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Wikiquote Vandalism

Hello,

What exactly do we do about the IP here harassing us on Wikiquote? Thanks, Hummerrocket (talk) 18:10, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Hummerrocket, you could request a global block. You can check out meta:Steward requests/Global#Requests for global (un)lock and (un)hiding for more info. Thanks! -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Do you mind submitting a request for me? For some reason I am unable to edit the page you linked. Thanks! Hummerrocket (talk) 18:17, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Hummerrocket, not a problem! I added the request. -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:20, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Revision Deletion request

Thanks for your request for Revision Deletion at ActBlue. The IP making those edits has been blocked for a month, but if they reappear and are disruptive, please ask at WP:RFPP for page protection. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:05, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Cwmhiraeth for the message. I'll keep an eye out on the article for any further disruptive edits. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:09, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

Many thanks Prahlad balaji! -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:10, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

A message from Mlcastellanos

Mlcastellanos (talk) 13:28, 15 June 2020 (UTC) Hello LuK3, you responded to my third opinion request with, "Hello Mlcastellanos, I saw that you posted a third opinion request regarding an addition to Augmented reality#History. Unfortunately I had to decline your request because the issue has not been thoroughly discussed on the article talk page. If the discussion on the talk page comes to a standstill, you can then post a request over at Wikipedia:Third opinion#Active disagreements. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:09, 15 June 2020 (UTC)".

Maybe I'm not comprehending but isn't this what I did, which you responded to? If you'll note, the "editor" who deleted my addition had not responded to my multiple attempts to engage in a conversation! Thus as you put it, it hasn't been discussed.

On a side note, I'm really saddened with this platform. I've edited here for probably 10 years, and I've never encountered these unnecessary blocks.

Thank you for the message Mlcastellanos. I saw that you posted a note on GermanJoe's talk page and he advised you to discuss your addition to Talk:Augmented reality. You were also directed to the article talk page by RichardWeiss. Third opinions are only given if there was a discussion the article talk page beforehand (see Wikipedia:Third opinion#How to list a dispute), which you have not started yet. Please let me know if you have further questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:39, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

A message from Alcohol70

Alcohol70 (talk) 13:57, 16 June 2020 (UTC) Good morning. He's been accused, not proven. Is that difamatory? In our country criminals are not shown in given sources until they are convicted.

Hello Alcohol70, thanks for the message. If there are no reliable sources for those accusations, they have to be removed from the article per WP:BLPRS. Those are very serious accusations and we can not leave them in the article without high-quality sources. Please let me know if you have any further questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:03, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

New Page Reviewer newsletter June 2020

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do the right job

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATK_Mohun_Bagan_F.C.

that is main page, other was vandalism ......

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohun_Bagan_A.C.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATK_(football_club)

make changes of dissolved clubs on these pages. although renaming mohun bagan page was easiest thing of all...see when few indian fanatic users get after you 🙏 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.0.161.90 (talk) 02:37, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

You cannot remove {{Article for deletion}} templates when the discussion is ongoing. Please use the AFD discussion page to comment on the deletion of the article. Thank you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:40, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Editing questions

You removed my edit about Wade Townsend because I did not add a citation. Forgive me because I am new to wikipedia and just wanted to make sure that his page was properly updated with his views. How do I add a citation for a facebook post? What I said was very true, I have an image that I can add of the post itself. I dont see any reason to exclude this information if it is fact. Thanks. Anonymoushackerdude1912 (talk) 22:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Anonymoushackerdude1912, thank you for the message. Unfortunately Facebook posts, and other self-published sources, are not suitable in biographies of living people. I would suggest finding a news story from a newspaper or news outlet. Please let me know if you have any further questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:37, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Does a YouTube channel count as a valid self-published source if the YouTube channel is Mr. Townsend’s own channel? Thanks - Anonymoushackerdude1912 (talk) 23:50, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Anonymoushackerdude1912, self-published YouTube videos fall under self-published sources, see WP:BLPSPS. If you cannot find a reliable source that covered the incident then you will have to exclude it from the article until a reliable source does publish an article on it. -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:56, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Okay but the section about self published sources says that if the source is published by the person the article is about, then its okay. So I don’t really see an issue with using a YouTube video as a source if that video was published by Wade Townsend. Please advise. Thanks. - Anonymoushackerdude1912 (talk) 00:14, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Anonymoushackerdude1912, the issue is that your edit includes claims involving other people, see WP:BLPSELFPUB. Those are very serious allegations to add to an article. I would highly suggest finding a reliable source to verify the information or else it will get removed again. You can take a look at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources to view a list of what the community deems a reliable source. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:58, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

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I am using sandbox

EconomicHelper (talk) 01:05, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

EconomicHelper, Dow futures, along with the other articles you edited, are in the mainspace. If you would like to experiment with editing, please go to Wikipedia:Sandbox or User:EconomicHelper/sandbox, the latter being your personal sandbox. Please let me know if you have any questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:08, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

A message from EconomicHelper

But I am using sandbox???

EconomicHelper (talk) 01:10, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

EconomicHelper, no you are not using the sandbox. I already linked to two sandboxes you can use. -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:29, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

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Game of Thrones

Hello:

Just a quick note to let you know the copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors has been completed.

I'll send you my notes/suggestions later today.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 14:39, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Game of Thrones Copy Edit

Hello:

Here are some notes I made as I went through the article of various areas you might want to look at before submitting it for FAC:

Cast and Characters

”In 2016, several actor contracts were again renegotiated, reportedly increasing the salary of five of the main cast members to $1 million per episode for the last two seasons, which would make them the highest paid actors on television.”

The citation does not support this. Only Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is mentioned and it is unclear whether his salary was a result of a second negotiation or the result of those that took place in 2014.

Adaptation schedule and episodes

”Eight seasons were ordered and filmed adapting the novels at a rate of about 48 seconds per page for the first three seasons.”

I hid “adapting the novels…” as this is a trivial and basically pointless exercise, I think.

Update sections Effect on locations and Directing – there is likely more current information following the 8th season

Visual effects – update?

”More than 300 visual effects artists had worked on the show by season eight.” – more after season seven?

Update Copyright infringement section – details only up to season 5

Viewership – details stop at 2013 – update section

There may be other areas you'll spot as you review the article.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the article moving forward.

Twofingered Typist (talk) 18:43, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

Twofingered Typist I appreciate you for taking the time to copyedit and reviewing the article. I will look into addressing your notes soon. Thank you! -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:58, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

A message from Thegatso

Hey I don't know how to request locks but I see that you are an active anti-vandal so I am requesting you to request a lock for this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Lovell

It's at the top of Reddit right now and I can already see that there is vandalism happening.

Thank you stranger. Thegatso (talk) 20:55, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello Thegatso and thanks for the message. You can request page protection over at WP:RFPP. Make sure you read the instructions on how to correctly post a request. Please let me know if you have any other questions! -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:29, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		This is for your valuable efforts on countering Vandalism and protecting Wikipedia from it's threats. I appreciate your effort. You are a defender of Wikipedia. Thank you. PATH SLOPU 14:30, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:04, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

A message from 71.202.140.54

Re: Edits to Barstool Sports

Sorry about that, but you have to admit Dave Portnoy is an insipid little piece of shit.

