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Intimidating email

{{flag}} I have received an long, intimidating email from User:Bbber23er to my personal account which has been forwarded to scoop. Its contents include the Internationale and a long rambling email denouncing several users. Furthermore, the lines: "I just thought it was his IQ, thanks for clearing up my misconceptions.

The perfect insult to a terrible username.

Bbbeheading of Bbb23IQ".

Please resolve ASAP. --JJLiu112 (talk) 18:10, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@JJLiu112: I think I know what this is. Bbb23 is a sysop on en.wp who has been harassed a lot for handling SPIs and such. You should get a Steward or email Steward Oversight at Meta as this is cross-wiki and we don't have any local sysops online at the moment. As a side note, was I mentioned? If I was, that and the Internationale gives me an idea of who it might be (a person both Bbb23 and I recently had negative interactions with on en.wp). --Heavy Water (talk) 18:45, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I saw this discussion and would like to say im in no relation to this vandal, i might have 23 and start with a B but I'm not associated whatsoever with this harrassment, thanks. Blintime23 (talk) 18:49, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Blintime23: No, no one suspected such. Meta advises contacting the WMF in emergency cases and Stewards in simpler ones to block the user. --Heavy Water (talk) 18:57, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, it appears the offender has already been globally locked. I can ask the locking steward if email access was revoked. --Heavy Water (talk) 18:57, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still waiting for the steward to respond, but the global lock policy apparently makes no mention of talk page and email access as separate entities from editing access, so I'll presume it was automatically revoked and the matter resolved. I also left a message at Bbb23's talk page. --Heavy Water (talk) 19:12, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Email revocation was confirmed by the steward. --Heavy Water (talk) 20:04, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@JJLiu112: Yep, my suspicions are confirmed. Whether or not they mentioned me, their long rants on other wikis are identical to those of the person I was thinking of. --Heavy Water (talk) 19:20, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Heavy Water It is not supposed to be intimidating, it is meant to be informative, where did I go wrong? 161.77.102.33 (talk) 22:38, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Bbb23 needs to be EXPOSED 161.77.102.33 (talk) 22:39, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Where did I go wrong?" Where do I start? Your "exposé" crusade is mere harassment. That's one thing, CerroFerro (as you have openly admitted to socking in your rants, I have only become more sure you are one and the same). A whole different thing is harassing me, who has no connection to Bbb, and then JJ (presumably because you couldn't find my email address). Leave us the hell out of whatever crusade you're undertaking. Your trolling will receive no further responses here. Heavy Water (talk) 23:58, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Heavy Water

1. "CerroFerro"? In what rant? I have never even heard of that user.

2. How did I harass you

3. Who’s JJ?--161.77.102.33 (talk) 00:59, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

┌─────────────────────────────────┘
Please continue this conversation, which appears to have out-of-site scope, on an appropriate platform unless it has immediate pertinence to admins here. I would ask, if the user above is that who sent me an email on 14 January, to stop. --JJLiu112 (talk) 16:54, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@JJLiu112: Ok, I'll add you to the blacklist so you won’t receive e-mails. But, may I ask, what is the appropriate platform? 61.220.170.133 (talk) 07:48, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@61.220.170.133: What are you even talking about? Are you sending mass mails? --SVTCobra 07:53, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra: My script to do so is almost done, and I have figured out a way to fully bypass both the CAPTCHA and the Abuse Filter. 61.220.170.133 (talk) 08:06, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely, but I guess you can try. Sanctions have been invoked. --SVTCobra 08:12, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra: 1) I already have. 2) What do you mean by "Sanctions have been invoked"? 3) What is the appropriate platform? Yadtreht2 (talk) 21:17, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is no platform for you. Sanctions are thing like blocks. Bye, --SVTCobra 21:24, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Then why did you tell me to “go to the appropriate platform”? French superiority (talk) 23:40, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contribs/175.132.111.25

Spam/Spambot + Vandalism. – Tryvix1509 (talk) 12:28, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra: Please block IP before mass delete page. It's a spambot/LTA. – Tryvix1509 (talk) 12:50, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Tryvix1509: While I don't see the activity as spam or bot-like, sanctions were issued and the pages deleted. --SVTCobra 13:11, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

207.166.39.40

Please block this school IP address, it continually reverts every edit I make without explanation despite warnings; multiple wikis have already blocked it for vandalism. --Heavy Water (talk) 22:05, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done (thanks, SVTCobra!) --Heavy Water (talk) 22:22, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Snakes

Should this category be semi-protected? It, like other animal-related cats or pages, is a favorite target for vandalism of the LTA most recently known as "BarberaBoison" (who was globally locked at 22:27 UTC). --Heavy Water (talk) 22:38, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Semi for edit and full for move. --SVTCobra 23:16, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New spamming techinque?

In the last two days we have had spammers go back to old (I mean very old) articles and add spam to them. So far they have been topic related, as in music. They seem to only use an IP once per post, but they are clearly related. Abuse filter is not noticing them and since they post to talk pages the mess is harder to clean up. Any thoughts? Cheers, --SVTCobra 05:51, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They edit the talk pages as the articles were archived. Just to clarify. Oh, and there seems to be a preference for articles which never had a talk page from the day it was published. --SVTCobra 05:57, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra: And now they use a different IP to revert my reversions. They do use a consistent URL, so we could set up a filter, but, as they did originally, they might split up the words. --Heavy Water (talk) 17:15, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I just added a new rule to the filter. --SVTCobra 17:26, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Great! --Heavy Water (talk) 18:12, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The filter only got three of them before they adapted. --SVTCobra 19:19, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And heads up: it is not commercial spam, it is related to LTA/GRP. --SVTCobra 19:38, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I saw Antandrus' link, yeah. Apparently that's one of his interests. The LTA advisory does say filters will help, but... --Heavy Water (talk) 19:54, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I added a few more variations to the filter. The advisory also says to send the IPs to SRG, but there are simply too many and I don't feel like compiling a list. --SVTCobra 20:00, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New reviewer

I granted Reviewer rights to User:Heavy Water. I know it is non-standard to close my own nomination, but we need more active reviewers if we are to publish news. The nomination was open for voting for over a month, but not many admins voted. If I was acting out-of-line, feel free to revert. Cheers, --SVTCobra 19:46, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Away

I am going to be unavailable for the rest of the month, starting tomorrow. I hope another administrator can step in and keep up with the spam deletions, etc. Please try to hide the frequent url spam from revision histories of old talk pages. Cheers, --SVTCobra 19:56, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Perhaps @Chaetodipus will be available? --Heavy Water (talk) 20:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll make myself more available this month to check in on RC. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:45, 17 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gibberish IP jumper

@Red-tailed hawk, @SVTCobra: This appears to be the anti-Bbb23 LTA. What appears to be gibberish is actually scrambled text. --Heavy Water (talk) 04:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Heavy Water: I'll tag as vandalism rather than nonsense going forward. Thank you for the ping. Red-tailed hawk (talk) 04:28, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra: If you want to look through my contribs, there are a handful of templates that I've tagged that need to be deleted. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 04:32, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want to celebrate too early, but there's been a lull since 04:58. @SVTCobra: This one, which mostly wasn't scrambled, should be of use after it is deleted. --Heavy Water (talk) 05:09, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, this past hour has not been fun. Is there a local rollbacker group on WikiNews, by chance? — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 06:52, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Red-tailed hawk: Rollback is automatically assigned to reviewers, there is no separate rollback right. Theoretically, you could request reviewership, but it would be a lengthy process and I don't know if the community would grant it just for rollback. Perhaps seek global rollback? --Heavy Water (talk) 14:41, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

request for protect

Please semi-protect Talk:Copyright on musical recordings extended by twenty years in EU. - excessive vandalism.--Syunsyunminmin (talk) 07:57, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Syunsyunminmin:

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 08:22, 24 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:Talk

Comments page of a nonsense page repeatedly deleted and recreated, and only used by various people in 2007 to rant about deletionism. Obviously I can't tag the comments page with {{delete}}. --Heavy Water (talk) 17:27, 8 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Handled by SVTCobra. – Tryvix1509 (talk) 03:16, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I saw, thanks. Heavy Water (talk) 04:25, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Implementing global abuse filters on Wikinews

Note: A discussion is taking place on Wikinews:Water cooler/policy regarding the topic of whether or not to implement global abuse filters on Wikinews. The thread is Implementing global abuse filters. Thank you! — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 22:06, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please fix these protected broken redirects

Please change their redirect target to Category:Islamic State, thank you for your attention. MathXplore (talk) 10:48, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@MathXplore:, yes, they are also listed at Editprotected. Eventually, they will get addressed. Thanks, --SVTCobra 00:18, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:David Pocock Greens sign.png

This is fair-use but unused. --Heavy Water (talk) 15:30, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done but strange it didn't show up in Category:Speedy deletion. The file said it was in that category, but the category didn't contain it. --SVTCobra 16:16, 13 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe a name change would be in order

User:Get ready to snack on my poopie - on their userpage, they reference coming ToU changes (paid contribution) and toy with privilege infoboxes, suggesting an experienced user. - Xbspiro (talk) 05:51, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is suspected it is an LTA troll account. Without a formal checkuser, it is not proven. The name does not violate WN:U, however. --SVTCobra 09:50, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

abuse filter mismathch for Adding email addresses to articles

Excuse me! This text was translated by an electronic translator, from the Russian language.

Good afternoon

  I can not understand. Why am I not allowed to publish the article, the text of which I quote below???

Excuse me! This text was translated by an electronic translator, from the Russian language. Unfortunately, I can only communicate in Russian! Therefore, inaccuracies may occur.

I understand that everything written below is very similar to the delirium of a madman. In fact, everything is serious, effective and real!!! And I can prove it!

