) 00:58, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Missing editnotice

Hi Courcelles. I see you've added EC protection to Rich Men North of Richmond as an arbitration enforcement. When you have a chance, can you please create the required edit notice for the page using {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}}? ––FormalDude (talk) 00:38, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

That’s only done when there is the possibility to make edits the system will not stop, or restrictions one things like reverts or the enforced BRD restriction. Simple page protections only get noted in the Wikipedia:AELOG, as they are fully self-enforcing restrictions. Non extended confirmed editors won’t even be able to get to where they could see such an edit notice. Courcelles (talk) 00:51, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Thanks for explaining. ––FormalDude (talk) 01:02, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

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Regarding Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Af1grazel

Hey Courcelles, the user account Alessandraa101 removed the redirect from Asha Singh now. Just wanted to bring this to your notice. Thanks Jeraxmoira (talk) 17:45, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Blocked everyone. (Sometimes we leave cases for a clerk, but given they’re active, so be it.)Courcelles (talk) 17:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks! Also is it possible to report further socks w.r.t this case via twinkle? Or should it be done manually? I am sure there will be more coming. Jeraxmoira (talk) 18:31, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Twinkle will file all the paperwork easily. I think you hit “ARV”, then sockpuppet, and put in the name of the master. Courcelles (talk) 18:52, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Got it, Thank you. Jeraxmoira (talk) 20:18, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Obvious but is it disruptive?

Rather obvious, but is the fact that they are collaborating without any declaration enough to call it disruptive? The master has been around for a long time, making over 8K edits. There are warnings and notices on their Talk page, but they don't talk at all. I'm not sure why they created another account, and it makes me wonder if there are more than just the two. All assuming that the obvious behavior translates into technical confirmation.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:30, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Have there been any disputes that would indicate they’re evading scrutiny doing this? Their talk pages don’t seem to have any significant warnings, so I’m not sure there’s really grounds to go digging into CU if their edits are harmless. Courcelles (talk) 22:10, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
I'm not knowledgeable enough about the topic area to know if their edits are disruptive, but I can't point to any disputes highlighted on the master's Talk page (the sock's Talk page is empty). I guess the biggest reason to look is to see if there are other accounts, but if think that's insufficient to warrant a check, that's fine
P.S. In reviewing the master's edits I found two more users: Red and Green Forever and Afterbrew. This is the intersection for the four of them. Not as obvious, but still a fair amount. Afterbrew is indefinitely blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:28, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Okay… an indef blocked user gives me something to investigate. Stand by. Courcelles (talk) 22:56, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Afterbrew contains what I can confirm. Note the presence of the also already indef blocked Random League Fan. We have three different /64s of the same ISP, one used by Afterbrew’s tagged accounts, one by Lsb, and one by Hudson. There are so many edits, and these three groups so consistently in their own /64s I do not feel comfortable making more blocks than I did. Courcelles (talk) 23:14, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Understood, and thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:56, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

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FYI

Hi, Courcelles, how are you? Just in case it matters to you at all: you CU-blocked this user a few days ago; he popped up again ‎here, and is now protesting innocence. Is there an SPI for this group? Regards, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 16:44, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Don’t think so. I found this looking into an RFPP request, not an SPI. Courcelles (talk) 16:52, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

libu

they erased the edits.. 41.254.66.246 (talk) 18:28, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

And now you’re blocked for evasion. Courcelles (talk) 18:44, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Request rev/del please