71.202.140.54 (talk) 15:53, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

That is completely un-encyclopedic and doesn't belong in any article. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:00, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	I was testing to see how quick someone could catch vandalism, you done it quickly and efficiently. BTILL2020 (talk) 15:39, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

A message from BTILL2020

BTILL2020 (talk) 15:43, 29 July 2020 (UTC) Please stop correcting my vandalizm, Im trying to test other users, you already passed the test

BTILL2020, use your sandbox to test, please do not use articles to test out editing. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:45, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Conor Pepper

There is a bunch of vandalism on the page and I can't revert most of it because it conflicts with other edits. Could you please help get rid of it since I don't have the tools to revert it all? 47.227.95.73 (talk) 16:46, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Not a problem, I reverted back to the July 30th version. I also requested semi-protection. Thanks for the heads up. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:50, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

A message from 37.111.136.160

Please tell me which links i added to history of bicycle and you removed them?? 37.111.136.160 (talk) 11:58, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello, the link you added does not adhere to Wikipedia's external link policy. Generally, only official links should be included in Wikipedia articles. Adding links to promote an entity is not allowed according to WP:ELNO. Please let me know if you have any further questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:02, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

User:EggRoll97

Good CSD, I'd have added {{db-attack}} as well, as that blanks the page automatically. Cheers, 2A02:C7F:BE17:2D00:1C3D:1FC6:6853:AD7 (talk) 15:27, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Not a problem, looks like the page has been deleted already. Thanks! -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:38, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

A message from Bylakq

Bylakq (talk) 16:03, 25 August 2020 (UTC) No Worries Sir.. You Don't Made Any Mistake's

Bylakq, I suggest taking a look at Wikipedia's policy on external links and what links are not allowed. Please let me know if you have any questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:07, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Basic math

It is hard for you, you want to call yourself logical, or smart or w.e, but the one thing built entirely of logic, you are incapable of. Call it truth, call it positive information. Overcoming denial starts with admitting it to yourself, not running away and saying I am mean to bring it to your attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.198.76.125 (talk) 19:34, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

I am not sure what you are talking about because I was not the editor who reverted you over at Kenosha riot. I am, however, the editor who removed your inappropriate comment about another editor. Do not add personal attacks again or you will be blocked. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:40, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Walter Lure

Please stop reverting me. As well as dealing with blatant vandalism, I am trying to correct the death date per the talk page, AND correct the formatting errors that your edits are introducing. Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:50, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Ghmyrtle, hello. Feel free to reintroduce the edits, looks like I mistakenly reverted too many edits. I would, however, put his date of death only as reported in reliable sources. This NME article said he died on August 22nd, not the 21st. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:55, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Fair point - I will point this out to the IP (nephew?) whose comment I have moved to the talk page. Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:59, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Ghmyrtle, not a problem. If the sources amend the date of death, the article can be updated appropriately. Thank you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:01, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Apologies if I came across badly. That is essentially what I have said to the IP. Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:05, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Ghmyrtle, I'm sorry as well. I should of have paid more attention when I reverted. I also see one IP editor vandalizing the article. I'm going to withdraw my RFPP request. We can always re-report if it picks up. -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

"...should HAVE..." not "should of...". Pet hate!! Ghmyrtle (talk) 18:13, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

All fixed :) -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:16, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

A message from Talagangster

Talagangster (talk) 12:00, 27 August 2020 (UTC) Its a page about me, and I need to fix it!

Talagangster, since you disclosed you are the article subject, you have to follow Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest. Basically, do not edit articles about yourself or your relationships and use the article talk page to discuss any potential article changes. Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide is a very easy to read guide to properly disclosing and editing the article about yourself. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:05, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi thks for letting me know — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yeetmymeatplsbroineedit (talk • contribs) 13:44, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

RfA

Hey, LuK3, do you want to become an admin? I can start an RfA if you like. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 22:55, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

NASCARfan0548, thank you very much for the kind message. I'm currently exploring a possible RFA run but I'll definitely keep it in mind. Thank you again. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:24, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

LuK3, you're welcome! I thought you should become an admin, because by looking at your contribs, you have reported a lot of trolls and vandals and from your hard work on Wikipedia. NASCARfan0548 ↗ 02:27, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 17

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Wikiproject Military history coordinator election nominations open

Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are now open. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the coord team. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 02:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, I've created an account since I'm 63 yrs old retired I felt I could contribute to Wikipedia, what work can I do here? Aden25 (talk) 13:16, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Aden25, congratulations on creating an account. You can visit Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia to learn about the basics of editing and some suggestions on how to contribute constructively. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to help. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:21, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Luk3, I read that page thoroughly and I think that fixing vandalisim and keeping Wikipedia clean is the best way to start. Aden25 (talk) 13:34, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Aden25, I would first off check out Wikipedia:Vandalism to see what is and is not considered vandalism. From there, Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy is a good resource to help new editors in identifying and removing vandalism. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:56, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I had some health issues over the past few days and was unable to edit, extremely sorry for that. Anyway, today I have done some counter vandalism work, I'll be grateful if you can me some feedback on my work. And about the academy you mentioned I saw most of the trainer's dosent have a free slot and the one who have is far away from my timezone. If you can pls give me some suggestions. Aden25 (talk) 08:46, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Aden25, thank you for the message. Overall I think you are on the right track. One thing I note is that you are not warning editors after their disruptive edits. I generally start with level one warnings (general notes about disruptive editing) with escalating warnings after each instance of vandalism. Please let me know if you have any questions and I would be happy to help. -- LuK3 (Talk) 11:35, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

How to warn users? Aden25 (talk) 18:09, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Aden25, you can take a look at WP:WARNING which has a list of all of the user warnings. Level 1 is generally used for first warnings with Level 4 used for serious policy violations. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:38, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Prosponsive Page

Hi Luk3, how do I remove/dispute my article "Prosponsive" for deletion? I have removed any sales language and would very much like to keep this page active. It has nothing wrong with it now and I really want to prevent it from being deleted.

Hello Timgriffin27 and thank you for your message. I find that the Help:My article got nominated for deletion! and Wikipedia:Introduction to deletion process pages to very useful in learning about the article deletion process and how to respond. Having said that, please do not remove the deletion template on the article. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:05, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Attack

Try as I might, I can't see any attack in Draft:Razz the ripper. Cabayi (talk) 19:09, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Cabayi, I was basing the G10 tag off the (nonexistent) file name calling them a "No 1 ultra noob". -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:16, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

So after a closer look, I changed the CSD tag to WP:G3 because it looks like the original edit summary was referring to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and not to a specific player/person. I appreciate the message Cabayi, please let me know if you need anything else! -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:27, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

A message from Sakimahi

Yo Luke, I did add sources, but way to disregard them. Have fun pissing yourself with lies. Sakimahi (talk) 00:26, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Sakimahi, you included no inline citations so I have no way of verifying the information you added is correct and accurate. Take a look at Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Citing sources on how to include reliable sources in your edits. Please let me know if you have any questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:31, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Milhist coordinator election voting has commenced

G'day everyone, voting for the 2020 Wikiproject Military history coordinator tranche is now open. This is a simple approval vote; only "support" votes should be made. Project members should vote for any candidates they support by 23:59 (UTC) on 28 September 2020. Thanks from the outgoing coord team, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 05:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For stopping a potential edit war. - ❄️Steve talk? 20:46, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks 4thfile4thrank! -- LuK3 (Talk) 20:47, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

A message from PhoenixSuns8-0

Hello, I see you have blocked the IP address at my school, which is 63.159.0.197 I would recommend blocking anonymous users on that IP forever. Also, my school has a second IP address, 63.159.0.198, which I used to make a few edits earlier today, but I recommend the same course of action for that IP. PhoenixSuns8-0 (talk) 03:49, 18 September 2020 (UTC)PhoenixSuns8-0