Good day! My name is Alexander Petrovich Rodionov. I live in Russia, the city of Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia. I am 55 years old. Please help me to convey to the world the information that can save our planet from nuclear war. I offer the leaders of the United States of America, buy (after studying) my project, which can (within a few months) significantly boost the economy of America, reduce inflation, eliminate the national debt and (FOREVER) make the dollar desired currency around the world, including China, India, Brazil, Russia and Argentina. The annual income, from the implementation of my project, will be at least one trillion dollars, to the American budget. And if you follow all my recommendations, its profitability will be ten times more! A simple agreement to study my project will already benefit the financial system of the United States of America, even with a complete rejection of my project.

Please help me convey this information to American leaders! Since October 1, 2021, I have been trying to tell this, to the American government. No one wants to notice me!!! For more info, please contact me.

My respect! Alexander.

===============================================================================

Понимаю, что всё написанное далее, очень похоже на бред сумасшедшего. На самом деле, всё серьёзно, эффективно и реально!!! И могу это доказать!

Добрый день! Меня зовут Александр Петрович Родионов. Живу в России, город Улан-Удэ, Республика Бурятия. Мне 55 лет. Помогите мне пожалуйста донести до всего мира информацию, которая может спасти весь мир, от ядерной войны. Предлагаю руководителям Соединённых Штатов Америки, купить (после изучения) мой проект, который может (за несколько месяцев) существенно поднять экономику Америки, снизить инфляцию, ликвидировать государственный долг и (НАВСЕГДА) сделать доллар желанной валютой во всём мире, включая Китай, Индию, Бразилию, Россию и Аргентину. Ежегодный доход, от внедрения моего проекта, составит не менее одного триллиона долларов, в американский бюджет. А если выполнять все мои рекомендации, его доходность будет в десятки раз бодьше! Простое согласие, изучить мой проект, уже принесёт пользу финансовой системе Соединённых Штатов Америки, даже при полном отказе, от моего проекта.

Помогите мне пожалуйста донести эту информацию до американских руководителей! С 1 октября 2021 года, я пытаюсь рассказать об этом, американскому правительству. Никто не хочет меня замечать!!! Для более полной информармации, свяжитесь со мной.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sterx200755 (talk • contribs) 08:44, 19 April 2023‎ (UTC)[reply]

@Sterx200755:, this is not a mismatch. There are very good reasons why this is being filtered. Also, what you are posting is not a news article. Wikinews is not a resource for you to contact American leaders, or even promote your project. You will have to find other avenues for this. --SVTCobra 10:34, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:Soccer player Eden Hazard retires from international play

Please delete this, it's another orphaned comments page. --Heavy Water (talk) 21:16, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 21:55, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Category:The Chenab Times

I was searching a news on The Chenab Times on Google where I found https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/Category:The_Chenab_Times, a deleted page. I believe this page should be used as this website covers a big region. 103.41.39.69 (talk) 22:54, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't matter how notable it is because this isn't Wikipedia. There are no articles about The Chenab Times, so the category was deleted. Heavy Water (talk) 22:58, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of how big The Chenab Times may be or how wide their coverage is, Wikinews will not create a category for it until there are at least three published articles about The Chenab Times. Even if it is used as a source, this will not count towards the count for a category. I hope this sufficiently explains it for you. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:05, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dog

Please create this as a redirect to Category:Dogs; it has been fully salted since 2010. Heavy Water (talk) 17:18, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 17:27, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Korosh Ardeshir Gabriele Rokni

Korosh Ardeshir Gabriele Rokni (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)): Long-term abuse: Piermark. Leonidlednev (talk) 23:10, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Noted, though the account is not actually part of the SPI on WP. --SVTCobra 23:25, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary absence

Starting after tomorrow I will be absent from Wikinews for at least a week. I hope other admins can pitch in on the house-keeping in the meantime. Cheers, --SVTCobra 23:23, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chaetodipus, perhaps? Heavy Water (talk) 04:49, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll make sure to fit in time to check on things for the next several days —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 04:15, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:46.232.50.19

Google Translate is bad for Chinese, but the message I just removed appears to be an effort to organize accusations of sexual harassment against a Chinese YouTuber and democracy activist. Should this be revdeled? Heavy Water (talk) 04:26, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted because there is no reason to start a talk page for an IP which never edited here. Though, I would say probably yes to your question, but I didn't want to go into the weeds of the translation.. --SVTCobra 04:51, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2601:206:8580:35D0:50A1:407E:54B3:F4B0

2601:206:8580:35D0:50A1:407E:54B3:F4B0 (talk · contribs) only seems to be interested in making inappropriate edits to user pages. --Ixfd64 (talk) 21:22, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Back as 2601:206:8580:35D0:714E:77DC:EAE3:DFE3 (talk · contribs). --Ixfd64 (talk) 23:30, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ixfd64: I've noticed this particular LTA gets bored when no one reverts them for a while. They only have a few pages they vandalize. Heavy Water (talk) 00:14, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked the IP for 90 days. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 04:16, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hopewell Township New Jersey meteorite May 2023.png

Please hide the old version on this file. I didn't know Portion used and Low resolution are distinct. Heavy Water (talk) 22:05, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Appears to have been already removed —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 04:16, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block 2601:206:8580:35D0:6990:2E3E:D139:974A

Special:Contributions/2601:206:8580:35D0:6990:2E3E:D139:974A

Vandalism. --LR0725 (talk) 01:38, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 04:14, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A similar vandal has appeared from a close range (Special:Contributions/2601:206:8580:35D0:3564:D184:8FF2:9244). I suggest an expansion to a range block. MathXplore (talk) 08:37, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:SVTCobra

Please protect the user page of User:SVTCobra. Styyx (talk) 21:21, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 04:04, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Special:Contributions/64.237.185.17

Hi, please delete some test pages by this anonymous user, and maybe prevent them from creating pages temporarily. Thanks. Tropicalkitty (talk) 23:48, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed 64.39.81.54 (talk) 23:49, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block 2 users

Vandalism. --LR0725 (talk) 18:09, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

+ Special:Contributions/Feafgsfda 3 --LR0725 (talk) 18:20, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

69420 niced

69420 niced (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))
Report reason: Vandalism-only account.

Leonidlednev (talk) 19:30, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block 2601:206:8580:35D0:FD82:C80C:8904:C95E

2601:206:8580:35D0:FD82:C80C:8904:C95E (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Vandalism. --LR0725 (talk) 04:47, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Comments:Brazil and China will no longer use US dollar for trade

G6. Obviously I can't tag it. Heavy Water (talk) 05:18, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Revdel

Please hide Special:Diff/4729459 and Special:Diff/4729460. It appears to have something to do with this case. Heavy Water (talk) 20:57, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Along with a few more revisions. --SVTCobra 02:14, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

KEMONO_PANTSU_Z

KEMONO_PANTSU_Z (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Already requested at SRG as this account is LTA sock, too many vandalism is on-going here, so I reported here too. --LR0725 (talk) 19:57, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Serial Train Arson: Kerala Witnesses Second Fire Incident on Same Train

Per CSD G6. Heavy Water (talk) 17:40, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

abuse filter mismathch for Prevention of talk page company spam

I received a warning when I created my article . Says it’s “harmful” also tried to upload a companies logo that’s mentioned in the article and flagged that as well . I don’t understand —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tammybowdle1663 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 4 June 2023‎ (UTC)[reply]

@Tammybowdle1663: I examined the logs. I do not think it was a mismatch. It looks as though you were indeed attempting to post spam to your user page. --SVTCobra 19:21, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTcobra I tried to create an article about a product/company launch . I’m not sure how that classifies as spam . I’m not yet entirely accustom to the platform yet , so I Im aware I butchered the formatting . But I don’t fully understand your claim to spam . Wikinews is a platform for writing news articles . I guess that’s what I thought I was doing . —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tammybowdle1663 (talk • contribs) 05:43, 5 June 2023‎ (UTC)[reply]

@Tammybowdle1663: I am going to come down on the side that blatant promotion of some sort of skin treatment, is in fact spamming. Promoting products is NOT news. The listed sources were also just press releases from the company. Please read WN:CONTENT for more information what can be considered news. Finally, please try to sign your comments and posts. There's a button for it. Alternatively, you can type ~~~~. Cheers, --SVTCobra 21:57, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTcobra yes I used press releases as a source for the news . From my understanding press releases are written in the form of news or newsworthy releases. Most often times they are not accepted otherwise so that’s why I used them as references . I have used their products and it’s a newer thing in the beauty industry that shows promising results so I thought I’d share In the form of a news article . I tried to leave any of my bias stemming from the results I’ve achieved , out of the article . But for future reference , are you suggesting that a press release is not an acceptable reference ? Tammybowdle1663 (talk) 04:40, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Tammybowdle1663: Yes and no on press releases. Wikinews even has {{source-pr}} specifically for using them. Press releases cannot, however, be the sole source and they do not establish newsworthiness. Press releases can be used for quotes from a subject that is already in the news. They do not establish what is news. Additionally, I think your own description of how you were writing your "article" shows that you wanted to promote the product. Bottom line, this type of article does not merit inclusion on Wikinews. I suggest you stop arguing for it. If, however, you do respond further, do not expect an answer from me. I have stated my opinion. You'll have to wait and see if anyone disagrees with me. --SVTCobra 06:04, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright issues

Hi! I do not know how to do this the best way but it seems Wikinews have some files without a valid license and unused non-free files. Such files should be deleted.

