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


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Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Reality TV show with only the final episode to go, lots of IP edits pushing their preferred winner and just being disruptive. A week a peace would be helpful to the regular maintainers. Ravensfire (talk) 06:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:25, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:25, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: Persistent vandalism by anonymous IP addresses Dipper Dalmatian (talk) 08:47, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 13:52, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 109.173.144.0/21 (talk · contribs). 3 months. Favonian (talk) 19:08, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by numerous IP users. Areaseven (talk) 12:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:28, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (she/they) talk/edits 12:38, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 185.185.179.8 (talk · contribs) blocked by Materialscientist. Favonian (talk) 19:03, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive Editing. 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (she/they) talk/edits 12:44, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 2603:7000:863e:c5a4::/64 (talk · contribs) blocked by Isabelle Belato. Favonian (talk) 19:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Still frequently vandalized despite many protections dating back to 2007, looks like it's time for a permanent solution. Entranced98 (talk) 14:34, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 20:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 15:57, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 20:34, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Immediate resume of behaviour (addition of unsourced content) following page's previous protection. livelikemusic (TALK!) 16:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 20:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: The page has a WP:Editnotice that is commensurate with an Extended Confirmed protection. I am not necessarily seeking Extended Confirmed protection, just consistency. Please either remove the WP:Editnotice, or apply Extended Confirmed protection. --The Mountain of Eden (talk) 16:35, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IPs keep changing death date and removing source [1] [2] [3] [4]. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 16:49, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: The Wikipedia page for Invicta Racing talks about Virtuosi Racing's history, but Invicta Racing purchased the team from Virtuosi, that's why it is discussed in Wikipedia. Someone is continuing to flag the website and say that we are using their sources and it's not original. This is false, we are just talking about the history of the team. The users name is MSport1005. They have been doing this for a while now because we had edited the page originally and they continued to make changes. We need this resolved asap. AviLalo (talk) 17:05, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

+1 Reason: Continued disruptive editing by a single editor. Someone has created a new page to discuss the Invicta Racing, their sponsorship and achievements since purchasing the Virtuosi Racing Team. The original content I tried to update on Virtuosi's page was consistently being removed by this user turning it into a content dispute. Someone has now made a page exclusively discussing Invicta and the same user has followed asking for it to be taken down showing there must be a significant conflict of interest on the users side to keep following this topic to shut it down. Psf3397 (talk) 17:09, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: This article frequently gets edits from multiple users with low edit counts that add content of a highly promotional tone, as well as claims without proper citation. The only available resource for some of these claims are written by the company themselves. Pattersonuwu (talk) 18:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. One problematic user already blocked. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 19:16, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – sneaky vandalism. JayCubby 18:56, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – WP:CRYSTAL violations and some outright vandalism over the past couple of weeks. Skywatcher68 (talk) 19:01, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: High IP vandalism going on for a week now. Some new user accounts are also disruptive. Reverts on these persistent vandalism happens every day but IPs come back to change boxoffice figures without sources. Submitted request twice before but was declined. RangersRus (talk) 19:04, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 19:09, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: This article is related to the Israel-Palestine/Arab-Israeli conflict, a CTOP. Articles that fall under this CTOP are to be bluelocked if I remember correctly. Thus I am requesting for extended protection to be applied to the page. RedactedHumanoid (talk) 19:12, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Mike Allen 19:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 192.119.232.130 (talk · contribs). Favonian (talk) 20:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Problematic IP-edits on the 22nd. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:48, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Reason: IP edit war over national championship selection. PK-WIKI (talk) 21:04, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

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Currently, the lede states "On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel, taking 251 captive, against which Israelis responded applying the controversial Hannibal Directive, resulting in the death of 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals, among which 815 civilians.". This implies that the majority of the casualties were caused by Israel applying the Hannibal Directive, and despite some cases of casualties due to this, no credible source has made the claim that the majority of casualties originate from it. I suggest changing the lede back to what it was before it was randomly edited to the current lede without any discussion on the talk page about it, to "On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals and taking 251 captive." Aradkipod (talk) 12:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

In the section labeled "Initial Israeli counter-operation (October 2023)" it states the following: "A July 2024 Haaretz investigation revealed that the IDF ordered the Hannibal Directive to be used, killing many Israeli civilians and soldiers.[181][182] An ABC News (Australia) investigation reported that at least 13 civilians were killed in a 'Hannibal' incident in Beeri."