[15]. Thank you, Knitsey (talk) 19:43, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Done. How do folks STAND that mobile view? Courcelles (talk) 19:47, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I usually only edit from desktop as mobile view is one section at a time editing. Plus most of the easy links for referencing are weird in mobile. Knitsey (talk) 19:52, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I can’t stand mobile diffs. No button are where I expect them. We should have a script to redirect from en.m.wiki… to en.wiki for people like me who just can’t understand how to do anything in mobile view. Courcelles (talk) 19:54, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Someone did mention this to me before and I keep forgetting it's better to add them using desktop. Knitsey (talk) 19:57, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
LOL, some day, after you have been dragged kicking and screaming you will be able to also, find mobile useless. ;) Courcelles (talk) 20:18, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
OMG STOP! I will try and remember your preferences but if I'm being truthful, I will probably have forgotten by morning. Knitsey (talk) 20:23, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I’m just being silly. Well, not about wondering why basic admin functions like revision deletion are missing from mobile views, that’s one the devs should fix. But I’m being silly with you. I don’t care how they’re presented. Courcelles (talk) 20:34, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I'm just going to leave a note on my user page, Don't use mobile view with Courcelles because they're (xyz) 🙂 Knitsey (talk) 20:43, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
You’re a good egg, Knitsey, you’re proof we are still attracting quality editors as so much of our active editor corps had already been here a while when Her Majesty invited Gordon Brown to form his first cabinet! (2007, before anyone has to look it up). Courcelles (talk) 20:50, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
It is disapointing to see so few editors creating accounts just to make a couple of edits then never returning. I understand people sometimes have niche interests, it is still disheartening that few stick around. Knitsey (talk) 20:58, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Yeah, we really need influxes of new editors; this place takes a lot of person-hours every day just on maintenance and garbage removal, before we can even consider building new articles. The foundation likes to take 2030 or even further afield, so editor recruitment, not just editor retention, is a huge need. But so many newbies register and make three edits — good or not — and then disappear. There used to be some stat that folks who got to edit #1,000 would be here a while, but I don’t remember where or what exactly. Courcelles (talk) 21:07, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Before registering, I read through a lot of the noticeboards and policies. Editor retention seems to have been a problem for a long time. When I first got used to reverting I probably erred on the bitey side which I've quickly adjusted as I see a lot of new editors who do make some useful and competent edits and it's obvious that this needs encouraging. Still, I've no idea how the lack of editors could be addressed. Knitsey (talk) 21:22, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Neither do I, sadly. We’ve made do on a lot of things with tools and scripts that make tasks quicker, but it’s a bandage at best. SPI, in particular, has automated so much of the busy paperwork to scripts, but you can’t automate the human-required time to answer the question of if there is misconduct, only all the things done after you make that call either way. And all the things that make the experience easier on experienced editors tend to make it more intimidating on new ones. I suspect if an easy solution were possible some genius would have proposed and implemented it. Courcelles (talk) 21:31, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
You and some others are proof editors can be gained and beat the learning curve. But the days of getting hooked by seeing and fixing a few problems on prominent articles are long gone. Or even earlier, the days you could start articles on significant subjects. Courcelles (talk) 21:34, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
If you have a mobile diff, you can make it a desktop diff by clicking "Desktop" at the bottom of the page. It redirects from en.m.wikipedia to en.wikipedia. Ktrimi991 (talk) 21:43, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I was addicted almost from day 1, probably to the point of obsession lol. I've got the time to edit.
Hi @Ktrimi991:, I do all my templates using Twinkle on desktop plus bits of editing, AIV reports etc. I just forget about diffs as I've got used to it. Except when those darn fussy people get upset...looking at nobody in particular. Knitsey (talk) 21:47, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Ha. I did not know that was there! So now I don’t have to edit the URL in my phone browser.
Also, Knitsey… :P Courcelles (talk) 21:56, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I know what you mean. When I started to edit on the phone, I often used mobile diffs, and from the reactions it seems that some people considered having to check those diffs as some kind of torture. If you want to annoy someone, that might be a good weapon. haha Ktrimi991 (talk) 22:07, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Us ancient and not overly technical folks were literally going up the URL and finessing deleting two characters from the middle. I’ll show myself back to the old folks home, now. Courcelles (talk) 22:10, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
Ktrimi991, that's as close as I'm going to get for a suggestion that it's ok to troll Courcelles with mobile diffs from now on. Thanks for the encouragement. Knitsey (talk) 22:14, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
I survived ArbCom. I’ll survive you having a little fun at my expense! Courcelles (talk) 22:15, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
You might be interested in User:Þjarkur/NeverUseMobileVersion. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 00:53, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
Oh my, that’s awesome! Thanks! Courcelles (talk) 01:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Request for extended confirmed protection

Please give extended confirmed protection to these pages as soon as possible: List of highest-grossing Tamil films and Beast (2022 Indian film). They are saying a box office industry tracker is a hater of some actor, so he gives fake reduced box office figures for his films, without any proof, and they are reverting reliable source "Business Today," even after I explained that a consensus must be reached to make that industry tracker unreliable, and that until then he continues to be reliable. I have asked that user in his talk page now to start a discussion: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ratih2000#Try_to_reach_consensus_that_the_tracker_is_not_genuine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hiphopeditz Cinephile4ever 15:23, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Protecting TFAs

The Main Page Barnstar
Thanks for protecting all the TFAs.

I might be late and this discussion might have already happened, but do you think an RfC to formalize this automatic semi-protection is in the cards anytime soon? – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 21:05, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

I rather thought someone would have started it by now, I’m rather tired of trying to remember every day. But it clearly reduces visible garbage. Courcelles (talk) 21:09, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

King's Hall School and King's College, Taunton

Can I request a rev/del for the edits added by Gillian Coleman (talk · contribs) and Gill Coleman (talk · contribs) as they are copied from [16] and [17] example [18] 《--- Hopefully desktop diff! Knitsey (talk) 12:36, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

All gone! Courcelles (talk) 12:39, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you. Knitsey (talk) 12:39, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Sorry, they've added the edit again [19] Knitsey (talk) 13:05, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Zapped. Protected. Trying not to bite, but this is feeling IDHTy. Courcelles (talk) 13:07, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
I've left them another message. Knitsey (talk) 13:09, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Sock logged out

Both logged-in user TheCompassFour and IP 50.126.108.123 have resumed Sleevachan's efforts immediately after the latter's block was effected. Are you able to duck block at least the IP outside another SPI, or do I have to file again for both? Thank you. ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Also, I'll request protects on the relevant pages when I'm back to my laptop (on my phone at the moment). ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:13, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
There, sorted. Courcelles (talk) 16:32, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Wow. Quick work. Thank you very much! ~ Pbritti (talk) 16:33, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Proposed decision posted for the SmallCat dispute case

The proposed decision in the SmallCat dispute has been posted. You are invited to review this decision and draw the arbitrators' attention to any relevant material or statements. Comments may be brought to the attention of the committee on the proposed decision talk page. For the Arbitration Committee, Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 10:53, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

Help!

Well...I was trying to fix some talk page archiving stuff and missed the already-existing archive page so I need things moved and fixed. And deleted. Can you help me pleeeease.
The edits are to Talk:University of Texas tower shooting and I erroneously established Talk:University of Texas tower shootingArchive 40 when I OneClickArchived individual posts. I also manually established/mis-named a faulty page that needs to be deleted - University of Texas tower shooting/Archive 1... right royal FU. Duh on me...need moar coffee. Thanks, Shearonink (talk) 15:31, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

All fixed. At some point, someone had screwed up the archiving template. This should fix it. Courcelles (talk) 15:36, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
I usually always check my work but yes I got sloppy and didn't this time...I cut&pasted the archiving template from elsewhere myself. When I FU I do a royal right bit of it. THANK YOU. Muchly appreciated, sorry about the mess. Shearonink (talk) 15:40, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
No worries. Easy enough to clean up! Courcelles (talk) 15:54, 23 August 2023 (UTC)