A good place to start could be to look at the files on Special:UnusedFiles and delete all that have no license or a fair use license. I could no find a page like w:WP:Village pump so I make a post here. If someone know a better place to write please leave a link. --MGA73 (talk) 17:37, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, found Wikinews:Water cooler/assistance just after this message. :-) --MGA73 (talk) 17:39, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/2400:2412:2820:3F00:E4FA:E5DA:97BB:1DB4

Vandalism. MathXplore (talk) 12:23, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed HushPuppie280 (talk) 12:25, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Wooden words

Spam-only account. Also delete userpage. Yahya (talk) 18:21, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse filter block error

I think the abuse filter blocked a wrong user again, please check this block. MathXplore (talk) 11:29, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ghb.jpg

This image seems to be a copyright violation. It is credited to the Coffeyville Police Department in Kansas, [1] but works by the state government of Kansas are not automatically in public domain. --Ixfd64 (talk) 15:54, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I say we wait to see if anyone presents contrary evidence at Commons, and reclassify the file as FU if Commons does delete its version. Heavy Water (talk) 16:17, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

OK, Commons deleted it, and I've reclassified it as fair use. Heavy Water (talk) 19:57, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/124.217.246.192

Vandalism only IP, please block it. LR0725 (talk) 13:00, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please block Special:Contributions/2601:206:8580:6F10:BC88:A690:D3FB:E2D8

Vandalism --TenWhile6 (talk) 17:16, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User:Heavy Water (self-reported)

I made a comment at Talk:Heatwaves surge worldwide as researchers' analysis indicates global temperatures reaching new highs yesterday uncivil and unbecoming of a reviewer, and which promptly resulted in the reviewer of that article announcing a long wikibreak and the author — a newbie — retiring (I think?). Discussion proceeded here. I am sorry, and I will accept any sanction placed on me, including resigning reviewership — whatever creates the least disruption. Heavy Water (talk) 19:58, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I oppose any kind of restrictions on @Heavy Water. I believe it would not be worthwhile to lose another experienced and mostly an active reviewer, considering the current scenario on Wikinews, where there is a shortage of reviewers. In my opinion, disagreements between editors, whether minor or significant, are common. I prefer not to engage in a debate about what is right or wrong, as I recognize that many situations exist in a gray area where both sides could be right to some extent. I understand that my created articles may have contributed to the chaos, and if deleting them would help resolve the situation, I kindly request that they be removed. Lastly, I have made the voluntary decision to retire (or take a temporary break) and I am deeply grateful for all the valuable suggestions and assistance I have received from them. Asked42 (talk) 22:39, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I didn't think I was going to end up leaving. And I hope you don't, especially permanently, either. Heavy Water (talk) 00:07, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Heavy Water: There's nothing wrong with calling out issues in an article. It's only an issue when personal attacks are involved, which is not the case here. --Ixfd64 (talk) 15:35, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As Ixfd64 stated, you haven't done anything wrong. It would be a tremendous loss if we were unable to witness and appreciate your exceptional edits in the future. I humbly implore you to reconsider your decision and kindly refrain from leaving, especially due to some of my own foolish actions. I wholeheartedly apologize for any inconvenience or frustration caused. Instead of dwelling on a few negative instances, let us shift our attention to the abundance of positive moments that undoubtedly exist. Together, we can create a more harmonious and productive environment. @Heavy Water, Please stay -- Asked42 (talk) 16:26, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I wasn't going to leave. And I thank both of you for your comments. Heavy Water (talk) 16:33, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to report vandalism then saw this thread and thought I would add my (belated) $0.02. I have no comment on the dispute itself. I will say this much though: Heavy Water has been quite patient with my introduction to Wikinews and is a very active reviewer. Both are qualities needed here. Asked42 has worked on an article I started and did so in a respectful and humble way. I wish I had the time then to work more with them on that article. We could have gotten it published together and each of us could have learned how to write an article with multiple editors involved.

+1 I believe it would not be worthwhile to lose another experienced and mostly an active reviewer, considering the current scenario on Wikinews, where there is a shortage of reviewers.

It's also nice to see attempts to resolve conflict in this manner as opposed to the great unpleasantry that is dispute-resolution on other projects.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:16, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's also nice to see attempts to resolve conflict in this manner as opposed to the great unpleasantry that is dispute-resolution on other projects: "'Course, there're other schools of thought." In fact, the environment at the English Wikipedia's one of the main reasons this replaced it as my home wiki. I couldn't stand the ochlocracy (with its roots at the infamous WP:CESSPIT, also known as AN/I), the oligarchy, the unblockables...oh, and AGF, which I hold responsible for much of its problems. Heavy Water (talk) 05:14, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion and salt for User talk:Gurther

User talk:Gurther
Page created by an LTA as vandalism.

--Leonidlednev (talk) 04:16, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Protection and deletion request

User talk:Gurther

Endless vandalism. LR0725 (talk) 02:58, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Possible abuse filter block error

I think the abuse filter blocked a wrong user again, please check this block. Description of matched rule was "Recent not-news article" but the user was just moving files as Commons filemover and had no page creations.MathXplore (talk) 06:42, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/116.100.214.248

BLock request due to the vandalism, maybe LTA. --LR0725 (talk) 06:39, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

abuse filter mismathch for Page blanking

I am deleting it because I am a new publisher to Wikinews, I don't Understand the process first now I want to Revert my Article, i already find there but there is no option for delete thats why I use to blank the page —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shafeekchh (talk • contribs) 13:26, 24 July 2023‎

@Shafeekchh: The system automatically blocks any attempt at blanking by new users because it might be vandalism. Anyway, the article has been deleted. [₂₄Cr][talk] 19:59, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/KorreiMojo

According to Special:CentralAuth/Chicke-falae, Chicke-falae is considered to be equal as KorreiMojo at enwiki. I compared both edits at Wikinews and they have activity overlap. Since Chicke-falae has been blocked from here, I believe KorreiMojo should also be blocked from here. MathXplore (talk) 11:54, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

CU confirms they are probably the sane person. Indefinitely blocked. [₂₄Cr][talk] 12:02, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comments:South Australian Premier Rann wants apology from Hicks

Please hide this spam revision. Heavy Water (talk) 22:57, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Just a comment here, I clicked on the revision expecting a new talk page comment saying something along the lines of "I HATE USER:Insert user here THEY DELEETED MY ARTCLES", but it's a bizarre 13 year old revision, almost on the dot. Cheers! HowFunky! (talk • contribs) 18:39, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 19:29, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews:Accreditation requests#DRC-B5 (talk)

Can an admin look at closing this AR, if appropriate? The applicant hasn't edited here since mid-March, nor on any other Wikimedia project since mid-April, and hasn't responded to questions and comments. Heavy Water (talk) 16:06, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 19:37, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request of 2600:387:5:807::48

I'm requesting the block of the IP address 2600:387:5:807::48 due to spam creation of articles outside the project's scope. Their article "Taylor Swift “Bad Blood” Lyrics" may also be a copyright violation due to a large portion of the article being lyrics to Bad Blood by Taylor Swift. Cheers! HowFunky! (talk • contribs) 18:18, 30 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 15:12, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please hide exposed IP

MediaWiki signed me out without notification as I was editing. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 16:18, 31 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 15:11, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Ory_rtio

Possible xwiki spam, already blocked at frwiki and simplewiki. Please see w:simple:Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser#A_House_A_Little_Too_Quiet_accounts (CU request about this user) for more details. MathXplore (talk) 07:03, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, please delete He has already directed a short film !, page history suggests that the user is abusing IPs. MathXplore (talk) 12:55, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done blocked the account and the IP. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 17:13, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Zulfikarsamiaaddrian

Possible xwiki spam, detected as "Globally Banned Editor" by ENWV abuse filter. Please also see w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Alizulfikarzahedi. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MathXplore (talk • contribs) 02:44, 19 September 2023

Special:Contributions/177.44.228.166

Xwiki vandal, please delete all pages made by this user. MathXplore (talk) 06:44, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bddpaux has resigned as reviewer and admin

So please remove those rights. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 23:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Diego Grez/archive

This page is a broken redirect without valid history. But since it is full-protected I cannot tag {{db}}. Instead tagging, I would like to forward a deletion request to here. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Diego Grez/archive

This page is a broken redirect without valid history. But since it is full-protected I cannot tag {{db}}. Instead tagging, I would like to forward a deletion request to here. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

98.98.219.126

Please block Special:Contributions/98.98.219.126 because they are blanking without any good reason. Thanks. 64andtim (talk) 05:24, 8 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bddpaux has resigned as reviewer and admin

So please remove those rights. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 23:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

historically, an admin is alsoa reviewer, because working with justsdmin privs and not being able to sight that diff is added labour. I can remove his reviewer bits, but i cant modify his admin bits; I would require higher priva for that. So i am not comfortable with just removing the reviewer bits. @Gryllida:, see if you can do it, if you have 'crat privs?
•–• 20:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IP spammer

Please be aware of that IP. Thank you. OhhLord (talk) 01:40, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

‎2601:241:8802:2bc0:35d6:b594:c94c:924d

Distrupting spammer/reverting correct information. MissedJetliner (talk) 17:45, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

102.215.253.52 MissedJetliner (talk) 18:02, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Frankly, you're wasting your time. He uses a VPN or something to change his IP with every edit. Heavy Water (talk) 18:07, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok but he will keep coming back over and over again, spamming so I guess nothing can be done with a VPN???.... MissedJetliner (talk) 18:13, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

One of the admins can protect the page. Heavy Water (talk) 18:29, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. MissedJetliner (talk) 21:27, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Polish president and first lady lie in state ahead of funeral

Please protect Talk:Polish president and first lady lie in state ahead of funeral: vandalism by an LTA. --Leonidlednev (talk) 19:23, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please, Thank you. MissedJetliner (talk) 21:27, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A "helpful" individual has ignored requests to stop from Leonidlednev and myself and is using an IP-hopping service to edit war with Ljupco. Heavy Water (talk) 18:24, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IP 181.59.148.94 is causing problems. Reported. MissedJetliner (talk) 21:54, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

81.220.129.70 IP reported... MissedJetliner (talk) 22:06, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bddpaux has resigned as reviewer and admin