PhoenixSuns8-0, hello. IP address are not usually indefinitely blocked. I see 63.159.0.197 has been blocked for a year so hopefully that'll stop their disruptive edits for some time. As for 63.159.0.198, I do not see enough vandalism or disruptive edits to warrant a block. You can always report editors to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism if they are vandalizing. Please let me know if you have any questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 10:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi I am back. Can you help me either block User:38.18.118.10 for their mass vandalism on the page Kristi Noem or protect the page? the vandalism is incessant and reverting the damage is very monotonous. Thank you! PhoenixSuns8-0 (talk) 03:34, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

PhoenixSuns8-0, that IP has been blocked for 72 hours. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:08, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Seeing your name around the RC log and the ARV noticeboards, and keeping the vandals at bay! Thanks for cleaning the Wikipedia and keeping it clean! Good luck on the mop! Signed,The4lines |||| (You Asked?) (What I have Done.) 14:35, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind words The4lines! -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:25, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

If you can wait about four hours, you'll be able to block 'em too. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 12:38, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

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Revdel request

Would you please take care of this? Thanks. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 14:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

BlackcurrantTea, taken care of. Thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:02, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for mopping up. BlackcurrantTea (talk) 14:06, 12 January 2021 (U (UTC)

Revdeletion request and threat in my talk page

Hello there

Thanks for handling social problems concerning my talk page.

I request a log deletion in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User+talk%3ATokihikoH11 (first event) since I had been highly insulted. I am not active generally on wikipedia.

--TokihikoH11 (talk) 20:48, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) TokihikoH11, deleted. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:02, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Harassment

I’ve bee using this website for a good two months now, and for a matter of three weeks I’ve been abused by multiple users for small edits on food articles. A few days ago, I was blocked without notice by an administrator who did not give me context as to why I was being blocked. As a matter fact, I hadn’t been active on Wikipedia for a few days so I can stem away from the issues. Reinhearted (talk) 21:12, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Reinhearted, it's rather disingenuous to call that block "without context" when you have an entire section on your talk page explaining what you needed to stop doing. GeneralNotability (talk) 21:36, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

User El C told me I wasn’t allowed to edit anything relating to the Arab Israeli conflict which I wasn’t, and after he explained that discourse I stayed away from the page overall. A few days later I was blocked without any reasoning as to why I was being blocked. Reinhearted (talk) 21:47, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

I’ve tried to explain the situation on multiple occasions the history behind the edit disputes, but he had blocked me after the conflict had been resolved. Reinhearted (talk) 21:49, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Reinhearted, I would suggest raising this issue with El C on their talk page, User talk:El C. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:56, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

The reason why I decided to speak to a different administrator is because the mistreatment contributed by that specific user has lead me to feel uncomfortable interacting with them. As I’ve stated, this individual blocked me from editing based on unfair grounds even though I agreed to distance myself from the discourse. Reinhearted (talk) 22:00, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Reinhearted, I see no "mistreatment" by either El C or the other editors who have reminded and warned you of Wikipedia's policies in a calm and polite manner. I would suggest to you re-reading all of the policies/guidelines linked for you, including WP:ARBPIA, so you do not get blocked again. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:13, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

I’ve gone over that article on multiple occasions and I’ve followed every stance, as I’ve stated I haven’t engaged in political articles relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, there was a misunderstanding with multiple users who couldn’t find the right word to use in regards to a claim on a page which had been resolved. As I’ve already mentioned, this user specifically targeted me even after the situation had been resolved. Reinhearted (talk) 22:19, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

ANI

If you don't mind, go ahead and notify Joe Sutherland at the Foundation. Pinging Dennis Brown--you know why. Thanks to you both. Drmies (talk) 23:59, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

All taken care of, thanks Drmies. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:27, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Revision deletion

Hi, LuK3,

Please review Wikipedia:Revision deletion#Criteria for redaction. We try to limit revision deletion to copyrighted material and truly appalling or disruptive content. Elements like signatures or comment headers that have regular content do not need to be revision deleted. Even insults are borderline and are not usually revision deleted unless they are racist or incredibly vulgar. But you made the right call on Jimbo's page. Thanks! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 19:37, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Good for you, for trying out your new tools immediately. Keep it up, that's how you learn. When you are ready to do some page protection, you might want to read my essay User:MelanieN/Page protection. (I see that Kevin has already pointed you to the bling page. Oh, and General Notability did too. Gotta get that bling while it's still shiny.) -- MelanieN (talk) 20:04, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

(edit conflict × 2) Thank you for the message Liz and MelanieN, I appreciate it. I'm definitely going to start at slow and always get a second opinion or ask if I am unsure. Thank you again. -- LuK3 (Talk) 20:11, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Blocked vandal

Hi there Luk3. I note that yesterday you removed talkpage access from an idiotic editor (or account). Good call. That said, I am perturbed by the visibility level of this lunacy in which I am directly insulted and would appreciate it being revdelled if possible. Thanks. --Coldtrack (talk) 18:04, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Coldtrack, apologies for the delay. I went ahead and revision deleted those edits. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. -- LuK3 (Talk) 20:24, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

A message from 2A02:587:C447:7500:64C3:826D:1551:686F

2A02:587:C447:7500:64C3:826D:1551:686F (talk) 21:17, 25 September 2020 (UTC) Could you please explain me which of my information was wrong? Why did you revert my changes?

You removed sourced information to add your own opinion, which is directly against Wikipedia's policy on original research and not adhering to a neutral point of view. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:19, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Sourced information? Since when propaganda is sourced information? I can give you too some sourced information which proves the exactly opposite. Would you like to read them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:C447:7500:64C3:826D:1551:686F (talk) 21:22, 25 September 2020 (UTC) Read these articles https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/201109/more-circumcision-myths-you-may-believe-hygiene-and-stds https://intaction.org/circumcised-vs-uncircumcised/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:C447:7500:64C3:826D:1551:686F (talk) 21:29, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, LuK3. I'm just posting to let you know that List of awards and nominations received by Emilia Clarke – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for October 23, 2020. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:27, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Giants2008, thank you for the notification! -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:44, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

From user Ruhaan Aditya

I just want to know that

How do protected your page and how to make a protection request — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruhaan Aditya (talk • contribs) 04:49, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Ruhaan Aditya, you can make a page protection request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Please make sure you follow the directions to make a properly formatting request, located at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Instructions. In addition, pages are protected according to Wikipedia's protection policy, you can take a look at that page for more information on when pages and articles are protected. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:20, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Editor of the Week

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User:GeneralNotability submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:

I nominate Editor LuK3 to be Editor of the Week for his excellent work in the behind-the-scenes areas of Wikipedia. He has been very active in the areas I patrol (WP:UAA, WP:RFPP, WP:CSD, and revision deletion requests), and I consistently find his contributions in those areas helpful and correct. These areas, as well as his recent changes patrol work are thankless areas of Wikipedia but are nevertheless important tasks, and I believe that LuK3's consistent hard work in these areas is worth recognizing.

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Thanks again for your efforts! ―Buster7 ☎ 10:41, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Wow, I did not expect to wake up to this message! Thank you GeneralNotability and Buster7 for the kind words, I sincerely appreciate it. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:02, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Immediate action needed, in the news article under massive duck sockpuppeting attack since the last half hour

Massive duck attacking Toronto

7 obvious socks 6 of which extended confirmed are attacking an in the news article. Please take a quick look https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/MosMusy page being vandalized. Resapp (talk) 20:16, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Damir Skomina

That was fast[1]. Thanks. AIRcorn (talk) 21:38, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Aircorn, not a problem! -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:39, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of James Gandolfini

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article James Gandolfini you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aircorn -- Aircorn (talk) 02:40, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

192.176.237.28

Can user:192.176.237.28 please be blocked ASAP for vandalism. CLCStudent (talk) 13:15, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

CLCStudent, blocked for 31 hours. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:17, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you!