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Read. Will dig into the substance when I have my laptop out tomorrow. Courcelles (talk) 04:05, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
Sounds good, thanks! Rejoy2003(talk) 06:52, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
Just pinging you, incase you've forgotten about it! Rejoy2003(talk) 08:04, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism by a user on the Kuki page

hello admin today I would like to report one user who keeps removing the population estimate of the Kuki tribe even after I provided a very reliable source in fact a good one and also he/she removed the Indian flag along with it and this is the second time they done it. I tried talking with them after he/she removed it but it's likely that they ignored my talk and the evidence for this was because it says "latest comment 2 minutes" ago even though I started the talk 30 minutes ago. Please fix this or give them a warning or have them blocked. 2600:1700:2F01:CDC0:3824:7B86:C522:B37E (talk) 17:10, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Talk:Kuki people is not protected, and is the proper place to discuss this. Courcelles (talk) 17:12, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Grupo Senda

Hi, you deleted this article at AfD. Can you restore to my sandbox or somewhere? I had pointed to sources that meet GNG/NCORP but hadn't elaborated at AfD but I'll add them to the article. Thanks. HighKing++ 20:30, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

@HighKing, I’ll stick it over at Draft:Grupo Senda. Courcelles (talk) 21:01, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

Request

Greetings Courcelles! I see you are interested in granting New page reviewer rights to interested candidates. I was wondering if you can grant me New Page reviewer rights. I am familiar with various deletion processes, My CSD log, XfD log, My AFD stats. I also have some experience at AFC. Would be happy to reduce the increasing backlog. If not, that’s completely fine. Many Thanks. Maliner (talk) 17:13, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

@Maliner Those logs look fine. Granted. Courcelles (talk) 12:09, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks @Courcelles. Maliner (talk) 11:47, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Bon voyage!

Colour me green with jealousy. Too bad Joe Decker wasn't still active, he could give you some pro tips.-- Ponyobons mots 18:07, 25 August 2023 (UTC)

My word. I can barely photograph a cat competently. Those are amazing. Courcelles (talk) 21:35, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Frozen cats are much easier to shoot - at least they don't move while you're taking their picture.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:39, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
That may be, but my cats are quite the enjoyers of heat. South Carolina summer? Bring on the porch. Courcelles (talk) 11:52, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-36

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

Problems

  • The LoginNotify extension was not sending notifications since January. It has now been fixed, so going forward, you may see notifications for failed login attempts, and successful login attempts from a new device. [24]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 5 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 6 September. It will be on all wikis from 7 September (calendar).
  • Starting on Wednesday, a new set of Wikipedias will get "Add a link" (Eastern Mari Wikipedia, Maori Wikipedia, Minangkabau Wikipedia, Macedonian Wikipedia, Malayalam Wikipedia, Mongolian Wikipedia, Marathi Wikipedia, Western Mari Wikipedia, Malay Wikipedia, Maltese Wikipedia, Mirandese Wikipedia, Erzya Wikipedia, Mazanderani Wikipedia, Nāhuatl Wikipedia, Neapolitan Wikipedia, Low German Wikipedia, Low Saxon Wikipedia, Nepali Wikipedia, Newari Wikipedia, Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia, Novial Wikipedia, N'Ko Wikipedia, Nouormand Wikipedia, Northern Sotho Wikipedia, Navajo Wikipedia, Nyanja Wikipedia, Occitan Wikipedia, Livvi-Karelian Wikipedia, Oromo Wikipedia, Oriya Wikipedia, Ossetic Wikipedia, Punjabi Wikipedia, Pangasinan Wikipedia, Pampanga Wikipedia, Papiamento Wikipedia, Picard Wikipedia, Pennsylvania German Wikipedia, Palatine German Wikipedia, Norfuk / Pitkern Wikipedia, Piedmontese Wikipedia, Western Punjabi Wikipedia, Pontic Wikipedia, Pashto Wikipedia). This is part of the progressive deployment of this tool to more Wikipedias. The communities can configure how this feature works locally. [25][26]

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Wikidata weekly summary #592

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
    • Open request for adminship: FlyingAce (RfP scheduled to end after 8 September 2023 23:32 UTC)
    • New request for comments: Must 'Serious' WikiData sources be selective? (The disagreement regards the interpretation of WD:N rule number two, which states an item is acceptable if: "It refers to an instance of a clearly identifiable conceptual or material entity that can be described using serious and publicly available references.")
  • Development
    • EntitySchemas: We added language fallbacks to the statements linking to EntitySchemas (phab:T338797)
    • We fixed the issue with overlapping Lexeme headers in the Minerva skin (phab:T318981)
    • Wikibase REST API: We finished the work on PATCHing for statements on Properties (phab:T342238)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

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WikiCup 2023 September newsletter

The fourth round of the competition has finished, with anyone scoring less than 673 points being eliminated. It was a high scoring round with all but one of the contestants who progressed to the final having achieved an FA during the round. The highest scorers were

  • New York (state) Epicgenius, with 2173 points topping the scores, gained mainly from a featured article, 38 good articles and 9 DYKs. He was followed by
  • Sammi Brie, with 1575 points, gained mainly from a featured article, 28 good articles and 50 good article reviews. Close behind was
  • Thebiguglyalien, with 1535 points mainly gained from a featured article, 15 good articles, 26 good article reviews and lots of bonus points.

Between them during round 4, contestants achieved 12 featured articles, 3 featured lists, 3 featured pictures, 126 good articles, 46 DYK entries, 14 ITN entries, 67 featured article candidate reviews and 147 good article reviews. Congratulations to our eight finalists and all who participated! It was a generally high-scoring and productive round and I think we can expect a highly competitive finish to the competition.