So please remove those rights. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 23:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

historically, an admin is alsoa reviewer, because working with justsdmin privs and not being able to sight that diff is added labour. I can remove his reviewer bits, but i cant modify his admin bits; I would require higher priva for that. So i am not comfortable with just removing the reviewer bits. @Gryllida:, see if you can do it, if you have 'crat privs?
•–• 20:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Diego Grez/archive

This page is a broken redirect without valid history. But since it is full-protected I cannot tag {{db}}. Instead tagging, I would like to forward a deletion request to here. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Quilysama and Special:Contributions/Quilysa

I would like to alert that two accounts with similar names, close registration date are writing about possibly promotional biographies (Ambassador (UN) Moses Olusoji Adebisi Biography., Ambassador (UN) Moses Olusoji Adebisi (PHD) Biography.) for a same person, which is not the scope of this project. MathXplore (talk) 03:41, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Articles were deleted. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 08:01, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pabitra Banerjee

I would like to alert that this is a xwiki spam target, please see the logs at w:simple:Pabitra Banerjee, m:Pabitra Banerjee, s:Pabitra Banerjee, and q:Pabitra Banerjee. The author's activities can be seen at Special:CentralAuth/Barshaban. MathXplore (talk) 06:42, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bddpaux has resigned as reviewer and admin

So please remove those rights. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 23:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

historically, an admin is alsoa reviewer, because working with justsdmin privs and not being able to sight that diff is added labour. I can remove his reviewer bits, but i cant modify his admin bits; I would require higher priva for that. So i am not comfortable with just removing the reviewer bits. @Gryllida:, see if you can do it, if you have 'crat privs?
•–• 20:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Diego Grez/archive

This page is a broken redirect without valid history. But since it is full-protected I cannot tag {{db}}. Instead tagging, I would like to forward a deletion request to here. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/177.44.228.166

Please delete all pages made by this IP, SD tags are being removed so I will forward the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 04:54, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Mars (Indian Documentary Series)

A recently made non-news entry has been nominated for deletion, but since the author (Special:Contributions/Itrk70) is repeating SD tag removal, I will forward the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 07:52, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bddpaux has resigned as reviewer and admin

So please remove those rights. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 23:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

historically, an admin is alsoa reviewer, because working with justsdmin privs and not being able to sight that diff is added labour. I can remove his reviewer bits, but i cant modify his admin bits; I would require higher priva for that. So i am not comfortable with just removing the reviewer bits. @Gryllida:, see if you can do it, if you have 'crat privs?
•–• 20:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Diego Grez/archive

This page is a broken redirect without valid history. But since it is full-protected I cannot tag {{db}}. Instead tagging, I would like to forward a deletion request to here. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/177.44.228.166

Please delete all pages made by this IP, SD tags are being removed so I will forward the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 04:54, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Mars (Indian Documentary Series)

A recently made non-news entry has been nominated for deletion, but since the author (Special:Contributions/Itrk70) is repeating SD tag removal, I will forward the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 07:52, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bddpaux has resigned as reviewer and admin

So please remove those rights. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 23:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

historically, an admin is alsoa reviewer, because working with justsdmin privs and not being able to sight that diff is added labour. I can remove his reviewer bits, but i cant modify his admin bits; I would require higher priva for that. So i am not comfortable with just removing the reviewer bits. @Gryllida:, see if you can do it, if you have 'crat privs?
•–• 20:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Diego Grez/archive

This page is a broken redirect without valid history. But since it is full-protected I cannot tag {{db}}. Instead tagging, I would like to forward a deletion request to here. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/177.44.228.166

Please delete all pages made by this IP, SD tags are being removed so I will forward the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 04:54, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Mars (Indian Documentary Series)

A recently made non-news entry has been nominated for deletion, but since the author (Special:Contributions/Itrk70) is repeating SD tag removal, I will forward the deletion request to here. MathXplore (talk) 07:52, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ip veggie tales spammer.

thanks. SkruhKidd2 (talk) 20:57, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bddpaux has resigned as reviewer and admin

So please remove those rights. Thanks, Heavy Water (talk) 23:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

historically, an admin is alsoa reviewer, because working with justsdmin privs and not being able to sight that diff is added labour. I can remove his reviewer bits, but i cant modify his admin bits; I would require higher priva for that. So i am not comfortable with just removing the reviewer bits. @Gryllida:, see if you can do it, if you have 'crat privs?
•–• 20:42, 2 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Filter 42

I'm concerned about this filter's accuracy. It blocked autopromotion for Ousmane abubacar kokoireu, whose publicly viewable actions don't resemble anything like what I have seen from the target, along with others it has caught who seem like common spammers. Could an admin look into this? (Oh, and please correct the typo in the preloaded section header generated by MediaWiki:Abusefilter-warning.) Heavy Water (talk) 18:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Diego Grez/archive

This page is a broken redirect without valid history. But since it is full-protected I cannot tag {{db}}. Instead tagging, I would like to forward a deletion request to here. Thank you for the attention. MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikinews

Why was the Page i created deleted? 136.158.25.158 (talk) 15:54, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ASSmdjcjejck talk contribs‎

Please be aware of this user. Vandalizer and inappropriate user name possibly.... Most likely. Thank you. CactusJack8310 (talk) 23:05, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User contributions for 104.255.207.55

Keep in. Mind ip created inappropriate page i tagged for deletion. Thank you. CactusJack8310 (talk) 23:10, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User contributions for 130.105.160.235

Requesting looking into... Thank you. CactusJack8310 (talk) 23:12, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request: 2601:206:857F:B710:D89B:1BE0:6BAD:BA84

2601:206:857F:B710:D89B:1BE0:6BAD:BA84 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Vandalism. LR0725 (talk) 02:31, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request: 69.74.199.178

69.74.199.178 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Vandalism on my talk page, Cross-wiki LTA. ChrisWx (talk) 15:22, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am not even being allowed to make a statement of defense. This is ridiculous. --69.74.199.178 (talk) 16:12, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Already globally locked. --SVTCobra 06:10, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request: 165.155.162.14

165.155.162.14 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Repeated vandalism. EPIC (talk) 16:20, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request: 170.24.150.2

170.24.150.2 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Further vandalism on my talk, same LTA as previous one. ChrisWx (talk) 19:23, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Also, can my talk page be temporarily semi-protected? Thank you, ChrisWx (talk) 19:31, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 06:09, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/Tryaseminkurt and Special:Contributions/Makturk63

I would like to alert that these accounts are writing about very similar non-English non-news articles (and such creation requests), possible spam? MathXplore (talk) 14:00, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request: User:مصطفى ملو01

مصطفى ملو01 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Repeated vandalism. EPIC (talk) 13:42, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done, as account is globally locked. EPIC (talk) 15:22, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request

Could someone please move User talk:ICameHereForNews to User talk:CheatCodes4ever? I formerly operated the account of the former and I would like the talk page to be moved to my new talk page. CheatCodes4ever (talk) 23:57, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

User contributions for 190.17.73.238

Requesting a block. Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 21:39, 23 December 2023 (UTC) Also 188.233.156.77 BigKrow (talk) 17:52, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See below. It's not worth blocking each one as they only get used for a few edits. --SVTCobra 16:07, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Request to hide insults

The "content" and "edit summery" of this edit on my talk-page contains offensive words in Arabic. I request to "Hide" it. and these as well, ([2], [3], [4], [5], [6]).Thanks for you. Dr-Taher (talk) 17:35, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr-Taher:, this seems to have been handled by higher powers. --SVTCobra 16:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra , Could you please report these to higher powers to hide them? Thanks for you.--Dr-Taher (talk) 17:14, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr-Taher:, have they not been hidden? The list of diffs you listed have been completely eviscerated. They have not been hidden, they seem to have been completely deleted off of the server. I cannot, even as a Sysop, see them at all. If there are others, which have yet to be hidden/removed, let me know the offending edits. Cheers, --SVTCobra 18:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Dr-Taher: Oh, I see. The first one still shows the edit summary and diff. Unfortunately, whatever the "higher powers" did. I cannot do anything to it. I do not know who took this action. The Stewards? The Global Sysops? I have been locked out and it does not show in any Wikinews log. I am sure it was a mistake on their part that this one did not get the same treatment as the others. If you want, I can completely delete your talk page. Otherwise, I suggest contacting m:Stewards as your first option. Hope this helps. --SVTCobra 18:42, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra ,Yes, It's better to delete my talk-page, then restore the first edit only. Thanks for you.--Dr-Taher (talk) 20:43, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 20:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra: me too. Thanks in advance. كريم رائد (talk) 21:15, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@كريم رائد:

Done

IP's block evasion

It doesn't seem like this person will stop vandalism. What to do, keep reverting and request deletion? Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 20:56, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@BigKrow: They basically have infinite IP addresses. Please see this if you want the backstory which goes back to 2005. --SVTCobra 16:04, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nassimohr01

Sock puppet + Vandalism-only account. كريم رائد (talk) 15:35, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked indefinitely. --SVTCobra 15:59, 26 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request:2600:8800:5084:2400:CCEE:A00E:55CF:F83F

2600:8800:5084:2400:CCEE:A00E:55CF:F83F (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log))

Vandalism. ASid (talk) 04:30, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 06:00, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Block request 104.246.113.199

104.246.113.199 (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)) Cross wiki abuse and now they are here. Check global too. Philipnelson99 (talk) 20:52, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment sorry, I said crosswiki but they are on a different IP. Check my simplewiki QD log and search "List of" https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philipnelson99/QD_log#January_2024 Philipnelson99 (talk) 20:55, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Philipnelson99: I'll block if they re-offend. The page they created has been deleted. --SVTCobra 21:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anything else

Use this section to request help, list pages that should be watched due to repeated vandalism, user webhosting, advertising, misleading quotes, copyvio, etc. These pages are not yet protected or its members blocked. Please archive the notices that are 3 days old or have taken admin action. When listing a vandal use: {{vandal|Type in offenders name here}}.

abuse filter mismathch for new user youtube, &c.