I'm not a barnstar kinda guy but just want to acknowledge the great work you've done since being awarded the mop. Amazing asset to the team! Massive kudos my friend. Glen (talk) 14:36, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Glen, thank you very much for the kind words! -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:47, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from Pschaeffer

Pschaeffer (talk) 16:14, 6 October 2020 (UTC) If you look at the Talk page, I provided a source for my statements about Hillary. She did lie about Benghazi and she did get caught. I did not provide a link in the Wikipedia page itself. If that is a requirement, I would be glad to do so. Thank you Peter Schaeffer (Redacted)

Pschaeffer your edit did not include any reliable sources to back up your claim. Most information, including any claims involving living people, must have high-quality, reliable sources to verify the information you added. I highly suggest following WP:BRD and discuss your edits at Talk:2012 Benghazi attack. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:23, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

James Woods - RFPP

Hi LuK3, just a heads up, I went ahead and submitted a RFPP given the disruption and BLP violations occurring over the past few days. S0091 (talk) 18:02, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

S0091, thank you for the note. I'll leave it to another administrator to review. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:19, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

New sock of the "tense chart" spammer

Hey, just a heads up that the user you blocked for spamming/edit warring on Grammatical tense is back with another sockpuppet. Botterweg14 (talk) 12:52, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads up Botterweg14. It looks like Materialscientist took care of them already. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:00, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

That was special

Thank you for reverting the abusive IP, though I have no issue with mateiral like that exisitng on my talk page. Fiddle Faddle 16:20, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Timtrent, fair enough. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:31, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

It tends to provide very persuasive evidence in clear sight. I do wish they'd sign it, though 👀 Fiddle Faddle 18:15, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

How to apply for Admin

Hello, LuK3, can you give me guidance on how to apply for admin?

I feel like I have contributed a lot to Wikipedia, with almost 200 edits. I have 4 drafts, 2 of them turned to articles (Big Bash Boom and Pokémon Go Battle League by Zxcvbnm and Rich Smith)! I have also contributed to Ravikant Shukla, Pokémon, I Choose You and WhiteHat Jr..

Thanks, Wellthisisthereaper (TALK)

Wellthisistherepaer, thank you for the note. You can take a look at Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship to see what the Wikipedia community looks for in an administrator. Having said that, I would strongly discourage you from running at this time. The community generally likes to see 1+ years of active involvement in multiple areas of the project. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:55, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

LuK3, Thanks, hopefully when 1 year passes I will have over 100K+ edits since in 8 days I have done over 150+ edits :)

Thanks, Wellthisistherepaer (talk) 17:58, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of James Gandolfini

The article James Gandolfini you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:James Gandolfini for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Aircorn -- Aircorn (talk) 23:02, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

IP user vandalizing

The IP you blocked earlier on Prison is back on Bat as food. Diff: [2] Rafplayz001 (talk) 14:37, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Rafplayz001, thanks for the heads up. IP blocked for a week and page semi-protected for a week as well. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:41, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for dealing with it quickly. Rafplayz001 (talk) 14:42, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

How the heck do we deal with this guy? He's gonna keep ipsharkk for ips! -GoatLordServant (Talk) 14:44, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

GoatLordServant, unfortunately there is not much we can do. Just keep reporting them to WP:AIV and they will be blocked. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:47, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

GoatLordServant, I suggest keeping an eye on COVID-19 loosely related pages via Special:RecentChanges. It's how I found him the first time. Rafplayz001 (talk) 14:51, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

LuK3Infection prot block please-GoatLordServant (Talk) 14:55, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks -GoatLordServant (Talk) 14:57, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/32.211.7.34 -GoatLordServant (Talk) 15:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Ah, the predictive blocking worked! -GoatLordServant (Talk) 15:02, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/73.212.151.34 -GoatLordServant (Talk) 15:04, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

GoatLordServant, taken care of. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:05, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Again, at Fixed-wing aircraft. Diff: [3] Rafplayz001 (talk) 15:16, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Not even remotely related to Covid-19, odd. I sat there at his contribs for 2 minutes refreshing over and over. -GoatLordServant (Talk) 15:19, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Loser Vandal

Now on ‎173.69.53.28 (talk · contribs · ‎173.69.53.28 WHOIS) - Arjayay (talk) 15:23, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Maybe leave the article he's vandalising rn open to keep him there -GoatLordServant (Talk) 15:26, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/174.198.219.203 Back again -GoatLordServant (Talk)

another one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health -GoatLordServant (Talk))

Disambiguation link notification for October 15

An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Daenerys Targaryen, you added links pointing to the disambiguation pages Vox and Vanity Fair.

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Will it work to report this Loser LTA to IPShark? It is suspected that this is how he gets so many IP addresses to evade his ban.

Report script: "Greetings, Steve here. I have a suspicion that several dozens of IP addresses used by your service have been used to vandalize Wikipedia and harass people there. It is become such an issue that it is in the long-term abuse. He repeatedly calls people loser and defaces health and COVID related articles. Is this user using your IP Addresses? Cheers, Steve.

Examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:86.25.102.112

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/86.25.102.112

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/99.247.72.191"

I want an opinion whether it would be appropriate to file an abuse complaint. Thanks! 4thfile4thrank (talk) 16:04, 15 October 2020 (UTC) @Luk3:

https://ipsharkk.com/contact/ ISP abuse

Hello 4thfile4thrank, I'm not sure how much good that would do. IPSharkk is not like an ISP with a dedicated abuse department to respond to these types of requests. I think it would just be best to block the IPs and semi-protect the articles as appropriate. -- LuK3 (Talk) 20:46, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Seems fair. However, how on earth does this guy get so many IPs that look completely different and aren't detected as proxies? 4thfile4thrank (talk)

4thfile4thrank, I'm not extremely well-versed in open proxies and alike but it looks like all of the IPs they are using belong to major ISPs (T-Mobile, Virgin Media, etc.). That may be one reason it's not showing up as an open proxy. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:05, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion for Wikipedia... ?

Hello, LuK3. You have new messages at LuK3's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hey, as you it is WellThisIsTheReaper and as I talked to you earlier, I wanted to RfA. So, fast-forward and now I have 500+ edits, and I am waiting for EXTENDEDCONFIRMED status to come in, as I thought, why not limit the # of days to 15 days to gain Extended Confirmed status. It's just a thought. Anyways, talk soon.

Cheers, WellThisIsTheReaper - 01:38, 15 October, 2020

If you have a moment...

Could you consider taking care of User:172.222.157.227 as well? :)

Re: [4]

Thanks! Snowycats (talk) 01:54, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Snowycats, blocked for 1 week. Thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:20, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

LuK3 Thank you! :) Snowycats (talk) 02:23, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Can my talk page be semi-protected? The Loser IP is using it to harass me.

4thfile4thrank (talk) 02:14, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

4thfile4thrank, I semi'd your talk page for a day. If it continues after the protection expires, you can post a request at WP:RFPP, just in case I'm offline. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:21, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Congrats on your adminship!

