Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/Removal/Bddpaux

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Bddpaux (talk · contribs – Edit rights)

I have given this project more than 15 years, but its time to face the facts. Wikinews is a failure. We hardly publish anything at this point and at this point we are not a useful news source. While I believe in citizen journalism, it's time for me to move on.

While I could technically remove my reviewer permissions, for clarity I would appreciate it if someone else could. Bddpaux (talk) 19:24, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Acagastya, Bawolff, Chaetodipus, Cromium, Gryllida, LivelyRatification, Microchip08, RockerballAustralia, SVTCobra, ShakataGaNai, TUFKAAP, Tom Morris, Tyrol5, William S. Saturn:

Closing this request created by an imposter account. This also warranted CUing the user, and after discussing with stewards and other checkusers, this requires admin action.
•–• 03:31, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Questions and comments

Can the admins please hold off on actioning this? I'm pretty sure the requesting account (Bdddpaux, using a false sig here) is an impostor's account, not an alt account, and have asked Bddpaux about this. All it's done is redirect its user and talk pages to Bddpaux's, and request the removal of his privs. It's odd to create an alt account, and next, an hour later, announce your retirement. Bddpaux's latest statement on his userpage, two days ago, seems decidedly optimistic, although I have to admit Bdddpaux does a pretty good imitation of some phrases Bddpaux commonly uses, like mentioning his duration of service to the project and saying that he still believes in citizen journalism even at times when he's disillusioned about the project. Heavy Water (talk) 20:07, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Heavy Water I agree with you, but there is a little problem:If Bddpaux did in fact decide to retire, they might not be checking their talk page any time soon. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:05, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And by the way (if this is in fact an impostor's account) thank you for catching this, because this looks rather believable on the face of it... Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 21:05, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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