Dear sir Recently i see that, my ip address has been blocked for edit or publish wikinews. But i dont do anything wrong that goest Against wikinews community. So please sir review my request and unblock my ip address from wikinews Thank

abuse filter mismathch for new user youtube, &c.

Dear sir Recently i see that, my ip address has been blocked for edit or publish wikinews. But i dont do anything wrong that goest Against wikinews community. So please sir review my request and unblock my ip address from wikinews Thank

Block request

2601:206:857F:B710:985F:F712:5223:88AB (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)) Persistent vandalism. Philipnelson99 (talk) 20:59, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 21:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Filter request

I'd like to request adding a filter that prevents IPs and newish users from editing user pages that are not their own. This filter would be set to disallow.

I think importing enwiki filter ~~898~~803 would prevent this.[7]

Diffs of edits that would be prevented

Let me know if you have concerns. Philipnelson99 (talk) 21:10, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Philipnelson99:, I am not very good with the technical side. You refer to filter 898 but link to 803. I am unable to discern exactly what the code will do. I think you mean 803. If you are sure that is all it does, I could import it and we can enable on a trial basis. --SVTCobra 21:21, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SVTCobra:, I am sure that's all it does and it wouldn't impact any edits made in mainspace. I meant 803 in my original request I just made a typo. The link is to the correct filter. I am willing to monitor the edits prevented by this filter and report back to you about any false positives that occur during a trial period. It's also possible to just make the filter log edits during the trial period instead of disallowing them. Philipnelson99 (talk) 21:27, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Philipnelson99:, I have imported and enabled. It is now filter 45 locally. I ran a test against recent edits and it performed as you predicted. I don't know how often we will get positives, so I don't know how long the "trial" should run for. I could on run the test for just the last month and only your page seems to have been edited in such a manner in that time. Cheers, --SVTCobra 21:44, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Report 2601:206:857F:B710:48C1:4011:CFA7:1EBD

2601:206:857F:B710:48C1:4011:CFA7:1EBD (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)) repetitive vandalism. Philipnelson99 (talk) 03:25, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-admin note) Halted by abuse filter, talk page access should also be removed. MathXplore (talk) 03:28, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 04:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mosspa 443,109 miles

Please nuke Mosspa 443,109 miles (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)): Vandalism. --Leonidlednev (talk) 00:29, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Leonidlednev - Our only active admin is on wikibreak, ~~should we ask for global sysop intervention?~~ Thriftycat (talk) 00:36, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, just realized this is a non-GS wiki. Thriftycat (talk) 00:37, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are others who respond to pings, and sometimes show up otherwise, and have been active in the past couple of months. Heavy Water (talk) 00:58, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 19:51, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Please tell me where you've hidden my poop

Please tell me where you've hidden my poop (talk • contribs (logs) • block (block log)) --Wutsje (talk) 01:28, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done --SVTCobra 19:51, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User: ‎Santa is so gay its not funny at all

Being disrupt. BigKrow (talk) 20:30, 28 January 2024 (UTC) diffhist N Talk:NRA official suggests arming teachers to prevent school shootings‎ 20:18 +176‎ ‎Santa is so gay its not funny at all talk contribs‎ (Page created with "Faggot BigKrow (talk) 20:33, 28 January 2024 (UTC)") Tag: New topic thank, uses bad language like the "F" word. Please consider block? Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 20:33, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 04:03, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Freaky_texts

Please block User is using bad slurs. https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User:Freaky_texts&action=edit&redlink=1 64.39.81.54 (talk) 01:32, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done --SVTCobra 11:19, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Asian people deserve to die

Inappropriate talk page comments, and inappropriate user name. I am wondering if they are a potential LTA as the pattern of comments, is simmilar to previous reported users on this page. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:26, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ShakespeareFan00: It seems to have been handled via Office or Global Sysop action. I cannot find the account nor its contributions. There is noting in the logs. The only trace is that certain edits are now hidden. --SVTCobra 12:21, 3 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User account XXantandrusjerkXx

User account XXantandrusjerkXx, attack account. 64.39.81.54 (talk) 01:24, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2401:4900:3151:5971:0:6:50d0:9001

IP keeps removing abandoned tag, i thought I would bring the concern here, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 01:48, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category talk:Music‎

Should protect, excessive vandalism. BigKrow (talk) 02:04, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User: User:I think the way is yo smoke all the way

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AShakespeareFan00&oldid=4768195

Not here. Suspected LTA. I'd also like someone to contact the ISP concerned, and get the entity behind this persistent issue 'terminated' for good. This continued misuse is unacceptable. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 00:00, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Stop bieing gay sh it

Another vandal. BigKrow (talk) 01:38, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:GoCowboys3

Same pattern as before, Suspected LTA. Has someone checkusered this and other reported users matching the same pattern? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:15, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Admin_action_alerts&oldid=4768259 was one of their most recent actions. I fail to see how requesting admin attention in response to 'offensive' comments is vandalism.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:31, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

and - https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinews:Admin_action_alerts&oldid=4768269 ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:32, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And now blocked globally apparently. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:16, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removed AAA reports by the user. MathXplore (talk) 11:48, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:My face in the toilet bowl

My face in the toilet bowl (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Another member of the not here club (I'm mainly here just to argue with people I guess). Wutsje (talk) 03:37, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Already blocked. MathXplore (talk) 07:16, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Whats the age today

Vandalism to my talk page, and other wikinews pages, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 18:12, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Already locked. MathXplore (talk) 07:13, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎User: Head above the river

Vandalism only account. Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 02:14, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Already locked, I removed all fake AAA reports by this user. MathXplore (talk) 07:14, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:2001:8004:1333:5956:DC0D:BAE3:CD05:98EE

Same suspected LTA as before (see previous reports). ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:17, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Already blocked. MathXplore (talk) 01:00, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:2001:8004:1333:5956:901:3C83:9C02:1800

Another member of the nothere club (see above), same pattern, so I am thinking it's an LTA. Is someone contacting the ISP? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:42, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note, non-admin opinion) Already blocked, possible LTA but I'm not sure about their main account. MathXplore (talk) 01:01, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abdul Qadeer Channar talk contribs was created ‎ diffhist N Baba Che‎ 12:59 +917‎ ‎Abdul Channar

Same or different user? Spammers? Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 17:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) The user is talking about Special:Contributions/Abdul_Channar and Special:Contributions/Abdul_Qadeer_Channar. Please consider using links when reporting, this may make things easily checked. MathXplore (talk) 00:59, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 01:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

102.189.37.157

Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 18:01, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(General reminder) Please explain the issues when reporting any user. MathXplore (talk) 01:02, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 01:03, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Update) Currently stale. MathXplore (talk) 02:10, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please take a look at Category:Open accreditation requests

All current open requests have been open for months. At Wikinews:Accreditation requests/azam.kamboh and Wikinews:Accreditation requests/Madutter, there was no support. Please consider the closure of the current open requests. MathXplore (talk) 06:21, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection request for talk pages

I request semi-protection for the following pages:

Talk:National Rugby League Women in League Round celebrates sons (recent LTA target)
User talk:MathXplore/2023 (talk page archive, user request)

I look forward to hearing from our admins. MathXplore (talk) 07:07, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

18:43, 27 February 2024 diff hist +2,046,649‎ Category:Africa ‎ I put 255,999 N-Words on here.

This IP is using deterorgy language on Africa page, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 19:53, 27 February 2024 (UTC) IP:135.26.120.92 BigKrow (talk) 19:54, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Captain Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:10 User account Secretary Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:08 User account President Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:07 User account Emperor Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:06 User account American Droofus talk contribs was created ‎

Captain Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:10 User account Secretary Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:08 User account President Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:07 User account Emperor Droofus talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 07:06 User account American Droofus talk contribs was created ‎

Droofus is blocked now these new accounts have been made, Thank you for looking into. BigKrow (talk) 18:45, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider to provide links instead of wall of text. It is very hard to check your reports. Please see my reports for examples. MathXplore (talk) 06:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sandile Rekhotso

Out-of-scope page (BLP, not news). The author is repeating tag removal so I will forward the request to here. MathXplore (talk) 06:03, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please also take care of the associated pages (talk pages, comments etc.), the author's other OOS creations and their account Special:Contributions/Sandile_Rekhotso (possible role account). MathXplore (talk) 06:18, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Page deleted. MathXplore (talk) 09:07, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/KRES_RISKI_PRO

All creations by this user are off-topic and some of them are not English. Please take care of them. SD tag is being removed so I will forward the request. MathXplore (talk) 09:09, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already

Done MathXplore (talk) 13:32, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from IP:173.76.102.69

173.76.102.69 is undoing delete requests of vandalism originating from Purple_Zurple (globally blocked). Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 17:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, still causing problems, 173.76.102.69 BigKrow (talk) 01:30, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apply a f---ing rangeblock already

Tired of seeing severe hatespeech and death threats on people's talk pages from the same person every day when I look at Recent Changes. Just rip the bandaid off and do a rangeblock. Is this really how you guys run this project?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.103.31.94 (talk • contribs) MathXplore (talk) 07:08, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-admin comment, general reminder) When adding comments here, please always leave your signature. MathXplore (talk) 07:10, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I get your frustration, but we don't have either of the local checkusers around at the moment (from what I've seen this person always creates an account). I'll ask the more active one of them to look into it. Heavy Water (talk) 05:23, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the aim of this suggestion is to prevent account creations, there may be a need for CU action. MathXplore (talk) 09:05, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I feel like that we need to ask abuse fliter to start blocking those users to —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 1.146.3.106 (talk • contribs)

That is another possible option. MathXplore (talk) 11:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for block

User:Zoey 101 fan 3, User:Lets play a gsle today and User:Ring on the phone 2, VOA and use socks, based on edit pattern. ChasingAir (talk) 08:59, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) All accounts are locked. MathXplore (talk) 09:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from User:I_think_ill_do_this_if_im_in_love