From a fellow Luk :) -- Luk ^talk 10:00, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks for the nice message Luk! Fantastic name, by the way :). -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:04, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

FYI

I'm about to drop a rangeblock for this and related fuckery; see most recently their edits to an LTA. It's one of those people who has longterm issues with those who revert vandalism. For now, I think that's all it is. Pinging Graham87, just for the record. Drmies (talk) 21:49, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Drmies, I've got no problem with that. I appreciate the heads up. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:51, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Ha. Turns out this range is full of edits by one person who is also responsible for a couple of VOAs, with the same style of fuckery there as well, so I might make a few CU blocks. And you blocked at least one of those accounts, after which Yamla removed TPA and it was made a global block by Bsadowski1. I can't say what the account was, obviously, but Yamla, I understand you got yourself a new pair of glasses (congrats!)--but I don't think it's really worth your while checking again or delving into it. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 21:57, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Training in the tools isn't for another week or so and so I'm not putting on the glasses quite yet. :) --Yamla (talk) 01:13, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Stucky

Who is this sad little person? Drmies (talk) 00:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Drmies, a LTA. See Nasopharyngeal swab, Pandemic, and other disease-related articles for more info. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:27, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Gotcha. Maybe we can shut down Canada, except for the bit where Ponyo lives. Drmies (talk) 00:42, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Drmies, hopefully we can limit collateral damage. Always nice having our northern editors! -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:48, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Ponyo, that reminds me. GUESS WHERE User:Kelapstick IS RIGHT NOW. Near you! Or maybe underground, under you? Tap on the floorboard and see if he responds. He might not respond here, since apparently he can't get into his account, haha, after getting a new phone. #commonproblem Drmies (talk) 19:24, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

@Drmies: There is no part of Canada under me, though there are many things I consider beneath me. Mainly spitting in public, which is disgusting.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:21, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Really? You find that worse than, for instance, people cracking their knuckles or other bones in public? Oh, watching someone else on YouTube play a video game, like my boy is doing right now, that's pretty low too, in my book. Drmies (talk) 20:27, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Yes, worse than all of those things. It's THE WORST. And I totally give the YouTube video game thing a pass because my kid watches those videos while playing completely unrelated games. I don't get it. How can she do both at once? Also, when did I start sounding so old? Sorry LuK3 for commandeering your talk page.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 21:40, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Question for GA-nominated articles

Hi LuK3!

I've noticed that you've been working extensively on the Daenerys Targaryen article to ready it for GA review -- you did a great job! I was wondering if it was still alright to make some changes after it's been nominated? I'd like to trim down the season 8 summary a bit more to perhaps about 450-470 words and have a draft ready. However, I wanted to make sure this was alright with you before I did so in case I'd be infringing on any procedures :)

Thanks! Anatashala (talk) 00:47, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Anatashala, go for it! I always like having other editors help out. Please let me know if you have any questions. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:49, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank-you and if I have any questions, I will come to you! :) Anatashala (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:52, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

A message from Patriot10101

There is absolutely nothing wrong with my edit. It is factual. It is based on her own words, professional relationships and conduct.

https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/exclusive-splc-investigation-reveals-white-house-deputy-comms-director-julia-hahn-had https://theintercept.com/2017/05/07/white-fear-in-the-white-house-young-bannon-disciple-julia-hahn-is-a-case-study-in-extremism/ https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails https://www.npr.org/2019/11/14/779208233/stephen-miller-and-white-nationalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/who-is-julia-hahn-the-unlikely-rise-of-steve-bannons-right-hand-woman/2017/03/29/c242504c-125e-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html Patriot10101 (talk) 12:36, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Patriot10101, please take a look at WP:LABEL, specifically the line that states Value-laden labels—such as calling an organization a cult, an individual a racist or sexist, terrorist, or freedom fighter, or a sexual practice a perversion—may express contentious opinion and are best avoided unless widely used by reliable sources to describe the subject. That includes the term "white supremacist". None of those articles say that the article subject is a white supremacist. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:46, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Then there is clearly an issue with your own reading comprehension. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patriot10101 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Request protection

Mass disruptive editing going on at Ultimate Fighting Championship rankings, placing Khabib on top which is against the source. As per official ranking, Jon Jones is first and Khabib is second, see https://www.ufc.com/rankings. Please make sure to revert incorrect changes before protecting. 157.44.143.197 (talk) 14:49, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the article for two days. In the future, you can use Wikipedia:Requests for page protection for page protection requests. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

NLT

I think this deserves the NLT treatment. [5] Natureium (talk) 23:41, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Falafel

You keep editing the falafel page about the origins of the dish when there is clear and evident proof of the history and creation of the dish. It’s inaccurate and appropriation for you to lie about an entire ethnic food — Preceding unsigned comment added by Factchecker1995 (talk • contribs) 17:02, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Factchecker1995, you removed content with no reasoning in your edit summary. If you believe the information is wrong, please follow WP:BRD and start a discussion on Talk:Falafel to establish consensus for your edit. Do not, however, keep removing content without any explanation. -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:09, 29 October 2020 (UTC>

Ayu Maulida Protection

Can you make the Protection for "Ayu Maulida" from potential Persistent vandalism more longer than just 2-3 days protection. Since the page was constantly vandalized by a bunch of irresponsible newly-created users this past few weeks, maybe should be protected for a month? Thanks before. I Nyoman Gede Anila, Talk 22:45, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

I Nyoman Gede Anila, thank you for the message. Since the article has not been protected in the past, I think semi-protection for 3 days is fine to start off. The article can always semi-protected for a longer period once this protection expires. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:51, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

@LuK3: Can you do the same protection here Rabiya Sundall Mateo since there is a lot of fresh-newly created users are trying to deleting and changing information there. Their actions is prohibited because they're improving without RS: Reliable sources supporting it. Thanks before. I Nyoman Gede Anila, Talk 23:32, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

I Nyoman Gede Anila, I have semi-protected the article for three days as well. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:37, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot LuK3! --I Nyoman Gede Anila, Talk 1:35, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
@@LuK3: I think Rabiya Sundall Mateo should be protected permanently for a month, I'm just checking the page was damagely vandalized by haters who's keep on changing the bio with such a unreliable source like Instagram, some users even replaced the current actual sources with Instagram link, as you can see HERE. 180.253.161.77 (talk) 22:15, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Need Protection!! (03 November 2020)

LuK3 Please I think Francisca James page need some temporary protection, I saw a lot of unrelated changes on her wiki biography that might be an vandalism acts, You can check on the history. 36.78.141.59 (talk) 22:15, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Article protected for 1 week. Just a note for the future, Wikipedia:Requests for page protection is the best venue to request page protection. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:58, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Question

Hi Mr LuK, do you identify as a Trump supporter? Please stop editing Biden's page then, its a conflict of interests. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB11:8055:3FD6:43CB:4F1E:6CF9:6A62 (talk) 15:53, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Article talk pages are not general forums, they are used for editors to improve the article based on Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. I suggest stopping your disruptive editing before you get blocked. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:57, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

5.197.232.31

Can user:5.197.232.31 please be blocked ASAP. CLCStudent (talk) 13:42, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

CLCStudent already done, thanks. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:42, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

User talk:Dealfigure Entertainment

Hi LuK3, you might want to look at talk page access here after the spam block JW 1961 Talk 21:22, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Joseywales1961, thanks for the heads up. I revoked talk page access. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:30, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Rabiya Sundall Mateo

Socks appear to be back, or at least people accusing each other of being socks. You protected this on Nov. 2 for 3 days.

Would you consider a longer period of semi-protection or pending-changes protection? I'm not sure how long "longer" should be, but at least a week, probably no more than a month, with careful watching after the protection expires.