Remember that any content promoted after the end of round 4 but before the start of round 5 can be claimed in round 5. Remember too that you must claim your points within 10 days of "earning" them and within 24 hours of the end of the final. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. It would be helpful if this list could be cleared of any items no longer relevant. If you want to help out with the WikiCup, please do your bit to keep down the review backlogs! Questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove your name from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send.

I will be standing down as a judge after the end of the contest. I think the Cup encourages productive editors to improve their contributions to Wikipedia and I hope that someone else will step up to take over the running of the Cup. Sturmvogel 66 (talk), and Cwmhiraeth (talk)

Tech News: 2023-35

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • As part of the changes for the better diff handling of paragraph splits, improved detection of splits is being rolled out. Over the last two weeks, we deployed this support to group0 and group1 wikis. This week it will be deployed to group2 wikis. [27]
  • All Special:Contributions pages now show the user's local edit count and the account's creation date. [28]
  • Wikisource users can now use the prpbengalicurrency label to denote Bengali currency characters as page numbers inside the <pagelist> tag. [29]
  • Two preferences have been relocated. The preference "Enable the visual editor" is now shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis. Previously it was shown on the "Beta features" tab at some wikis. The preference "Use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor, instead of a different wikitext editor" is now also shown on the "Editing" tab at all wikis, instead of the "Beta features" tab. [30][31]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 29 August. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 30 August. It will be on all wikis from 31 August (calendar).
  • New signups for a Wikimedia developer account will start being pushed towards idm.wikimedia.org, rather than going via Wikitech. Further information about the new system is available.
  • All right-to-left language wikis, plus Korean, Armenian, Ukrainian, Russian, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. This feature will come to more wikis in future weeks. [32]

Future changes

  • The removal of the DoubleWiki extension is being discussed. This extension currently allows Wikisource users to view articles from multiple language versions side by side when the <=> symbol next to a specific language edition is selected. Comments on this are welcomed at the phabricator task.
  • A proposal has been made to merge the second hidden-categories list (which appears below the wikitext editing form) with the main list of categories (which is further down the page). More information is available on Phabricator; feedback is welcome!

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Wikidata weekly summary #591

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Discussions
    • Closed request for permissions/Bot: TiagoLubianaBot 2 (Task: The Open Targets Platform is an important biomedical resource that makes its data available under a CC0 license waiver. The request at hand is to extend the permissions of User:TiagoLubianaBot to import information from Open Targets, initially with a focus on physical interactions between proteins and drugs.)
  • Events
    • Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #107, Teeth (Challenge started on 2023-08-28 12:01:31)
    • Upcoming: Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour August 28, 2023. We will cover adding the articles from our bibliography of diverse LIS resources that we created in our last session to Wikidata! We will learn how to use Zotero, the reference management software, and its browser plugin to automatically extract metadata for articles and convert them to a Wikidata format that can be batch uploaded using QuickStatements. To get a sneak preview of what we will be doing, you can learn more about the Wikidata & Zotero link here: Wikidata:Zotero. This session will be recorded and the recording shared on the event page. Event page
  • Press, articles, blog posts, videos
    • Papers: WikiDBs: A Corpus Of Relational Databases From Wikidata
    • Videos
      • Keynote about Wikidata for the Chinese Confernence on Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Computing 2023, by Denny Vrandečić - YouTube
      • How to fill an Infobox on Wikipedia using Wikidata - Wikipedia For Beginners - YouTube
      • The impact of Wikidata-powered inboxes on minority and low-resourced language Wikipedias in Africa (Wikimania 2023) - YouTube
      • How to create item in Wikidata about a village (in Malayalam) - YouTube
      • Add Wikidata link to an OpenStreetMap relation (in Guarani) - YouTube
      • WikiDBs: A Corpus Of Relational Databases From Wikidata - YouTube
  • Tool of the week
    • Wikitrivia is a web-based game that challenges your knowledge of historical events, people, and places. The game is a combination of Sudoku and Scrabble, and all the data used in the game is sourced from Wikidata and Wikipedia. The objective of the game is to place the cards on the timeline in the correct order.
  • Development
    • We started looking at ways to make the Mismatch Finder more powerful and capture more mismatches.
    • We updated bootstrap-table library on Wikidata Query Service (phab:T328281)
    • We fixed Lexeme header overlaps page toolbar in Minerva skin (phab:T318981)
    • We fixed lookup component scrollbar problem (phab:T325822)
    • We added telnet as a valid protocol for URL data types (phab:T344417)
    • We added language fallback support for EntitySchemas on Special pages (phab:T338798)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

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August music

August songs
my story today

Continuing our conversation from July: perhaps take a look at the Wagner RfC. What do you see? -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