Special:Contributions/I_think_ill_do_this_if_im_in_love

The account has posted only homophobic slurs to date. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 01:43, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) The account has been locked. MathXplore (talk) 02:35, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spam from IP:80.244.43.153

IP:80.244.43.153 posting spam and removing deletion requests.[8]

Spam warning placed on talk page.[9]

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 17:16, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) The IP has been globally blocked. MathXplore (talk) 01:23, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ramkripalyadavg

Xwiki spam target, please take care of this page and the talk page. MathXplore (talk) 01:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already Done MathXplore (talk) 09:06, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The page has been recreated. MathXplore (talk) 09:04, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done, The page has been deleted. MathXplore (talk) 11:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from IP:2605:ba00:a128:697:6142:e1de:592c:a3fe

IP:2605:ba00:a128:697:6142:e1de:592c:a3fe has created more than one new pages containing only vandalism. Account warned.[10] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:57, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Currently stale. MathXplore (talk) 06:17, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from User:POOP VERSUS PEE

Vandalism so far includes image replacement.[11] Warning placed.[12] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 22:10, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Don't listen to this guy. Let me keep editing the way I have been. The project needs editors now more than ever. POOP VERSUS PEE (talk) 22:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You vandalized the Oregon article title, I have reverted it. BigKrow (talk) 00:12, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Short-term block for the user, will be locked per m:SRG request. MathXplore (talk) 02:46, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Update) The user has been locked. MathXplore (talk) 06:16, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple non-news articles from IP:173.76.102.69

IP:173.76.102.69 posted three non-news articles, all within 60 seconds of each other.[13], [14], [15] Bddpaux blocked that IP March 23 for a week, for posting non-news articles. It must be April Fool's Day. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 22:56, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Currently stale, pages are marked for deletion. MathXplore (talk) 06:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from IP:142.169.16.27

IP:142.169.16.27 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has repeatedly blanked page Wikinews:Never_assume. Account warned.[16] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 13:47, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Currently stale. MathXplore (talk) 02:41, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Droofus Takes the Square‎

Vandal account only BigKrow (talk) 23:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many accounts of vandalism, please block. BigKrow (talk) 00:55, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chill dude it's not that bad of an offense. I'll laugh if I actually get blocked. Droofus Takes the Square (talk) 01:05, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You will get blocked. BigKrow (talk) 01:28, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BigKrow: I have reverted all page move vandalism that I can. Therefore, the Wikinews:Sandbox and Wikinews talk:Sandbox are restored and deletion is no longer needed (I have removed the SD tag). Please note that I can use suppress-redirect as part of global rollback permissions, and this anti-vandalism usage is allowed per Wikinews:Global_permissions#Global_rollbackers), but since I have no further permissions, I cannot revert page moves with extra history. I have requested further aftercare to User_talk:Bddpaux. MathXplore (talk) 02:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User account Droofus Will NEVER Let Up

Droofus keeps creating vandal sockpuppet accounts. Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 00:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Already locked. MathXplore (talk) 00:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Likely vandalism from Burnsboyamazing

Burnsboyamazing (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) The user has created 2 new pages that were largely, if not entirely copy and paste from other websites.[17], [18]. Also created one new page of patent nonsense.[19] Also created a new page that is out of scope.[20]

User warned about copyvi.[21] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 01:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Global lock requested. MathXplore (talk) 01:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Globally locked. MathXplore (talk) 04:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎41.37.28.16

Blanking, non news, also Abdomitwally7000000000000 BigKrow (talk) 19:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Please see Special:Contributions/41.37.28.16, global block requested. MathXplore (talk) 01:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Globally blocked. MathXplore (talk) 05:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abdomitwally7000000000000

Blanking and creating non news. BigKrow (talk) 19:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Global lock requested. MathXplore (talk) 01:16, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected same user... Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 19:37, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Globally locked. MathXplore (talk) 05:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from IP:70.23.57.138

70.23.57.138 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

the account has vandalized three articles so far by replacing hyperlinks of sources.[22], [23], [24]

Warning placed.[25]

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The account has reverted my edits to replace the vandalism.[26] The article is currently under review and therefore should not be changed, even if the edits were legitimate. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:33, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) IP blocked.[27] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 18:28, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And global block requested after cross-wiki vandalism.[28] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 18:37, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Globally blocked. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 18:48, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from IP: 181.77.35.112

Account repeatedly deleted large chunks of text from this page and placed "Template:Acesso negado com sucesso" thirteen times.[29]. Warning placed.[30]

IP blocked on pt.wikipedia for similar vandalism.[31]

(Note) Globally blocked for 48 hours.[32] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 22:38, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit permissions returned to normal after IP:199.212.250.163 is blocked

See "Vandalism from IP:199.212.250.163" for more details. 21:37, 23 April 2024 (UTC) Unblocked request automatically by Bddpaux and Michael.C.Wright after IP:199.212.250.163 is blocked. 2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:799:28CC:56E3:DF38 (talk) 21:40, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This ip is also suspicious 2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:FAF9:19F7:C1C3:D56 BigKrow (talk) 19:23, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This ip is not suspicious, it's normal. 2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:FAF9:19F7:C1C3:D56 (talk) 20:08, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Check IP please BigKrow (talk) 00:56, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎Wizzer DaVoz

vandalism only account. BigKrow (talk) 01:53, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global lock requested. MathXplore (talk) 02:32, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly a sock of @DroofustheDragon? BigKrow (talk) 02:02, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The account has been locked. MathXplore (talk) 06:33, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you BigKrow (talk) 11:48, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from IP:2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:E16F:1BC:E317:D8D9

2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:E16F:1BC:E317:D8D9 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

This IP account resubmitted a review request without addressing existing issues.[33] Note, this IP is sourced from the same Canadian town as 199.212.250.163 and is continuing the same behavior: removing valid deletion requests[34] and posting nearly-nonsensical content and responses.

I have previously posted alerts regarding IP:199.212.250.163.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 19:25, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additional vandalism from IP:2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:E16F:1BC:E317:D8D9. This time again submitting an article for review after adding nonsensical text and a source that is off-topic from the headline.[35] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 20:06, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've submitted a Checkuser request for all three accounts. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 20:38, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(note) IP:2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:E16F:1BC:E317:D8D9 globally blocked. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 02:48, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The range block expired yesterday and the abuse resumed immediately.[36], [37], [38] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:49, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:30 User account Gloofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:29 User account Loofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:28 User account Cloofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:27 User account Groofus the Dragon talk

Oofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:30 User account Gloofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:29 User account Loofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:28 User account Cloofus the Dragon talk contribs was created ‎ User creation log 02:27 User account Groofus the Dragon talk Vandalism only accounts. Thank you --BigKrow (talk) 02:44, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All locked. MathXplore (talk) 07:04, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

41.121.86.204

Keeps adding nonsense to a speedy deleted talk page, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 14:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Globally blocked. MathXplore (talk) 07:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:I dont know if im sean 2

There userpage has derogatory language on it and they are blocked.... anyone want to see if the page can be taken down? Thanks BigKrow (talk) 06:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already locked. MathXplore (talk) 07:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The User page is still visible though.... BigKrow (talk) 07:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC) Thanks for putting up for deletion. BigKrow (talk) 07:08, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism from IP:199.212.250.163

199.212.250.163 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) The IP is reverting/removing speedy deletion requests of copyvio created by Burnsboyamazing (currently ~~blocked~~ locked globally).[39], [40], [41] Warning placed. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:20, 9 April 2024 (UTC); edited 13:30, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP:199.212.250.163 has now created two pages that are out of scope.[42], [43]. The account has again been warned.[44] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 17:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC); edited 17:35, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP:2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:E16F:1BC:E317:D8D9 creating a new, out-of-scope page.[45] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 01:52, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bddpaux I think the following IP accounts are all the same individual performing the same, slow-drip abuse.

199.212.250.163 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [46]
2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:E16F:1BC:E317:D8D9 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [47]
2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:FE63:869E:B0E6:EAB8 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [48]
2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:D57E:5A2E:FA7A:B3C6 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [49] (blocked for 72 hours)

All accounts are performing similar edits: nonsensical content, irrelevant sources, and spamming talk pages with similarly nonsensical content after making edits. You've blocked one. I think you should block them all from anonymous posting and lets quit playing whack-a-mole. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:40, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're most probably right.--Bddpaux (talk) 18:38, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

199.212.250.163 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) [50]

Unblocked request automatically by Bddpaux and Michael.C.Wright.--2607:FEA8:1F1D:8400:799:28CC:56E3:DF38 (talk) 21:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More nonsensical content followed by a renewed request for review.[51]. Both en.wt and en.wp have blocked the entire 199.212.250.0/24 range, which is a school.[52], [53] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 01:26, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Created nonsensical category[54] then removed legitimate deletion request.[55] Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 19:30, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please block 2601:206::/32

Nothing but vandalism, 1 /64 range already blocked Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:25, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please block 199.212.250.163 already

Nonsense, spamming 5 different users and related talk page whenever they do even the most minor things, refusal to get the point, been blocked for it before, don't seem to understand that this is a news site or english very well. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 14:15, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. There is are two threads above documenting the disruption, which is sourced from two different IP ranges.[56], [57] Some of the more recent edits have been constructive. But I still agree a long-term block of anonymous access from two IP ranges would greatly help. Constructive users can always register a username to contribute. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:42, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it possible to ban them just from talk and user talk namespaces? That would probably be best if possible@Michael.C.Wright:Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 14:43, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please block 2607:FEA8::/32 too

Per above Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 14:46, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Consider local block for 173.76.102.69

173.76.102.69 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

The IP account is currently globally blocked for cross-wiki abuse, including at en.Wikinews.[58] Given the history of abuse here, a local, long-term, anon-only block might be beneficial. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:11, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please Semi-Protect Wikinews:Requested articles indefinetly

Constant nonsense by non-Confirmed users. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 20:03, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:I going to eat a stcker