Note - I reverted it to the last stable version before asking for protection. That could be seen as "gaming the system." If you think it's "right and proper" to undo my edit prior to protecting, I won't complain. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:22, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Davidwr, I've semi-protected the article for two weeks. It looks like the socks have been blocked but there are still some BLP violations from a few different editors. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:33, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Failed attempt to login

I totally forgot to tell you, but I wanted to warn that someone tried (and failed) to login into my account nine times some weeks ago. Since the notification came from English Wikipedia, I suspect that it was someone trying to log into your account and made a typo. I believe sysops must already have Two Factor Authentication enabled, so your account must be safe, but I believe I should bring this to your attention anyway. Luk3 (talk) 18:04, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Luk3, I appreciate the heads up. I also apologize for any inconveniences this may of caused you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 18:09, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Small weiner at Robin Williams

He's back ... I submitted a request for protection. [6] [7]SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:43, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi SandyGeorgia, I've blocked that /64 range and indefinitely semi-protected the article. It has a long history of both PC and semi-protection so I think indef is the best course of action now. I appreciate you letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:49, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it is one thing after another at that article for a very long time. I suppose this IP will just go small weiner somewhere else next! Thx, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:49, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

SandyGeorgia, oh we will see them again. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:50, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Is there an edit filter that checks for new or IP editor using commonly mis-used phrases like this one? If not, maybe there should be. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 00:58, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Davidwr, I don't think there is a specific edit filter for these types of edits. You can always head over to Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested to see if one can be created. -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:02, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Rabiya Mateo

Hi. I just noticed that the birthdate of Rabiya Mateo is wrong. It's not January 11, 1996 as claimed by the references provided there which are not reliable such as Dreshare (the source of their articles are from Facebook).

I would like to provide references instead and I hope you would help change her birthdate from January 11, 1996 into November 14, 1996. These are the reliable references proving that she was born on November 14, 1996:

1. Inquirer.net https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/350717/miss-universe-philippines-2020-calls-for-fellow-ilonggos-to-give-donations-for-typhoon-victims

2. GMA Network https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/764096/rabiya-mateo-launches-donation-drive-on-24th-birthday-for-ulysses-rolly-victims/story/

3. ABS-CBN News https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/11/12/20/rabiya-mateos-homecoming-in-iloilo-set-on-november-13

4. Bombo Radyo Iloilo https://www.bomboradyo.com/iloilo/miss-universe-philippines-2020-rabiya-mateo-magasaulog-sang-iya-24th-birthday-subong-nga-adlaw-kasunod-sang-iya-hoemcoming-wish-niya-makuha-ang-5th-miss-universe-crown-para-sa-pilipinas/amp/

5. Panay News https://www.panaynews.net/red-is-power-ilonggos-paint-the-city-red-to-welcome-rabiya-mateo-home-2/

I hope you will help me in this because the page of Rabiya Mateo is protected. Updating her birthdate using her real birthdate will avoid confusion to our readers. You can check the references I mentioned above as proofs for what I said. Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CCstrong (talk • contribs) 03:40, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

CCstrong, your best bet is to keep this discussion at Talk:Rabiya Sundall Mateo. That is the best way to gain consensus for changing their birthdate. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:30, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Ohh okay. Thank you very much. ❤️ CCstrong (talk) 13:04, 15 November 2020 (UTCTC)

Daenerys Targaryen

Hello:

The copy edit you requested from the Guild of Copy Editors of the article Daenerys Targaryen has been completed.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best of luck with the GAN.

Regards,

Twofingered Typist (talk) 21:05, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Twofingered Typist, thank you very much for your copyedit, I truly appreciate it. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:39, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

TP access

Hi, would you please consider cutting talk page access at User talk:Born Again Coco? The abuse is continuing. Thank you DBaK (talk) 22:01, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered, talk page access revoked. Thanks for the report. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:04, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks for that DBaK (talk) 22:05, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

148.122.135.23

Might want to swing your hammer. - Seasider53 (talk) 23:51, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Seasider53, blocked for 31 hours. Thanks for reporting. -- LuK3 (Talk) 23:52, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

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HurricaneTracker495, talk page access revoked. For future reports, please just leave a message on my talk page as I check this page more often than my email. Thank you. -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:08, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Also cross-wiki abuse of a similar nature. Global lock and other-wiki page deletions may be in order. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 01:19, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Davidwr, I requested a global lock. -- LuK3 (Talk) 01:21, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, LuK3. Should we also ask for input from a checkuser, who might be able establish what IPs or ranges to block? If we don't get a block or rangeblock, it seems likely they will continue to create impersonation accounts. -- MelanieN (talk) 17:03, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

MelanieN, I would be fine with that. I know these LTA accounts tend to hop around on different ranges, maybe a CheckUser could give some more insight (if any). -- LuK3 (Talk) 17:07, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Self-followup: علاء globally locked the account. Contributions on Commons have been deleted, but not contributions on French Wikipedia which are problematic. I don't read French so I'm hesitant to tag the pages for fr:Wikipédia:Critères de suppression immédiate#G5. Anyone with French-language skills want to tag them? davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 18:45, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

User talk:A Perfect 10 Nail & Beauty Bar

Hi, thank you for reinstating the correct block notice. It looks like the anti-vand tool I'm using has a weird bug where it gets rid of other notices (I thought that a block notice had not been placed). Good work! P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 17:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Talk:Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign

I saw you changed visibility on a number of revisions at Talk:Kamala Harris 2020 presidential campaign. There's one more now [8]. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 20:51, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

• Nevermind. It's been taken care of. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:32, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi LuK3. It seems to be continuing with a new editor every day re-adding the same stuff, which will need revdelling again. A more recent one was blocked by Widr and again has left a lot of stuff that could probably do with sorting out. I've asked for PP on the page, but I wondered if there was some better way, Some Clever Admin Thing™ that you could apply further upstream to stop the constant reappearances? It seems to be a bit whack-a-mole at the moment. Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 10:26, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

• On reflection, I'm sure that other interested parties will know what to do without my input. Unwatching. Thanks DBaK (talk) 11:48, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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Deletion of AT&T Mobility

Ok, why? It's the long-established article on the wireless subsidiary of AT&T. The article has been around for over a decade. I see no reason why it should have been deleted. I think you made a major error here and the deletion should be undone immediately. If there was an issue with illegitimate revisions, then those should be revdeled, not the entire article deleted! oknazevad (talk) 02:48, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Oknazevad, working on it. It was an incorrect deletion because of a redirect. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:53, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Oknazevad The article has been undeleted to its previous state which I accidentally deleted. For that I will  Self-trout. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. -- LuK3 (Talk) 03:30, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Mistakes happen. Glad it got fixed quickly. Out of curiosity, ah uh redirect were you trying to delete? oknazevad (talk) 11:30, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Oknazevad, I deleted Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/ST47 but also deleted AT&T Mobility because there was a redirect to that deleted page. -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:54, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

So it got caught up in a vandalism/socking cleanup. Got it. oknazevad (talk) 15:30, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

I need to make some changes on twelve zodiac signs articles

Hi

I need to make some changes on twelve zodiac signs articles:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aries_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpio_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_(astrology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisces_(astrology)

but on the edit pages of these articles doesn't appear the edited information <<duration - tropical, western) like appears on the main page. Please fix by your own or ask another Wikipedia admin to add this information on the edit page.

Thanks NCELAJ (talk) 13:58, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

NCELAJ, if you cannot edit the pages you can follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Edit requests. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:03, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

A citation has been provided! Seems silly though, considering it's literally his own statement, haha!

I can't edit the section <<duration - tropical, western>> on these 12 articles NCELAJ (talk) 14:27, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

A message from Denverresident

You made a mistake in removing my last post on Mayor Hancock. The source to cite is literally Mayor Hancock himself, via a press statement he released last night. Please place my edit back. Thank you.