I’m very suspicious of a 59 day old account deciding to close that, for sure. I’ll try and read the whole thing tomorrow. Courcelles (talk) 21:00, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
You may remember that 10 years ago, I recommended an infobox to remain on the talk page (taking into account the dislike of the principal author, but coming from the discussion for Robert Stoepel), and how I was treated for it, including by that author. There was no other discussion in the meantime. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:34, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
Nope, honestly, I don't remember much of any of this. Unless I pull up the case page, I couldn't even tell you who was involved in that case. Or, really, any cases. Courcelles (talk) 13:29, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
Well, you were not put to shame, without being told for what ;) - In the case, to make it short, two people who went for infoboxes (opera, and only opera, remember) were restricted, Andy and I, two people opposing them were admonished (Smerus and Nikkimaria), everybody was told to be polite (which we four were anyway, just read the Siegfried discussion, for three of us, and The Rite of Spring, for Andy), and was asked to discuss on each article's talk page. Andy and I eventually appealed a few years later. (First, I was too proud, - if there's any evidence of my battleground behaviour, I'd like to see it, - I explained above how much care I took of the sensitivity of some principal FA writer, for Wagner. I added infoboxes en masse to operas, replacing side navboxes, yes, because navboxes belong at the bottom. All side-navboxes were deleted, - it wasn't a battle, just the more reasonable choice.) Andy and I were released, about the two others I don't know. - What can we do? I asked the candidates last year, and if nothing substantial happens, I will ask the same question this year. I'd like peace, in the matter and beyond. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:01, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
My story today - a first - isn't about an article by me, but one I reviewed for DYK, see here. I like all: topic, "hook", connected article (a GA on its way towards FA), image and the music "in the background". I just returned from a weekend of weddings, so also like the spirit ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
I wonder how much infoboxes have changed since Wikidata has been integrated fully. While the project was operational back in 2013, it was still verboten to actually pull any information on enwp from Wikidata. And most of the information placed in infoboxes (not all, but most) is that kind of directory information that is machine scrapeable. But, given whether including an infobox is largely a matter of taste, I'm kind of the mind that there isn't a solution that would make everyone happy. Good luck on getting the brave idiots who decide to run for Arbcom this November to come up with a brilliant solution, it's eluded every constituted committee for a decade and I'm glad it is no longer my problem. Courcelles (talk) 13:19, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you ;) - DYK that I'm away from infoboxes almost as far as you from arbitration? I decided in 2016 (after this charming "discussion") that I'd give all my articles infoboxes, and not care about the articles of others. Taste: I find that a majority of ordinary editors like infoboxes, and selected few - but the influential FA writers, at least in Classical music - don't like them. - What I came to say is that, again not by me (but one of the selected few, see Siegfried discussion), today's story - with the triumph of music over military - is uplifting! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:43, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
I wonder what has changed about reader perspective, too. Given Google basically produces a quasi infobox when you search these days, are people still clicking through wanting the directory information? Courcelles (talk) 21:02, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Well, I remember that in the old days when we discussed an infobox for Carmen, I looked at the one Google produced, and it listed only two minor characters. I prefer ours which names none ;) - Probably Google improved. What it doesn't offer is the links. On the Main page: Mariana Sîrbu. - Did you look at Wagner? How many said they look at infoboxes? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Better idea: don't look at Wagner, look at the close of Mendelssohn. What I see: quite generally, an infobox is believed to help not prescribing readers how to digest information but offer different ways of access. I don't think infoboxes should be regarded contentious anymore. How can that be achieved? I - having been punished for having held this view - am not the right person to say so, I guess --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Procedurally, the way to ask Arbcom to revoke a contentious topic designation would be to start a request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment. If it got any traction, an arb would propose a motion to that effect and they’d vote on it. Looking through the Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log they do not seem to be sanctions in active use, which is usually when Arbcom has removed discretionary sanctions in the past.
Would this work? Who knows. But, if someone wanted to ask, that’s how you’d do it Courcelles (talk) 12:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Thank you! - Today's story is about a tenor, - why his roles are not linked on the Main page remains a mystery to me. Today is also the birthday of the Bayreuth Festival. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:36, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
Today is the anniversary of the premiere of Götterdämmerung. Berit Lindholm sang its final scene in concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London, only four years after her stage debut in a Mozart opera in Stockholm. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:32, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
Today I heard a delightful concert, "Himmlische Freuden", remembered having heard Vilde Frang (Bruch concerto, in Zürich, with my brother's orchestra) , and succeeded in preparing Renata Scotto's article enough for the Main page (which took two days). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:45, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
When I was in high school choir was required course. I was so musically uninclined I was demoted to page turner for the piano player and forbidden to sing, so I think you and I have two entirely different relationships with music, Gerda. ;) I might not meet the technical definition, but functionally? I’m tone deaf. Courcelles (talk) 22:15, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Understand ;) - my father told us a similar story. Today is Debussy's birthday. I mentioned him to Nikkimaria, DYK? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:45, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
This too shall pass. - Ten years ago on 28 August, I heard a symphony, with a heavy heart because of the pending decision in WP:ARBINFOBOX, and not worried about my future here but Andy's. - It passed, and I could write the DYK about calling to dance, not battle, and Andy could write the DYK mentioning about peace and reconciliation, - look. - Enjoy your vacation! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:16, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

The Signpost: 31 August 2023

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Possible H3sam sock

Lonestar-physicist (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) - LuckyLouie (talk) 19:32, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

he's on vacation. You need to contact a different administrator. this just proves my point that you're not showing adult behaviour. Lonestar-physicist (talk) 19:35, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
and treating wikipedia like highschool Lonestar-physicist (talk) 19:36, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
Lone Star is a direct match to Westerosi456H. That’s enough to just block, though this connection in Akureyri is slow… Courcelles (talk) 19:38, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2023).

Guideline and policy news

  • Following an RfC, TFAs will be automatically semi-protected the day before it is on the main page and through the day after.
  • A discussion at WP:VPP about revision deletion and oversight for dead names found that [s]ysops can choose to use revdel if, in their view, it's the right tool for this situation, and they need not default to oversight. But oversight could well be right where there's a particularly high risk to the person. Use your judgment.

Technical news

Arbitration

  • The SmallCat dispute case has closed. As part of the final decision, editors participating in XfD have been reminded to be careful about forming local consensus which may or may not reflect the broader community consensus. Regular closers of XfD forums were also encouraged to note when broader community discussion, or changes to policies and guidelines, would be helpful.