Vandalism only account, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 18:37, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Already locked. MathXplore (talk) 14:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User account I hate anyone who is a christian

Pure hatred account please block, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 20:41, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My name is bin Laden

Check user request, thinking this is a blocked user, Droofus again.... Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 12:47, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Already locked. MathXplore (talk) 14:06, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

199.212.250.163

Please look into this IP, Thank you. @Michael.C.Wright BigKrow (talk) 18:45, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This has been discussed 4 times recently. What is the user supposed to do about it, and also, what point is there in a fifth alert about this. Problem is we have no admins active in the past week or so.@BigKrow:Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 20:05, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Me Da Wikipedian: Just a reminder don't come across as stubborn, thanks otherwise. BigKrow (talk) 22:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I personally like to keep a record of each case of vandalism, including links to diffs. This way we have a clear record of vandalism documented. Keeping it all in a central location, such as this thread; Wikinews:Admin_action_alerts#Vandalism_from_IP:199.212.250.163 makes it easier for an active admin to see how extensive the history is. I'm trying to get a long-term block for the entire IP range, as other wiki projects have done for this long-term-abuser. That will be easier if we have a long, documented history recorded. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:23, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

146.198.31.253

Vandal ip. BigKrow (talk) 13:05, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Account globally blocked. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 13:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

199.212.250.163

Spamming. BigKrow (talk) 17:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop it, if someone actually checks here, they will block this IP. Continuing to post a 5th case about it (and your personal 2nd) is not helping.@BigKrow:Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:15, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

196.75.199.58

Removing delete tag. BigKrow (talk) 01:19, 24 May 2024 (UTC) Causing edit war. BigKrow (talk) 01:26, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Globally locked by EPIC.@BigKrow:Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:13, 24 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Optfirstinternetmarketing

Spam account, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 00:04, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. Thank you. [₂₄Cr][talk] 00:10, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

77.103.193.166

first contribution is spam, or test edit just keep a eye out.... BigKrow (talk) 21:56, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Take back looks more like vandalism.... 21:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)BigKrow (talk) 21:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted. Thank you for the report. [₂₄Cr][talk] 22:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NP. BigKrow (talk) 22:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User account Rohitattriseo5 talk contribs was created

Is this a spam account? BigKrow (talk) 09:37, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, already locked, and I already blocked at similar account at English Wikiversity. MathXplore (talk) 09:45, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks BigKrow (talk) 09:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inlandchoicedental

seems spammy, but don't hold it against me please. BigKrow (talk) 11:59, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Potentially. No edits yet. Let's give them benefit of the doubt for now. [₂₄Cr][talk] 14:06, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:EmelyHarton

spam bot??? BigKrow (talk) 12:11, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No edits yet. Benefit of the doubt for now. [₂₄Cr][talk] 14:07, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Fairobserver23

Committed copyviolation. BigKrow (talk) 16:48, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article was deleted. No further action needed as of yet. [₂₄Cr][talk] 01:10, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My personal opinion....

I'm sick of my flare ups personally, I was wondering if I am hurting the project or somewhat helpful??? Thanks everyone for baring with me for my time here.... BigKrow (talk) 23:00, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion. You are very much helpful to this project. Everyone, including me, you, and just about anyone whose done just about anything here, has made mistakes. Don't leave the project. So, you have health issues, which occasionally results in a minor thing that gets fixed in what...30 seconds or so. That really causes no harm to anyone? Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 00:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

216.186.51.108

spam account? BigKrow (talk) 16:24, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly, judging by their contributions elsewhere but they've only edited their talkpage here, so nothing to act on yet. [₂₄Cr][talk] 20:24, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

178.129.205.87

Spam, not English creations. BigKrow (talk) 16:24, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure it's spam. I suspect it might have been tests. Deleted anyway. [₂₄Cr][talk] 20:40, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User account Ihatefrance3272224838

User account Ihatefrance3272224838, bad account? Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 17:17, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We'll keep an eye on it but I suspect it was a one-edit account. [₂₄Cr][talk] 01:09, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked by Cromium. @BigKrow: Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:56, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

196.190.52.65

Personal email account information leaked??? Take notice... BigKrow (talk) 17:02, 11 June 2024 (UTC) @Leaderboard: BigKrow (talk) 17:04, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think Cromium handled it? Leaderboard (talk) 19:14, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spam IPs

we need help please.... BigKrow (talk) 22:21, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done by Cromium. @BigKrow: Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:02, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cool!!!! BigKrow (talk) 23:03, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2605:BA00:A128:697:14BB:275:872D:5F34

Persistently making nonsense pages. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:03, 11 June 2024 (UTC) @Cromium: BigKrow (talk) 22:04, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. [₂₄Cr][talk] 09:02, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

70.45.81.98

Per above Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 22:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC) @Me Da Wikipedian:, I made dup request. BigKrow (talk) 22:09, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

being invaded by bad ips.... BigKrow (talk) 22:08, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. [₂₄Cr][talk] 09:04, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. @Cromium: Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 09:10, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

64.237.181.78

Spam not news related pages. BigKrow (talk) 18:12, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already

Done (per below). MathXplore (talk) 08:50, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

64.237.181.78

Please block spammer, thnx. BigKrow (talk) 19:47, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Blocked for 48 hours since they were also going yesterday, a local sysop can feel free to modify the block if appropriate. EPIC (talk) 20:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EPIC:, ty. BigKrow (talk) 20:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/FloridaPanthersFan1993

I think the user was writing NHL: Panthers destroy Oilers in 2024 Stanley Cup Finals, but the abuse filter declared it as LTA. Is this correct? MathXplore (talk) 08:51, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MathXplore: that's a false positive. The user was banned because the filter thought that they were an LTA. Unfortunately, this happened because the OP was replying to a thread that already had the expletives, so it wasn't like they could reasonably avoid it. We'll need to wait for an admin to unblock. Leaderboard (talk) 12:19, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You all should look deeper into this user, i think they are also trying to scam us. Just my 2 cents worth, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 17:32, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible - I was commenting only based on the abuse filter log. Leaderboard (talk) 17:45, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) The user is already locked, no further action is needed here. MathXplore (talk) 07:57, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

71.121.184.15

Same IP as FloridaPanthersFan1993? I smell trouble.... BigKrow (talk) 17:28, 15 June 2024 (UTC) Help me get FPF1993 get unblocked so bad. Latest comment: 16 minutes ago 3 comments 1 person in discussion I DID NOTHING WRING 71.121.184.15 (talk) 17:06, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Revive my account. YOU THINK THAT WAS "sock puppet" account this is terrible news. HELP!!!!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP ADMIN! My account was <1 day old… How can we get FloridaPanthersFan1993 back? I do not wanna be found in a IP. 71.121.184.15 (talk) 17:16, 15 June 2024 (UTC) Revive my account. YOU THINK THAT WAS "sock puppet" account this is terrible news. HELP!!!!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP ADMIN! HELP ME! HELLPPPPPPP! HELP ME! 71.121.184.15 (talk) 17:17, 15 June 2024 (UTC) BigKrow (talk) 17:34, 15 June 2024 (UTC) @Leaderboard: @MathXplore:[reply]

Happened to notice them at Meta and noticed some other socks as well, all related accounts locked for cross-wiki abuse. EPIC (talk) 19:50, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ZenLeafCBDIngredients

Username insists advertisement account but i don't want to jump to conclusions, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 20:20, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's one of the spambot patterns that's been popping up lately, now locked. EPIC (talk) 20:44, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! BigKrow (talk) 20:46, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Worldpresidentofficialwp

seems strange, wp at the end, Wikipedia? Also world president official? Looking into anyone? Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 13:19, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

118.200.57.8

Threatening behavior, profane. BigKrow (talk) 05:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

118.200.57.8 (talk)

BigKrow (talk) 05:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Globally blocked. [₂₄Cr][talk] 12:51, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Remove confirmed rights from Inertia6084

Could a crat consider removing the confirmed user rights for Inertia6084? Account is now autoconfirmed. EPIC (talk) 12:02, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. [₂₄Cr][talk] 12:52, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Kidzeebeta1

Spam account, promotional? BigKrow (talk) 12:34, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎178.129.214.123

Creating pages in Russian. BigKrow (talk) 18:52, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global block requested. MathXplore (talk) 02:26, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Update) Globally blocked. MathXplore (talk) 02:42, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There back. BigKrow (talk) 19:29, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎64.237.181.78

vandalism ip. BigKrow (talk) 17:41, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Globally blocked for 1 week. @BigKrow: Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 20:06, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

189.174.145.87

Vandalism only account. BigKrow (talk) 19:27, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked. [₂₄Cr][talk] 22:21, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please Protect Talk:Pope John Paul II dies

It just never ends Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 11:56, 2 July 2024 (UTC) I reverted one of their edits and i get a message on my alerts saying multiple times my account has tried to be logged into. BigKrow (talk) 18:08, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Protected for one month. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎181.127.232.16

IP tried hacking my account. BigKrow (talk) 18:07, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BigKrow, you may want to consider enabling two-factor authentication for your account which would make it more difficult for someone to gain unwanted access to your account. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FloridaPanthersSCWinners

same vandal account as FloridaPanthersFan something.... BigKrow (talk) 18:12, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already globally locked. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I am Whipperpie. Can you stop instigating Panther Sun's accounts? Whipperpie is a part of Moosebag Studios and Panthermedia. There is no mean to instigate on Wikinews.

