User talk:Stwalkerster/Archive June 2020

Administrators' newsletter – June 2020

News and updates for administrators from the past month (May 2020).

Administrator changes

CaptainEek • Creffett • Cwmhiraeth

Anna Frodesiak • Buckshot06 • Ronhjones • SQL

CheckUser changes

SQL

Guideline and policy news

• A request for comment asks whether the Unblock Ticket Request System (UTRS) should allowed any unblock request or just private appeals.
• The Wikimedia Foundation announced that they will develop a universal code of conduct for all WMF projects. There is an open local discussion regarding the same.

Arbitration

• A motion was passed to enact a 500/30 restriction on articles related to the history of Jews and antisemitism in Poland during World War II (1933–45), including the Holocaust in Poland. Article talk pages where disruption occurs may also be managed with the stated restriction.

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Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:28, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Please suppress again

Hi, Stwalkerster. It look like Smart Techno 2-Learn has re-added undesirable info to their userpage, could you please suppress again and maybe salt? Bishonen | tålk 09:20, 8 June 2020 (UTC).

Hi Bishonen, thanks, I've suppressed the edits in question. I'm aware that quite a few people watch my talk page, so in the interests of keeping suppressible material out of the public eye prior to suppression, please could you not post requests on-wiki? Feel free to drop an email to Special:EmailUser/Oversight, where any OSer can pick it up rather than messaging just one of us - that way it can get dealt with faster. Thanks! :) stwalkerster (talk) 09:53, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Salting V2burger

Hello,

I noticed you recently deleted V2burger, i would love to draw your attention to the fact that it's been recreated over 5 times, the last one which i placed the tag on. I would appreciate if you can WP:SALT the page to prevent further creation and disruption. Best regards, Lapablo (talk) 11:14, 8 June 2020 (UTC).

Hey :) - I'm only seeing two deletions of that page at the moment, if you exclude the automatic redirect deletions caused by page moves. Are there any others that I've missed? If it's only those two, I think it's probably premature to salt just yet. stwalkerster (talk) 17:52, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Subrata Howlader

Hey Stwalkerster, hope you are well! Would it be possible to throw some salt on Subrata Howlader? It was recreated three times in a span of less than a hour. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:40, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi LuK3 - I don't think it needs salt just yet, as it's only been created by one user who I've blocked. If some footwear appears, then I can reconsider. stwalkerster (talk) 17:54, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, I'll keep an eye out. Appreciate your help as always :). -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:56, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Step 553

Is a sock of Evlekis, so a week is rather generous :) ——Serial ^# 09:59, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

We've crossed messages, I've already bumped it to indef based only on the number of attack pages created. :) stwalkerster (talk) 10:01, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

About 30 seconds apart :) all the best! ——Serial ^# 10:05, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

• Humbugz (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

is also a sock of Evlekis (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Evlekis) as can be seen from their latest contributions on my talk page, so would you mind blocking that sock too? And changing their block settings to remove TPA and email access to avoid abuse on their talk pages (which is standard procedure for all Evlekis-socks...). Cheers, - Tom | Thomas.W ^talk 11:41, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Looks like this is already sorted. :) stwalkerster (talk) 12:39, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Hey

Hello Stwalkerster, since you blocked AryaShahMumbai, can you look into Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AryaShahMumbai? Thanks, ◊PRAHLAD^balaji (M•T•A•C) This message was left at 19:01, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

John J. Mooney Edit

Hi Stwalkerster - reverted edit on John J. Mooney page. Below is a link to his obituary, my apologies for what is likely poor formatting. It will confirm the year of birth and date of death. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=john-j-mooney&pid=196351461&fhid=6235 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bconvery01 (talk • contribs) 13:25, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

@Bconvery01: thanks! I've added the citation to the article now for you :) stwalkerster (talk) 16:32, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Bdlivecricket is not promote with wikipedia

Hello dear sir or mam please kindly review bdlivecricket page i submit this website biodata on wikipedia this website only for cricket related not other topic news post for promote this website not use ads for need lot of trafic this website for cricket lover in bangladesh people Mr.pondit (talk) 16:09, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Mr.pondit, I'm having a hard time understanding what you're trying to say here, so apologies if I've interpreted your message incorrectly. From what I understand, you're posting the article to generate traffic for the website because it doesn't use advertising? If so, that's pretty much the definition of promotion. We require all articles to be written from a neutral point of view with citations to independent, reliable sources. It's extremely hard to do that if you are closely related to the subject. On review, the article was written with a promotional tone, with no citations at all, so was not suitable for Wikipedia.