These sentences are incorrect and not supported by the sourced references. First off, the word "many" in the first sentence is gratuitous, misleading, and, perhaps most importantly, not supported by the Haaretz article it references, which never concludes that any citizens were killed as a direct result of a so-called "Hannibal" directive. Nowhere in the article does it state that the Hannibal directive can be tied to *any* deaths, let alone "many" deaths. Any reference in the article to potential deaths caused by a Hannibal directive are stated as questions, or that investigations are forthcoming. (e.g., "Haaretz does not know whether or how many civilians and soldiers were hit due to these procedures, but the cumulative data indicates that many of the kidnapped people were at risk, exposed to Israeli gunfire, even if they were not the target.") Either way, it certainly does not conclude that "many" deaths were tied to the use of the "Hannibal directive" which is highly misleading.

Similarly, as to the second sentence, the ABC News (Australia) does not conclude that " at least 13 civilians were killed in a 'Hannibal' incident in Beeri". It discusses a tank shooting at a house in Kibbutz Berri , but never states that there is evidence that the IDF tank fire resulted in the death of 13 civilians -- as opposed to the 40 Hamas gunmen who were holding them captive and engaged in a "firefight" with the IDF at the time of the tank fire. The 40 Hamas gunmen could just as easily have killed them as opposed to tank fire. Indeed, an eyewitness stated "Mr Shifroni's aunt Ayala and her grand-niece Liel and grand-nephew Yanai were all killed at Pessi's house — he believes by terrorists", not by the IDF and ""There are a few others that we still don't know and we may never know what exactly killed them." Later on in the article, it states "The team determined that most of the hostages were likely murdered by the terrorists, and further inquiries and reviews of additional findings are necessary.".

I propose that the sentences be re-worded as follows: "A July 2024 Haaretz investigation revealed that the IDF ordered the Hannibal Directive to be used at three locations, putting the lives of some Israeli civilians being held by Hamas at those locations at risk.[181][182]. An ABC News (Australia) investigation reported that after a prolonged firefight in Kibbutz Be'eri with around 40 Hamas gunmen who had been holding 15 hostages inside and outside, 13 of the hostages may have been killed by either the Hamas captors or IDF tank fire."

Apndrew (talk) 05:07, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Since I cannot reply to my original request on this, I am starting a new request with a different source for the request and a revised sentence:

In the fourth paragraph of the entry, it states."A case accusing Israel of committing genocide is being reviewed by the International Court of Justice,...."

This should be changed to "Cases accusing both Israel and Hamas of committing genocide have been lodged with or are being reviewed by the International Court of Justice,..."

This change is supported by multiple references: https://www.timesofisrael.com/9-bereaved-israeli-families-bring-icc-war-crime-genocide-complaint-against-hamas/ "The families of nine Israeli victims of the October 7 Hamas massacre have lodged a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for suspected war crimes."

and

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231103-israeli-families-bring-war-crime-complaint-to-icc-lawyer)

The change is necessary for accuracy, balance, and neutral point of view.