Denverresident (talk) 14:16, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Denverresident, you included no reliable source in your addition. According to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Reliable sources, you must include a reliable source (such as The New York Times for example) for any contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced. Since you included no inline citation or reference, I removed it. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

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Just wanted to drop by and says thanks for this! -- 5 albert square (talk) 23:21, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

5 albert square, you're quite welcome! -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:29, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

A Message about a vandal

Can you block 2600:387:2:803:0:0:0:C3? Because if you look at his talk page, he has recently spammed inappropriate language on there. Thanks. 74.187.193.51 (talk) 03:28, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I've reverted but some more work may be in order. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 04:34, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Protection on Andrea Meza

May I ask for your protection for the page of Andrea Meza as IP users keep on changing referenced infos. I've been trying to explain to them that if they want to change something about the article, they should provide a reference to support their claim. There's already a reliable reference about it but several IP users keep on changing it without providing reliable source to support their claim. Thank you. Adachiii (talk) 19:10, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Adachiii, I've semi-protected the article for two days. -- LuK3 (Talk) 22:27, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Reporti

180.253.163.117 This user has been putting references on the height of several articles. But these references doesn't contain an info about the height of a certain person in an article. I view this as inappropriate since this user has edited several articles already. I think this user should be given a warning or a block depending on how he gone too far with it. I already reverted this user's edits btw. Thank you. Adachiii (talk) 00:43, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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News and updates associated with user scripts from the past three months (September, October, and November 2020).

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Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

SD0001's W-Ping is this month's featured script

Sportzpikachu's bookmarks adds a bookmarks section to the navigation toolbar

SD0001's deleted-metadata-link.js adds links to the deletedrevisions API output for deleted pages

SD0001's GAN-helper makes it easier to create a GAN nomination.

1234qwer1234qwer4's XfDstarted scripts add links to today's XfD log pages to the personal toolbar

Awesome Aasim's rcpatrol is a tool that can be used to patrol recent changes, including reverting edits and warning users

A new JavaScript snippet, MediaWiki:AFC-add-project-tags.js, can be used to add WikiProject tags to drafts at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Add WikiProject tags without actually needing to install a user script.

Nardog's PlayAudioNow makes {{audio}} links playable while staying on the page, regardless of the format

GeneralNotability's ip-ext-info.js adds extended info on IPs in a popup with their range, ASN, and ISP

TheTVExpert's submitRMTR adds a button to Special:MovePage to submit a technical request at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests

TheTVExpert's rmCloser helps with closing and relisting requested moves.

Enterprisey's parsoid-round-trip uses Parsoid to convert wikitext to HTML and back, and then shows the result and the difference between the original wikitext and the post-conversion wikitext.

Frietjes's infoboxgap assists in renumbering infobox labels/data/classes, so that a new line can be inserted in the middle of the infobox.

Pending requests

• A request for a script to help with maintaining the lists of vital articles
• A request for a script to make it easier to archive specific list entries, rather than whole discussion sections
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

Twinkle has made a number of improvements, including using a change tag to identify actions made with it and automatically filing edit requests for protected XfD nominations.

SD0001's shortdescs-in-category is now compatible with scripts modifying category listings, such as Equazcion's CatListMainTalkLinks

GhostInTheMachine's TalkHelper2 is a newer version of their prior script, TalkHelper

GeneralNotability's spihelper updated to 2.2.10, fixing a number of small bugs, automatically tagging globally locked socks as such in the sockpuppet template, and restoring open cases following an SPI history merge.

Enterprisey's script-installer gadget has been updated with more internationalization of messages, as well as addition of a user preference, window.scriptInstallerInstallTarget to allow controlling where new scripts are to be installed.

Open tasks

• Enterprisey is looking for beta testers for their new section-watchlist user script. See the announcement.

Miscellaneous

• The second edition of the m:Coolest Tool Award will be taking place in December.
• Enterprisey's links-in-logs script has now been implemented as part of MediaWiki core, see gerrit:640761 and phab:T207562.

My apologies for the delayed issue. As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, help is appreciated. Stay safe, --DannyS712 (talk) 18:20, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

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Request for Protection

Hi. The protection for the article RABIYA MATEO has expired few days ago. May I please request for another protection, a longer than the usual, to avoid unregistered IP address users from vandalizing it. Thank you. Adachiii (talk) 13:48, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Adachiii, I've semi-protected for 3 months. In the future, please use WP:RFPP for protection requests. There are more watchers over at RFPP who will respond to your request quicker. -- LuK3 (Talk) 21:57, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Game of Thrones PR: sorry

I started in there, and then got a zoom call that got quite convoluted, and completely lost my place and train of thought. I'll start over when I am less frustrated ... Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:39, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

SandyGeorgia, not a problem! Take however long you need. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:42, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Just gotta get out of the frustrated mood the phone call left me in :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 15:49, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

SandyGeorgia, now I have to apologize. I was busier than usual this past weekend but hopefully I can resume my work on the article this week. Again, I appreciate the comments and suggestions! -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:54, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Nominations for the 2020 Military history WikiProject Newcomer and Historian of the Year awards now open

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Delete below given link cotent from wikipedia its totaly wrong information as many reports have been sent to wikipedia to delete this this content is against Muslims community to dis hurt Muslims its a matter of Muslims beloved prophet. So Kindly Take Action Soon. Thanks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Masroor_Ahmad

A message from PCRib

Hi Luk3. Good call on protecting Globe Soccer Awards page. It generally gets these edits right after the event takes place. However, one such edit by Alymboy persists. Would you be able to revert it as well? Many thanks. PCRib (talk) 19:03, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

PCRib, I undid the edit. Thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:07, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

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Hello. Happy New Year. The protection for the page Miss Universe 2020 had already expired. IP users (unregistered accounts) amd other different accounts are vandalizing it. I am requesting for a protection to prevent this issue. Thank you. Lukewin (talk) 13:44, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Lukewin, I have indefinitely semi-protected the article in accordance with WP:GS/PAGEANT. Thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:00, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

'User-' socks

Hello LuK3, I noticed you blocked several 'user' prefixed accounts for socking yesterday. I think I've found another: User23416. Could you block that one as well? Thanks, Pahunkat (talk) 12:38, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Pahunkat, editor blocked. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:25, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks LuK3. They actually created more accounts today, see the 'possible spambot' section of User:Pahunkat/Usernames to watch. Pahunkat (talk) 15:27, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

N.B. 109.79.59.253's now decided to edit my comments on their talk page. Pahunkat (talk) 17:56, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Pahunkat, looks like TPA has been revoked already. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:44, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Revdelete

Hello please rev delete some disturbing reverted messages on my talk page, I can’t stand them. Thanks --Megan B.... ^{It’s all coming to me} till the end of time 15:23, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Synoman Barris, I revdeleted two of their edits. I also see Oshwah semi-protected your talk page. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:27, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

LuK3, Thanks Luk3 and Oshwah Megan B.... ^{It’s all coming to me} till the end of time 15:31, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

No problem! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 15:32, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Quick sock blocks and delayed sock blocks

I see that you blocked User32418, User69723, and another seven of the same. I don't know whether it will interest you, but I thought I would mention that I would have waited until the accounts became autoconfirmed, and then block them. I have no doubt whatever that the purpose was to get the accounts autoconfirmed. That is what it pretty well always means when a new account makes ten or (for some reason) more often slightly more than ten pointless edits, often but not always in user space, and then stops. When, in addition, it is done with several accounts on the same occasion, that "pretty well always" becomes a certainty. I see two advantages in waiting rather than blocking immediately. Firstly, if we block immediately the editor can just start again with new accounts with less blatantly obvious user names and less blatantly obviously pointless edits, whereas if we let them think for four days that they are getting away with it then at worst we delay the disruptive edits they are planning for another four days after that, and at best they get so pissed off at their plan having been defeated after waiting that they give up. Secondly, and perhaps even more usefully, if we wait until just after the autonconfirmation comes into effect, we may see them make the first of their planned disruptive edits, which means we know what to watch out for if they do come back with more sockpuppets a few days later, and if the editor is a sockpuppet of an already blocked editor then we get a clue as to which one. Of course this is just an opinion, and you may or may not think it of some value, but I offer it to you as a thought. JBW (talk) 23:41, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