If you are connected in some way to the subject, such as being an employee of the website, then you must also read and follow our rules on paid editing. stwalkerster (talk) 16:37, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello Stwalkerster, sir you this my article is promotion for traffic reason that right, now you tell me how can i submit article about this website i no need traffic this website with wikipedia i want, people now bangladesh people have love cricket not for only india i see all indian cricket related website have wikipedia , but why not alow my website wikipedia i,m not writing copyrights someone article my website all article is unique, please kindly review my website than tell me how can i submit this website biodata — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr.pondit (talk • contribs) 2020-06-21T22:12:57 (UTC)

@Mr.pondit: I'm sorry, I'm still finding it difficult to understand your query. Did you manage to review the links I provided in my last message? For an article to succeed, you will need to a) prove the article is notable by providing citations to independent reliable sources (see link above), and b) write the article from a neutral point of view. I strongly suggest using the Articles for Creation process to gather feedback before trying to put an article into the main article space - don't try to bypass it but wait for someone else to approve the article once you've written it to a standard suitable for Wikipedia. Don't try to use the existence of other articles as justification for your own - just because one subject is notable does not mean another subject in the same topic area is also notable.

Perhaps most importantly is that you seem to have a close connection with the article subject, and as such you MUST follow the rules surrounding that. Perhaps the plain and simple guide to conflicts of interest will help you understand the requirements here. stwalkerster (talk) 22:43, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello Stwalkerster

@Stwalkerster:Hi Stwalkerster, hope I am using these codes correctly to reach you. Thank you for your message. I have digged into the Help:Maintenance template removal template references, however perhaps I am misunderstanding. If I may ask; why is for example architonic.com not a secondary source? It is not linked to the event and can be seen as an independent source. However, I have added a new reference to it. This time it is from a book called "New Chairs: Design, Technology and materials". This to me should definitely be a secondary source, however I don't want to remove the source issue template, without being sure. Could you please help me and confirm if this new reference can be seen as secondary source and if so, could you then please take the primary source template out? Thanks, WaynexacoWaynexaco (talk) 09:19, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Waynexaco - architonic.com looks to me (and I may be wrong) to be a site where designers can post their own content for publicity, and appears to have some element of user-generated content. As such, it doesn't appear that it would be properly independent of the article subject, and also likely fails to meet our standards for reliable sources - namely editorial oversight and a reputation for fact-checking. However, the source I removed in my last edit was the feizdesign.com one - which I'm sure you'll agree isn't independent as it's the subject's own website. stwalkerster (talk) 18:00, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Regarding the block on 113.210.0.0/16

Noticed that you have placed a block on the ipv4 address range. I believe that disruptive edits are now coming through the ipv6 address range (same ISP) as well, after investigating some spam edits on my user talk page, this and this. Can you help to look into this and see if a rangeblock on the ipv6 range is warranted? Thanks. – robertsky (talk) 01:41, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi robertsky, the block you've indicated was not a block I set originally - I simply edited the reason to include a flag for the benefit of the ACC process. I'd normally suggest you contact the blocking admin, but that specific former admin has the rare combination of being both community banned and concurrently ArbCom blocked.