Apndrew (talk) 06:16, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

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Module:Message box (request) 2025-01-07 21:25 Cascade-protected from Main Page (log) Modified by KrakatoaKatie on 2016-11-16: "restore"
Module:Disambiguation (request) 2025-01-18 20:46 Fully protected (log) Modified by Pppery on 2023-09-01: "Upping to full protection as now used by Module:Pagetype"
MediaWiki:Robots.txt (request) 2025-01-20 21:07 MediaWiki page (log)
Fadlo R. Khuri (request) 2025-01-22 04:20 Fully protected, expires 2025-01-28 at 23:34:39 UTC (log) Protected by Randykitty on 2025-01-21: "Edit warring / content dispute Please stop warring and take to talk and get a compromise there before further editing this article."
Updated as needed. Last updated: 04:26, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Chinese (request) 2024-12-29 20:23 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Rail-interchange (request) 2025-01-06 03:20 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Module:IPA/data (request) 2025-01-12 14:40 Template-protected (log) Protected by Favonian on 2023-09-16: "High-risk template or module: requested at WP:RFPP"
Module:Infobox military conflict (request) 2025-01-12 21:19 Template-protected (log) Protected by HJ Mitchell on 2014-10-08: "High-risk Lua module"
Module:Infobox military conflict/styles.css (request) 2025-01-12 21:19 Template-protected (log) Protected by MusikBot II on 2019-07-02: "High-risk template or module (more info)"
Template:Db-meta (request) 2025-01-15 03:05 Template-protected (log) Modified by NeilN on 2015-11-18: "per request"
User:AmandaNP/UAA/Blacklist (request) 2025-01-15 19:22 Template-protected (log) From User:DeltaQuad/UAA/Blacklist: Modified by AmandaNP on 2016-02-12: "we are going to try letting template editors edit"
Wikipedia:WikiProject/Popular pages config.json (request) 2025-01-17 19:02 Template-protected (log) Protected by Izno on 2024-09-28: "protect at TE level"
Template:Doi (request) 2025-01-18 19:29 Template-protected (log) Modified by Jo-Jo Eumerus on 2016-08-18: "Highly visible template: Protecting admin inactive, no need for high protection given the only moderately high usage"
Template:Authority control (request) 2025-01-19 15:54 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Template:Country data Syria (request) 2025-01-21 12:28 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 17:46, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hello, I have created 75+ articles, since I got autopatrolled mostly focusing on television series. For transparency, I'm still working on the feedback received from @Schwede66 in my last request. And I intent to keep doing the good work. Thanks for your consideration. Wishing the community a prosperous new year. C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 06:56, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user was granted temporary autopatrolled rights by Schwede66 (expires 00:00, 23 January 2025 (UTC)). MusikBot talk 07:01, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Could you please point to where the date of birth of Gautam Vig is referenced, C1K98V? Schwede66 08:14, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi @Schwede66, I hope you enjoyed your vacation. I have sourced the DOB in the early life section as per WP:INFOBOXREF. I followed the editing style of Geniac, the way he improved Sheezan Khan and tried adapting the same. Thanks C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 08:48, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, I had a fab wee holiday. I don't understand your answer. I see that there is one ref in the infobox, and that reference does confirm the date of birth, but it is attached to the spouse only. Could you please explain what you mean, and how the referencing confirms the date of birth, C1K98V? Schwede66 08:59, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Schwede66 In the above mentioned article I have sourced the date of birth in the Early life section, see here. And the spouse's source is just about their marriage. I'm following the editing style of Geniac, the improvement he did in one of my previously created article see here. Thanks C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 09:38, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Sorry, which reference states the date of Vig's date of birth? I cannot see it. Schwede66 18:29, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
Schwede66, I have used two sources for DOB, Colors TV and India Today. You can find both the sources in the Early life section. Hope it helps, if you still can't verify the birth date, you're most welcome to remove it. Thanks C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 18:50, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
@C1K98V Is it just me or the webpage you're linking to from colorstv.com is redirecting to a /mena/ directory making it impossible to see what you're talking about or citing. As for the indiatoday.in, you did not initially position the citation as of when Schwede66 started reviewing your request, you only repositioned the citation today. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 19:07, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
Hi Vanderwaalforces, I'm not sure if the Colorstv website works outside of India. Let's wait for Schwede66 to confirm if they're able to verify it. I'm sharing a screenshot of the website for reference [5]. While searching for sources related to their academics, I found IndiaToday and added it later in the Early life section. I repositioned the named citation as I wanted to highlight it for Schwede66, so I left an edit summary too. Thanks for your consideration. C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 03:43, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
(Non-administrator comment) I can access the colorstv source and confirm that it mentions Gautam Vig's date of birth. – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:18, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

330+ article creations with zero deletions. Have run into this editor's creations in New Page Review and do not have to do repairs; infoboxes, categories, wikilinks, short descriptions, talk pages, etc. are all in place. This editor does not need to be in the new pages feed. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:23, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:23, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
Concise, well-written and sufficiently articles, mostly with a royal or Church of England focus. I looked at an articles of theirs as part of NPP, and found it to be up to standard without editing. Others look reasonable too. Klbrain (talk) 12:15, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
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Fixing typos Clubette (talk) 00:42, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done Sorry, I don't think you have enough experience for this yet, and the exchange above does not inspire confidence. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:38, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
Why not? Clubette (talk) 06:06, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
  1. You only barely meet the minimum criteria, with exactly 255 non-automated edits.
  2. Most of your edits are without edit summaries
  3. You didn't respond to the message on your talk page at all until it was brought up here.
All of these things collectively fail to convince me that you have enough experience to be granted AWB access. And nothing you say here is likely to convince me otherwise. * Pppery * it has begun... 19:20, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
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I am editing Wikipedia since 10 months and i had created dozens of articles and also participated in deletion discussions and also nominated some articles for AfD and most of them got deleted. Also i exapanded some articles of stub category and my area of interest are Politics, Rajasthan, BLPs, settlement articles, etc. Now i want to work with other editors on New page reviewing and i am requesting for a one month rights, firstly as a trial. TheSlumPanda (talk) 08:06, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Your recent contributions to Talk:Sinsinwar and User_talk:Ratnahastin/Archive_3#h-Please_do_some_research_before_removing_anything.-20250118173800 don't inspire confidence in me about your understanding of our sourcing policies (and/or ability to maintain a neutral POV when editing WP:IPA topics). On that basis itself, I'm inclined to mark this as {{not done}}, however, I'll let other folks weigh in. Sohom (talk) 04:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