Miscellaneous

  • Tech tip: The "Browse history interactively" banner shown at the top of Special:Diff can be used to easily look through a history, assemble composite diffs, or find out what archive something wound up in.
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:21, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Davidson High School (New South Wales)

Hi. You semi protected this 12 years ago, I thought it may be time to lift this? LibStar (talk) 00:07, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Is there a reason this would be useful? School articles attract nothing but garbage from IPs and VOAs, after all. Courcelles (talk) 15:20, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Block evasion

Just thought you might want to look at the latest edits on Miss Universe Australia 2023. An anon active today looks a lot like the editor your blocked there. ☆ Bri (talk) 20:30, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Two protections done, but I’m timing out Wikipedia:General sanctions/Beauty pageants logging them. Maybe someone can do that? Courcelles (talk) 21:34, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vishwananda

Two new users both voting keep, one at great length, and the other directly after and referring to the first. They could of course just be followers of the guru, but vote stacking is usually enough to warrant a check. 3fiddy and Giro 194.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:21, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

@Bbb23, sorry. Didn’t look at WP much yesterday. If bullseye is to be believed, they are on separate continents and not using proxies. Courcelles (talk) 12:07, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Well, you can't be on wiki 100% of the time, can you? Although sometimes it seems like you are. Completely unrelated topic. Have you ever heard of a so-called WMF Community Liaison named Paul A. Simon? Has to do with a hoax e-mail I received yesterday, but I just wondered if the hoaxer made up the Simon name or impersonated a real WMF staff member.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:18, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
I have not, and neither had the only staff member I talk to regularly, but, well, they're huge these days so they don't know everyone anymore. Maybe @Mdennis (WMF) would know. (Sorry to bug you, Maggie, but well, if staff is being impersonated, someone there needs to know.) Courcelles (talk) 15:49, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, I did poke around the Foundation website that lists the highers-up and staff and couldn't find anyone with that name.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:56, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
There's plenty that aren't listed there for various reasons, including most of the T&S staff. So that's not definitive. Maybe forward it to ca@? Courcelles (talk) 15:58, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Well, we could wait to see if Maggie responds, although it doesn't appear like she's edited in years, at least not under that username (she has edited as Moonriddengirl last month). I'm not willing to forward it to the general WMF PO, but if there's someone in particular you think would be appropriate, I am willing to forward it to them. I'm not a big fan of the foundation, TBH.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:52, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
I'd send it to User:JEissfeldt (WMF), then. He's the "below Maggie" that would be able to figure out if there was a problem. Courcelles (talk) 16:56, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Okay, if no one we've pinged responds in the next few days, I'll forward it to Jan. As I've thought about it, the Foundation might still like to know that an editor has been impersonating a Foundation employee, even if fictitious. Sorry about my negative comment about the Foundation - I'd forgotten whom you're married to.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:08, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
I'm not sure why you're here instead of enjoying yourself, but as long as you are, I forwarded the e-mail to Jan yesterday.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:52, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
I’m here because we lost going to Reykjavik due to expected 50 ft waves. And what else does one do in bed while in a town of 16,000 when it’s too foggy to have a chance of spotting auroras? Courcelles (talk) 22:06, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
That's a lot of feet! Sorry you missed Reykjavik.--Bbb23 (talk) 22:16, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #593

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Tool of the week
    • Peppercat is a website listing government ministers, and other key political leaders, from all over the world, taking data from Wikidata. More information
  • Development
    • Machine learning: We are migrating some tools that currently use ORES to the new Lift Wing (phab:T343731)
    • EntitySchemas: We are continuing the work around the new datatype to link to EntitySchemas in statements
    • Query Builder: We fixed some issues in the Query Builder language selector (phab:T344231)
    • We’re making the warning for anonymous editors more useful by letting them return to the page they came from after logging in (phab:T330550); we’re also working on showing those warnings in the first place in WikibaseLexeme (phab:T343979)
    • Wikibase REST API: We are working on the ability to remove a statement from a Property (phab:T342976) and get the labels of a Property (phab:T342977)

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Books & Bytes – Issue 58

The Wikipedia Library: Books & Bytes
Issue 58, July – August 2023

  • New partners - De Standaard and Duncker & Humblot
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Regarding User:Goodgirly

Hey Courcelles, Should Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Bothiman's last entry about Goodgirly be moved to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Pauldereck? I still feel it's Bothiman's sock though. Jeraxmoira (talk) 06:10, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Goodgirly was a direct, confirmed match to a sock in the Pauldereck SPI. But where to archive/tg is kind of academic. Courcelles (talk) 13:05, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
I don't think it matters now, but here is
Bothiman and Firewaterair Interaction Timeline
Bothiman and Pauldereck Interaction Timeline
All these 3 accounts have reverted the user:Eelamstyle777 & user:EelamStyleZ (same guy I suppose) when they were active. I have not checked the others yet. Looks like Pauldereck was a sock of Bothiman when you consider Bothiman and Goodgirly's Interaction Timeline where they both have edited the same commons file i.e. File:kaavalan poster.jpg. Also, all of them have a similar way of missing grammar as well. Jeraxmoira (talk) 20:44, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
I think we might have two SPIs covering the same individual. It’s hardly unusual when the cases get old and stale that they end up split, because having an encyclopedic knowledge of sockmasters is hard as both CUs and clerks turn over regularly. One of the Wikipedia:SPI/Clerks might be willing to merge the cases and unify the tagging. Courcelles (talk) 22:42, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Invitation to Cornell study on Wikipedia discussions

Hello Courcelles,

I’m reaching out as part of a Cornell University academic study investigating the potential for user-facing tools to help improve discussion quality within Wikipedia discussion spaces (such as talk pages, noticeboards, etc.).