In this case, I know very little about the original block, and from what I can see from a quick glance there hasn't been too much disruption from the v6 range, so I'm not personally inclined to block it at the moment. stwalkerster (talk) 17:53, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

@Stwalkerster: Oh dear... I guess we won't be hearing from that former admin for awhile. I will just have to deal with the random vandalism on my talk page then for now then. For a while, there have been a couple of IP editors (Singapore and Johor, Malaysia based) conducting some long drawn edit warring with each other across multiple Singaporean artistes BLP pages (some 200 of them). Many of these pages have been left languishing for years and there are some of us working to bring the quality of the articles up to the current standards that we see across Wikipedia in general. I guess as the work picks up, we may see more disruptive behaviours from the IP editors. Will reach out again if it gets more unbearable. – robertsky (talk) 18:12, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Request for UnRevDel to ProcrastinatingReader RevDel Request

Clearly ProcrastinatingReader's RevDel request was made under false pretenses. It has never been disputed that beepbopwhy (formerly User:Kayla kas) is Kayla Kaszyca. In the posts you removed, she said so herself. In some of her first posts with that account, she created the Sounds Fake But Okay podcast article. That article is currently under extreme scrutiny, but that's a different discussion. Ms. Kaszyca is Demisexual, is female, falls under that LGBTQIA+ rainbow, and where she works was brought up by another user and confirmed by herself on HER account. None of this is particularly surprising from an account that was called "Kayla kas".

I am a little shocked that my defense of her, her defense of herself, has all been requested by someone who is "concerned for her privacy". Let's let Kayla make that call and not an unnamed person a world away. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:47 on June 27, 2020 (UTC) • #StayAtHome • #BlackLivesMatter

Those edits were not simply revdelled, they were actually suppressed. Doing a search on someone and posting your findings on-wiki is not ok, it's doxing. The only reason I didn't go further and also suppress the employer is because the user confirmed it themselves in a later edit, but it should never have been posted on-wiki in the first place by someone other than the user in question. For the record, I do realise it wasn't you who posted it in the first place.

The information which I did suppress was (as far as I could see) never revealed by the user.

Yes, let's let the user themselves make the call about what they choose to reveal about themselves on-wiki, and not be forced into it because someone else has revealed it for them. stwalkerster (talk) 01:10, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

I agree with the employer info, and I believe the user who did that should be blocked for doing so (that would be Theroadislong, if I'm not mistaken). My main concern is that no information is removed regarding her sexuality. My concern was raised because it seemed to be during that discussion. I just wanted to make for sure. :) Thanks for your quick response. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 01:23 on June 27, 2020 (UTC) • #StayAtHome • #BlackLivesMatter

Edit warring

Thanks for the message. I'm happy to talk, but every attempt to restore the "incorrect" versions has been falsely tagged as revering vandalism, or my revision being "unsourced" even though I am removing information rather than adding it. The others need to be honest about their motives before we can talk. --Marching On The Leeds (talk) 19:22, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 16

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past two months (May and June 2020).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 16th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

Ed6767's redwarn is this month's featured script

Enterprisey: abusefilter-diff-check • abusefilter-hide-search • live-reload • quick-vand-block •

abusefilter-mass-test • simple-notifs • User:Enterprisey/rc-thanks

• DannyS712's RemindMe • Majavah's Aligner
• BrandonXLF: ShowUserGender • ReferenceExpander
• Awesome Aasim: oneclickdelete • noeditredlinks.js • editrequest
• TheTVExpert: searchForSection • scriptDocumentationTabs
• Alex 21: script-categoriessort.js • script-imageres.js
• Ed6767's redwarn

Twinkle released new features, including a rollback links on history pages and Special:Recentchanges,

the ability to rollback-in-place on Recent changes and Contributions, a new option autoselect warning

level, and an XfD log. (Enable in your prefences; See full list of changes)

• Headbomb's unreliable source detector script now allows users to add their own custom rules. See the documentation at User:Headbomb/unreliable#Custom rules.

Open tasks

• Recent changes to the vector skin may have broken some scripts and gadgets. Uses of the .vectorTabs selector

should be replaced with .vector-menu-tabs. Additionally, .menu should be replaced with <ul>, and .vectorMenu

should be replaced with .vector-menu. See phabricator:T255718 and phabricator:T254797 for more.

Pending requests

• A script to simplify the process of nominating articles for good article reassessment (request)
• A script to help create navboxes (request)
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

If anyone else would like to contribute to future issues, please comment at Wikipedia talk:Scripts++. --DannyS712 (talk) 20:13, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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