Urs truly, Whipperpie

Edition request

Hello! Hoping you are well, I am writing the following request, since I didn't find a miscellaneous page to write the subject. I'm a Commons file renamer and I came here because there is a request to rename an image (request) that is placed on the main page of this wiki Main Page. Since it is a main page, it has a cascading protection, so it is impossible to make the request set in Commons. I would be grateful if you could temporarily modify the main page by temporarily removing the template Template:Lead article 5 which is where the image is located, and thus make the change. Thank you very much --Mazbel (talk) 23:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mazbel: I both made the request and placed the file in that template. I didn't even think about how that would cause the file to be protected. Sorry about that. I've replaced the image the template is using. Heavy Water (talk) 19:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

190.45.154.217

Vandalism on the Pope story, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:33, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No action for now. There's only been one edit, and it doesn't seem like they're doing anything more. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Baskemtball69

Still editing vandalism somehow, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 16:39, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted the pages they made. —chaetodipus (talk · contribs) 02:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closing a vote

Hello! Not sure if this is the right place but I think we need someone to conclude at Wikinews:Water_cooler/policy#Conclusion_and_implementation_of_upgrade_to_cc-by-4.0. I suggest an admin does it. --MGA73 (talk) 16:22, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there really noone who is willing to make a formal conclusion with a date? --MGA73 (talk) 16:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tkzeemoondreamer07

Tkzeemoondreamer07 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Repeated vandalism of Wikinews talk:Content guide (posting irrelevant or nonsensical content) [59], [60], [61], [62], [63] despite warning.[64] —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:08, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global steward or admin request: range block

There was a series of vandalism incidents from the same IP block out of Poland. Each edit was a different IP:

[65], [66], [67], [68], [69]

Can we get a long-ish term, anon-only block on 2a01:1000::/21? —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:16, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global steward or admin request: Hello, Annoying!

Hello, Annoying! (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Vandalism[70] with declared intent.[71] —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 00:11, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

49.98.225.141

IP not English creating pages in Asian, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 22:24, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

‎Oladayo198

Spam account? Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 16:38, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Loki on Wings‎

globally blocked user. BigKrow (talk) 16:41, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:The One in One

Using foul language on article, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 19:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already globally locked. Leaderboard (talk) 05:23, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1-1989miriyuki-1

Writing nonsense pages has been warned, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 23:06, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

1-1989miriyuki-1 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

New page created after warning: [72] —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 01:10, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Annoying!

Hello, Annoying! (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) Vandalism again (here) AkaruiHikari (talk) 05:53, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

186.96.215.253

Gibberish pages. BigKrow (talk) 22:23, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CC license upgrade, edit-protected pages to update

As part of the project to upgrade the copyright license used by en.wn, pages that mention the specific license version will need to be updated. To make the process easier in the future, we are trying to consolidate the places where we mention the specific version used. We are doing this in part by using {{Current CC Version}}, as discussed here: Wikinews_talk:Copyright#Pages_to_update_when_license_is_updated_from_2.5_to_4.0.

On that page is a list of edit-protected pages that need to be updated. There are instructions there as well as on most of the pages where I have placed an edit request.

Our tentative goal is to update our license on August 1. Other language projects have also committed to the change and are dependent on our project changing first.

We would greatly appreciate the help, as we are now stuck, unable to update several pages.

Thank you in advance. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:17, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:The Project's Worst Nightmare

Vandalism only account. BigKrow (talk) 22:45, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) The account has been globally locked. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 13:15, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

131.242.7.50

vandalism only account. BigKrow (talk) 00:19, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

131.242.30.53

vandalism only. BigKrow (talk) 00:21, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) IP globally blocked. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 13:33, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ClumsyOwlet

Vandalism only account. BigKrow (talk) 00:18, 5 August 2024 (UTC) I must have wrote this for a reason, can someone please verify user actions? Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 01:47, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Darthadder

Vandalism only account, thank you. BigKrow (talk) 17:36, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TypeError when viewing category:review

The following fatal exception is being displayed when viewing category:review:

[cc9561b3-dbc3-4c33-a78a-9a0cac47ab8e] 2024-08-07 13:15:48: Fatal exception of type "TypeError"

—Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 13:19, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I opened the following ticket with Phabricator: T371986 —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:57, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This was fixed yesterday and the Phabricator ticket has been closed. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 13:28, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting anon-only block

152.22.74.24 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Created six new, empty articles and submitted all for review without adding any content. See Special:Contributions/152.22.74.24 for a list of articles. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 17:38, 7 August 2024 (UTC) User contributions for 152.22.74.24 more now BigKrow (talk) 20:04, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

152.22.75.23

Vandalism only BigKrow (talk) 15:45, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

152.22.74.24

Vandal. BigKrow (talk) 15:36, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) already globally blocked. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:54, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(Note) Blocked again for another week. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:22, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EPIC, (hopefully pings work inter-wikily) can we get a local, long-term, anon-only block on the single IP 152.22.74.24? The vandalism continues after each block expiration and seems to be escalating in volume. I think the local project can tolerate a long-term block easier than what can be implemented globally. The IP belongs to a university and the vandalism from it goes back years. Thanks in advance! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 19:18, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't see your ping until now - and nope, unfortunately you will have to ping me locally (which is of course fine too). I placed a block on the /23 for three months, it is a somewhat lengthy block meaning local admins can of course feel free to modify or remove the block if they wish (although I hope it will not be a big issue as there has been solely vandalism from that range).

Speaking of which, this wiki should really try finding a new administrator, most admin actions here since July have been performed by us and an active local admin here would be useful (because of course - we are not local administrators and cannot be the ones to do everything here - especially considering that our remit here is mainly supposed to be anti-vandalism/anti-spam). EPIC (talk) 14:26, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you bigly! —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 18:59, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've subscribed to this page, so I will get notifications when a new topic is started here. Is there a way for me to view the list of subscribers, or to subscribe a user? Thanks EPIC , Michael.C.Wright for your help. --Gryllida (talk) 12:00, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Women's March becomes largest single day protest in Modern U.S. history

2017 Women's March's infobox links to Women's March becomes largest single day protest in Modern U.S. history, but that article says "If you followed a link here from an external site, please inform us"). Rootsmusic (talk) 17:55, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Rootsmusic, could you please take a screenshot? I don't see that link in the infobox. You can probably upload it to Wikimedia Commons. --Gryllida (talk) 18:54, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The original article was moved (renamed) and no redirect currently exists. Here is the original article: Women's March becomes largest protest in U.S. history. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 18:57, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gryllida I've corrected Wikipedia's link to WikiNews. --Rootsmusic (talk) 19:58, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I presume you now

Fixed it. (Leaving the icon so that others can skim more quickly and understand the status of this task.) --Gryllida (talk) 23:36, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dinogameappz1

Promotional account? Thanks. BigKrow (talk) 00:08, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems inactive. Were inactive accounts blocked for bad usernames previously? --Gryllida (talk) 12:02, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sergey Romanov presented the updated social network SocialAppe 2024

What is going on with this article? Seems confusing for others as well??? Plus an Anon was messing with it also, thanks. BigKrow (talk) 21:48, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was not published and can be tagged with {{develop}} tag. I left a note on the article talk page. Gryllida (talk) 12:10, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

template edit

Please see here

https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Template_talk:Develop#Sight_recent_change

Thanks. Gryllida (talk) 02:58, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism: HoneyRamirez2014

HoneyRamirez2014 (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

Local vandalism: [73], [74], [75]. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 23:39, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Three more today: [76], [77], [78]. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 20:37, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More today. [79], [80]. @Gryllida: can you take action on this? It seems to be increasing in frequency. Thanks. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 16:20, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reported to GSR. Kind regards,--A09 (talk) 16:22, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Local block placed by EPIC. Thank you both. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 14:28, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2024 ARPS Conference

This article was linked on the WikiNews Telegram group and it can also be found on my blog:

https://www.athbud.com/miscellaneous

It was deleted by @Tanbiruzzaman recently. I am not sure why?

See original deleted article link here:

https://en.m.wikinews.org/wiki/2024_ARPS_Conference

Thanks. ABuddhavarapu (talk) 23:44, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Backlog of abandoned articles and double redirects

In Newsroom --> "Disputed". Many require deletion with careful checking that they were not un-abandoned or otherwise useful. Please assist? (To update, click purge icon on that page.) Thank you in advance! Gryllida (talk) 11:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Microchip08 please? --Gryllida (talk) 12:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering what needed to be done to fix this so I clicked a few random links and many of them were allready marked and in Category:Speedy deletion. So if someone have time to delete pages it should reduce the number a lot. --MGA73 (talk) 18:55, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closing DR about sxw-files

Could someone close Wikinews:Deletion_requests#825_sxw-files? It has been open since August 2023.

There is a discussion at Wikinews:2024 Copyright license upgrade if {{Printedition}} should be updated or if a new template should be created. If we are to change the template to "Template:Printedition 2.5" (or another name) then it would be good to have this DR closed soon.

If the files are to be deleted it is possible to use a script to mass delete or global sysops can help. So please do not let the time it take to delete the files be the reason not to close the DR. MGA73 (talk) 18:50, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have closed the discussion as successful and made the request for deletion below.

We no longer produce a printed edition. Therefore I think the easiest course of action would be to update {{Printedition}} to state the following:

This file is a release of the Wikinews Print Edition, which is no longer produced. Text contained in Print Edition articles created after September 25, 2005 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. Some images are released into the public domain, others are used under the Wikinews fair use policy

I can make this change. —Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Published) 15:45, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ofcourse. No need to update template then :-) --MGA73 (talk) 15:49, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved.

Vandalism report

Wikipadia23 (t · c · b) – created the out-of-scope article Elizabeth-Gladys II and keeps edit warring to remove the deletion template. FlyingAce (talk) 21:01, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File renaming request

Please move File:Rsz gdqg3agxaaagxlt.jpeg to File:Trump and Trudeau dining.jpeg. — JJP_{Mas_ter} (she/they) 01:30, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Gryllida (talk) 18:09, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

213.106.79.154

Please block this one, excessively vandalism. Lemonaka (talk) 11:38, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Gryllida (talk) 21:34, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP:216.186.51.108

please block keeps reverting nonsensical notnews page. Thank you. BigKrow (talk) 21:59, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User is already blocked globally. Gryllida (talk) 21:34, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]