We wanted to invite you to join the study because you often participate in discussions in administrative sections such as ANI and Sockpuppet Investigations. Such discussions can often involve a lot of back-and-forth debate between participants, which is exactly the type of environment that our study targets.

The study centers around a prototype tool, ConvoWizard, which is designed to warn Wikipedia editors when a discussion they are replying to is getting tense and at risk of derailing into personal attacks or incivility. More information about ConvoWizard and the study can be found at our research project page on meta-wiki.

If this sounds like it might be interesting to you, you can use this link to sign up and install ConvoWizard. Of course, if you are not interested, feel free to ignore this message.

If you have any questions or thoughts about the study, our team is happy to discuss! You may direct such comments to me or to my collaborator, Cristian_at_CornellNLP.

Thank you for your consideration.

--- Jonathan at CornellNLP (talk) 17:07, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Tech News: 2023-37

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • ORES, the revision evaluation service, is now using a new open-source infrastructure on all wikis except for English Wikipedia and Wikidata. These two will follow this week. If you notice any unusual results from the Recent Changes filters that are related to ORES (for example, "Contribution quality predictions" and "User intent predictions"), please report them. [33]
  • When you are logged in on one Wikimedia wiki and visit a different Wikimedia wiki, the system tries to log you in there automatically. This has been unreliable for a long time. You can now visit the login page to make the system try extra hard. If you feel that made logging in better or worse than it used to be, your feedback is appreciated. [34]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 12 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 13 September. It will be on all wikis from 14 September (calendar).
  • The Technical Decision-Making Forum Retrospective team invites anyone involved in the technical field of Wikimedia projects to signup to and join one of their listening sessions on 13 September. Another date will be scheduled later. The goal is to improve the technical decision-making processes.
  • As part of the changes for the Better diff handling of paragraph splits wishlist proposal, the inline switch widget in diff pages is being rolled out this week to all wikis. The inline switch will allow viewers to toggle between a unified inline or two-column diff wikitext format. [35]

Future changes

  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on 20 September. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. More information will be published in Tech News and will also be posted on individual wikis in the coming weeks. [36]
  • The Enterprise API is launching a new feature called "breaking news". Currently in BETA, this attempts to identify likely "newsworthy" topics as they are currently being written about in any Wikipedia. Your help is requested to improve the accuracy of its detection model, especially on smaller language editions, by recommending templates or identifiable editing patterns. See more information at the documentation page on MediaWiki or the FAQ on Meta.

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Westerosi456H / H3sam / User:Canadianelite345 sock

Amirreza-Astro21 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Initial behavioral evidence (edits at David Grusch, "asking questions" at User talk:Jjhake, etc) justifies a CheckUser and will probably save us lots of time wasted with another sock. FYI @User:Ponyo. - LuckyLouie (talk) 13:35, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

is he back from Iceland? Hope he had a nice vacation. Shouldn't you guys reconsider your bans when they can be evaded so easily? Amirreza-Astro21 (talk) 13:44, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

FYI @User:Jpgordon - LuckyLouie (talk) 13:48, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @LuckyLouie: I've blocked and tagged AA. Neither Courcelles nor Ponyo is around.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:51, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Thanks. Enough of this, I’ve ECPed what seems to be their primary target. Courcelles (talk) 17:08, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Arbitration Enforcement Sanction Removal Request - User:karagory

You sanctioned me quite awhile ago for an indeterminant time period. I don't know how to reference the sanction. Can you please remove the sanction from my account. It was not an forever ban, and I wish my account to become unsanctioned once again. Thank you for your consideration in this manner. Karagory (talk) 20:44, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

This is your very first edit since that sanction was issued. To lift a sanction, you would need to show solid editing elsewhere. And it’s a very mild sanction, preventing you from editing about one person. You’re welcome to try an appeal to Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement, but I don’t see it happening yet. 129.222.234.213 (talk) 22:07, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Noting my phone doesn’t have a “Newfoundland” time setting, so the 30 minute offset is making 2FA nonfunctional. (I think. But the codes aren’t working and that’s the only thing that comes to mind?) I’ll confirm this is me when I get back on my iPad or laptop. 129.222.234.213 (talk) 22:10, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Confirmed. Courcelles (talk) 23:55, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Wikidata weekly summary #594

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.

This is the Wikidata summary of the week before 2023-09-18.

  • Events
    • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour September 15, 2023. We will learn how to use Zotero, the reference management software, and its browser plugin to automatically extract metadata for articles and convert them to a Wikidata format that can be batch uploaded using QuickStatements.More information on the event page
  • Tool of the week
    • LowercaseDescription.js is a script that adds a link to automatically lower the first letter of an item's description in the user's language.
  • Development
    • We are planning the migration of some of our existing components from the Wikit to the Codex design system in Query Builder, Mismatch Finder and the Special:NewLexeme page.
    • Warnings about not being logged-in will now have a returnto= parameter attached to their links, so that you can don’t use your flow from logging in (phab:T330550)
    • We fixed an issue with the LanguageSwitcher in Query Builder where it would open out of the viewport on some tablet screen widths (phab:T344231)
    • Wikibase REST API: We finished the work on making it possible to remove a statement from a Property (phab:T342976) and getting the labels of a Property (phab:T342977)

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

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Tech News: 2023-38

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

  • MediaWiki now has a stable interface policy for frontend code that more clearly defines how we deprecate MediaWiki code and wiki-based code (e.g. gadgets and user scripts). Thank you to everyone who contributed to the content and discussions. [37][38]

Changes later this week

  • The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 September. It will be on all wikis from 21 September (calendar).
  • All wikis will be read-only for a few minutes on September 20. This is planned at 14:00 UTC. [39]
  • All wikis will have a link in the sidebar that provides a short URL of that page, using the Wikimedia URL Shortener. [40]