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

 Done (till 21 Mar 2025) Sohom (talk) 03:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
Hello. I am requesting this permission as I would be interested to help at the near-permanent New Pages Feed backlog, when my other work here allows me to do so. I am aware of the relevant content policies and guidelines, especially when it comes to NPOV and BLP. If granted, I intend to use it responsibly, like I do with my other permissions. As for my own record, I have created over 600 articles so far, with few deleted. I already have autopatrolled and rollback permissions. As for my experience, I have been around for almost 15 years, with c. 150,000 edits. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 13:34, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for page mover

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

 Not done Your three most recent RMTR requests were all contested. I think that disqualifies you from this permission for a long while. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:32, 17 January 2025 (UTC)
Um, exactly how long? Because I'll still be involved in RMs and at RMTR! Intrisit (talk) 16:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for pending changes reviewer

Pending changes reviewer

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hello. I am requesting this permission as I would be interested to help at PendingChanges, when my other work here allows me to do so. I am aware of the criteria for its use, especially in regard to BLP and countering vandalism. If granted, I intend to use it responsibly, like I do with my other permissions. Additionally, I already have autopatrolled and rollback permissions, and finally – as for my experience, I have been around for almost 15 years, with c. 150,000 edits. — Sundostund mppria (talk / contribs) 13:20, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:20, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

To review changes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. — W.andrea (talk) 18:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:07, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for rollback

Rollback

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Hello, I was temporarily granted rollback permissions to see how I do, and they are due to expire on the 27th. I believe I have been diligent and careful with this permission, and I only use it when necessary. I always warn users and I create discussions on article talk pages where necessary. Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 14:43, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user was granted temporary rollback rights by Pppery (expires 18:41, 27 January 2025 (UTC)). MusikBot talk 14:50, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
@Cmrc23: It looks like you're using generic rollback even on edits that aren't obvious vandalism (where vandalism is defined as being "deliberately intended to obstruct or defeat the project's purpose, which is to create a free encyclopedia") or other categories of rollback that don't need an explanatory edit summary. For example, while removing a reference might be vandalism, it could also be based on good-faith belief that the source is unreliable. Similarly, this rollback doesn't seem to be of obvious vandalism. Going forward, would you include the reason in the edit summary when reverting any edits that don't fall into one of criteria 1–5 at WP:ROLLBACKUSE? SilverLocust 💬 18:59, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
I was a little hasty with those two in particular, but I will make sure. I presumed my warning on their talk page was enough, but I try to not use it when it's not necessary (again, was hasty there, apologise) Cmrc23 ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ 19:55, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
 Done. Extended by 1 month. SilverLocust 💬 04:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

I’m requesting rollback tool to help with vandalism fighting more effectively. I’ve been active in counter-vandalism work and have a good understanding of policies like WP:VAND and WP:AGF. While I’ve made mistakes in the past, I’ve taken the feedback onboard, slowed down, and focused on making more accurate judgements.

Rollback would allow me to handle clear vandalism more efficiently without cluttering edit histories. I’m committed to using it responsibly and only for obvious cases of vandalism, leaving more complex issues for discussion or reporting.

Thank you for considering my request. Footballnerd2007talk ⚽ 17:27, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
There are no outstanding requests for template editor.

Template editor

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

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

    Templates I use often but never remember

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

    Help box by Jennavecia (talk · contribs)

    "Do you want to take a survey?"

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

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

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

    Wikiprojects I am a member of:

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

    Short To Do list

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    Early Anon work, no need to bug the developers

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

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

    List of most of my original pictures and some maps

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

    • Update March 21, 2006 by searching with Interiot's Tool (no longer updated - [6] does edit counts though)

    Pictures

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    Maps

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