JBW, I appreciate the note. I definitely see where you are coming from, especially with your second point. I was doing some edit filter log patrolling and came across all of those accounts. In hindsight it would have been helpful to see what these accounts were going to do once they achieved autoconfirmed status. I would keep that in mind for the next time this issue comes up (which I assume will happen again). Again, thank you for bringing this to my attention. -- LuK3 (Talk) 00:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Blocking my IP

What on earth is a wheeled racist LTA? I'm fairly sure I'm not one of them, whatever they are. So why the hell did you block my IP? Doktordoris (talk) 14:52, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Doktordoris, IP addresses are frequently reassigned so the block was most likely not aimed at you. Having said that, it seems the account you are on now is not blocked so I would suggest continuing using this account. -- LuK3 (Talk) 15:01, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Ah. Okay, thanks for your reply. Appreciate it. Doktordoris (talk) 16:00, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

User talk:TheAnnoyedOne

Re the warning dished out, I have today seen more like spam => m:User:COIBot/XWiki/themindblown.com. I have blocked two of the accounts as socks of one. Though I am guessing that we may have a bigger problem. I don't have time at the moment to escalate further re socks, though I have globally blacklisted the domain as it clearly is just going to be spammed. — billinghurst sDrewth 23:14, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Billinghurst, thanks for letting me know! I'll keep an eye out on them. -- LuK3 (Talk) 02:43, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

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Reliable cites

What are some good reliable cites I can use when editing articles? Specifically history of words and origins and such, thank you. Reinhearted (talk) 11:15, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

Reinhearted, your best bet would be checking out Google Scholar and search for academic journals about linguistics and etymology. You can also ask the editors at WikiProject Linguistics and see how they find sources. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:35, 5 January 2021 (UUTC)

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Justification for semiprotection of Talk:Macaron

Hi- I was surprised by your response to my request to semiprotect Talk:Macaron. Just to be sure, you did see that there have been eight instances of vandalism in the last ten days, right? Thanks, Dan Bloch (talk) 03:02, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Hi Danbloch and thank you for the message. I did see the edits in question and still do not see the need to semi-protect the talk page at this time. As stated in my declined justification, article and user talk pages are only protected when high and egregious levels of vandalism and/or WP:BLP violations when reverting and blocking would not alleviate the problem. You are welcome to re-report if disruption picks backs up. -- LuK3 (Talk) 13:33, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Redacting user creation logs

Hi LuK3! I hope you're doing well! Just a quick FYI: When redacting user creation logs, make sure to redact both the action and target and the performer's username/IP address. Otherwise, if you don't redact both of them, the log is still visible in the API and can be seen if someone uses the API to pull the list. ;-) If you have any questions, let me know. Cheers! ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 07:42, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Oshwah, thanks for the heads up, I appreciate it! -- LuK3 (Talk) 12:21, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

You bet! :-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 12:28, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2021

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2021).

Administrator changes

Hog Farm

Mattflaschen • Nandesuka • Savidan • Wangi

CheckUser changes

Berean Hunter • Xeno

Oversight changes

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Arbitration

• The standard discretionary sanctions authorized for American Politics were amended by motion to cover post-1992 politics of United States and closely related people, replacing the 1932 cutoff.

Miscellaneous

• Voting in the 2021 Steward elections will begin on 05 February 2021, 14:00 (UTC) and end on 26 February 2021, 13:59 (UTC). The confirmation process of current stewards is being held in parallel. You can automatically check your eligibility to vote.
• Wikipedia has now been around for 20 years, and recently saw its billionth edit!

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Scripts++ Newsletter – Issue 20

News and updates associated with user scripts from the past month (January 2021).

Hello everyone and welcome to the 20th issue of the Wikipedia Scripts++ Newsletter:

Scripts Submit your new/improved script here

Ajbura's anrfc-lister assists with listing discussions at WP:ANRFC to request that they receive a formal close

Bradv's endlesscontribs provides for endless scrolling of contributions pages

Evad37's livenotifications displays notification alerts and messages in a little popup box, (almost) live as they happen

Terasail's Edit Request Tool allows users to reply to, close or remove protected edit requests

ToBeFree's clear-watchlist allows emptying your watchlist even if the watchlist is too full to be edited or cleared by conventional methods

Dentonius's GlobalRecentChanges allows you to monitor recent changes across various wikis.

Yahya's SNA (Start New Article) allows you to start a new article or draft from the navigation bar.

Nardog:

• CatChangeLinker bluelinks the "(diff | hist)" part of category additions/removals on your watchlist.
• CatChangesViewer lists recent category additions/removals on a category page.
• Consecudiff adds links to diffs of consecutive edits by the same user on watchlist, history, etc.
• DiffFontSwitcher allows you to toggle between fonts for diff by clicking a line number.
• MoveHistory lists the past moves a page has gone through.

Novem Linguae:

• UserHighlighterSimple is a fork of Chlod's UserHighlighter with a simplified color scheme.
• VisualEditorEverywhere displays the Visual Editor edit tab and section links on pages that don't normally have them.

User:Evad37/TimestampDiffs – fixed compatibility issues with various scripts/gadgets, including Wikipedia:Comments in Local Time. For discussion archives, now looks for revisions on the base page.

User:Enterprisey/undo-last-edit.js - no longer tries to load on special pages.

User:Ahecht/Scripts/pageswap - version 1.4 fixes reading destination from form field if destination is not in article namespace, and fixes self redirects.

Wikipedia:XFDcloser - version 4 brings a new user interface for dialogs, some preferences for customising XFDcloser, major behind-the-scenes coding changes, and resolves various issues raised on the talkpage. Also, since version 3.16.6 non-admin soft delete closure have been allowed at TfD.

Open tasks

• As a reminder, the legacy javascript globals (like accessing wgPageName without first assigning it a value or using mw.config.get('wgPageName') instead) are deprecated. If your user scripts make use of the globals, please update them to use mw.config instead. Some global interface editors or local interface administrators may edit your user script to make these changes if you don't. See phab:T72470 for more.

Miscellaneous

• For people interested in creating user scripts or gadgets using TypeScript, a types-mediawiki package (GitHub, NPM) is now available that provides type definitions for the MediaWiki JS interface and the API.
• A GitHub organization has been created for hosting codebases of gadgets. Users who maintain gadgets using GitHub may choose to move their repos to this organization, to ensure continued maintenance by others even if the original maintainer becomes inactive.

Pending requests

• A script to ease reviewing Good Article nominations
• A script to help manage Z number templates
• ...and many more, all available at Wikipedia:User scripts/Requests

As always, if anyone else would like to contribute, including nominating a featured script, help is appreciated. Stay safe, and happy new year! --DannyS712 (talk) 01:17, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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Hello LuK3, could you revoke this IP's TPA? Thanks, Pahunkat (talk) 19:41, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Pahunkat, TPA revoked. Thanks for letting me know. -- LuK3 (Talk) 19:45, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

No problem, thanks for revoking :-) Pahunkat (talk) 20:53, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

176.59.35.53

Hi LuK3. 176.59.35.53 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) is back: 176.59.43.253 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). Could you block them, too? Robby.is.on (talk) 08:41, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

Robby.is.on, blocked as well. -- LuK3 (Talk) 16:26, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

@LuK3: Thank you! :-) Robby.is.on (talk) 18:59, 4 February 2021