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Regarding a user

Hi Courcelles. I’d like to inform about a user violating WP:GS/AA restriction: LittleBrother07 was notified about GS/AA after an edit violating it. Some time later, they return to the article and restore the edit with no explanation despite being notified of GS/AA restriction, this time knowingly violating it. They violated the same restriction in other relevant articles as well, [41], [42]. LittleBrother07 just ignores the restriction and carries on breaching it. KhndzorUtogh (talk) 13:56, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

The politician should obviously be ECPed per the sanctions, so done, but I don’t have the bandwidth to stay on much and talk to a newbie today or tomorrow. Courcelles (talk) 14:28, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Duck IP

Please take note of IP 50.126.108.123: a duck of the most recent iteration of Esthappanos Bar Geevarghese socks, Sleevachan (you were the blocking admin in this case, hence me reaching out). The IP has been adding images uploaded by Sleevachan on the Commons. I have tried four times now to get Sleevachan blocked as a sock there, but no Commons admin has acted. I don't know the global lock procedure and if you know who could help, please let me know–I would like to get this problem dealt with more permanently. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:09, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Oh, like me, you're on vacation. Enjoy the great north and don't worry about getting back to me until you're back and settled. I can deal with the low-intensity disruption with Twinkle. ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:11, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
Last two sea days into New York, so I’m a little more active if the satellites cooperate. I’ll semi and block. Courcelles (talk) 16:32, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Page Protection

Just wanted to thank you for the page protections for 3 out of the 4 acting Oscar articles. (Almost wish they tampered with the other one last night, but the less the better I suppose!) Hopefully, this will deter disruptive edits and we can discuss first, compromise, and collaborate on a consensus resolution rather than that chaos ever again. My only concern was in the future, if they did register, and the same patterns of revertive behavior persisted, would that potentially be connected to those previous unreg./IP users if a reprimand were in order? And should I go directly to Page Protection & Admin Noticeboard plus avoid undoing even once? Or is it okay to peacefully undo one revert, before posting the warning and going about the same route again? Just curious. Sorry to bother you with inquiries. Just trying to learn and grow on Wikipedia! I see you're on vacation, so I hope you enjoy it. Thanks again ever so much though. --Cinemaniac86Dane_Cook_Hater_Extraordinaire 18:28, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Well, as a checkuser, we will not connect IPs and usernames outside of exceedingly rare situations. If more disruption shows up, especally while a page is semi protected, its not hard to bump up that protection to extended confirmed, and blocking accounts is a tad more effective than whack-a-mole with IPs, anyway. Just let me know if you encounter any problems. Courcelles (talk) 15:17, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Bullet, dodged

Clearly not you...-- Ponyobons mots 17:57, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Nope. My ship was significantly larger! Courcelles (talk) 21:28, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Your block of 2A00:23C7:69B8:701:0:0:0:0/64

Quack, quack.   –Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:19, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

This /64 blocked for 3 months. Courcelles (talk) 18:57, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

TheFriendlyGuyy

I thought they were probably a sock, but there wasn't enough behavior for me to figure out who the master was. Can you tell me? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 11:46, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Couldn’t get much further than them being behind the compromised account image vandalism, sadly. Courcelles (talk) 18:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
Is there only one image vandalism sock farm? Is there a "master"?--Bbb23 (talk) 19:40, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
This appears to be a confession as to a master? Courcelles (talk) 19:44, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
Talk about the tangled web we weave...--Bbb23 (talk) 21:05, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

Sun Oct 1: NYC Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023

October 1: Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon!

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month 2023: Edit-a-thon!, with in-person at Prime Produce Guild Hall in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.

It is being held in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15–Oct 15).

Some past local edit-a-thons touching on this area have included the two editions of Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte at MoMA in 2015-16, and the CUNY LaGuardia translat-a-thons held annually since 2018.

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Wikidata weekly summary #595

Here's your quick overview of what has been happening around Wikidata over the last week.
  • Events
    • Upcoming
      • WikidataCon 2023, the conference dedicated to the Wikidata community, is taking place on October 28-29, online all around the world and onsite in Taipei. You can now register for the conference.
      • WikiIndaba 2023 Microgrants available for community events!
      • Next Linked Data for Libraries LD4 Wikidata Affinity Group Working Hour September 29. This event is part of a series where you can gain hands-on experience with Wikidata by working on a diverse library and information science (LIS) dataset. In this fourth session, we'll introduce the Wikimedia PAWS environment for data gathering and processing in your Wikidata projects. We'll focus on web scraping for article data using Python and the Beautiful Soup package for parsing. You'll learn about data models for making your data accessible to both machines and humans. This session will be recorded and shared on the event page. Event page.
    • Ongoing: Weekly Lexemes Challenge #110, Ohm's law (Challenge started on 2023-09-25 12:01:32)
  • Tool of the week
    • User:Luca.favorido/linkypop.js is a script that can be used to search an identifier on an external site. It provides a button to search for an identifier as soon as you type it in the property input field. For example, if you type “ORCID”, an icon with a lens will appear, and when you click it, a new tab will open with the ORCID site looking for the name of the researcher. You can then copy the URL and paste it to Wikidata.
  • Development
    • Lexemes: We are fixing an issue that made edit links and styles disappear (phab:T344362)
    • Mismatch Finder:
    • We are continuing to migrate tools from ORES to Lift Wing (phab:T343731)
    • We've added Wikifunktions as a new wiki for sitelinks (phab:T342857)
    • Wikibase REST API: We are working on making it possible to get labels, descriptions and aliases from a Property as well as modify the description of an Item

You can see all open tickets related to Wikidata here. If you want to help, you can also have a look at the tasks needing a volunteer.

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