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Sock

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Shaiksuhana2 Opened it 117.226.129.181 (talk) 05:54, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Persistent disruption

A few months back, you blocked KIfanboy for abusing multiple accounts. Shortly after the block, this account appeared, which has many overlapping edits at the same articles, sometimes just a few hours apart. In addition, KIfanboy continues to ignore pleas from others to seek help with moves, which they keep bungling, leading to a drain on community resources with discussions like this one. Thought I'd run it by you first since you've looked at this account recently, thanks. --GoneIn60 (talk) 06:27, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

GoneIn60, yup, behavior and magic pixie dust both say they're the same person. Blocked again, indefinitely this time. GeneralNotability (talk) 00:02, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Summary

Hello GeneralNotability! Apologies for sticking my nose in where I don't belong. However, I noticed something. When you revdel something under RD 5, it cites "Under other valid deletion policy" with a link to WP:DEL#REASON, however all the reasons there (except for the 2nd one) appear to refer to deletion of articles and not deletion of content with RD. I understand that there is WP:BEANS and WP:DENY (Deny applies mainly to vandals and not giving them attention, however really that concept could also be applied to something that may be revdel'd) however I'm not sure if this would really be the best palce to link to, unless I'm misunderstanding what it's saying. And it's not just the stuff you most recently rev del'd but every other time I"ve seen RD5 used. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 03:27, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Also, I apologize for the mess I caused. I had a lapse of better judgement (doesn't excuse me from what I Did) and in hindsight I probably shouldn't handle stuff like that when I'm tired and/or not at my best. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 04:57, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Query

Hello, GeneralNotability,

I was puzzled by your message on Juggyevil's talk page that he wasn't under a checkuser block when the block notice states that he was blocked because he was found to be a sockpuppet and has operated multiple accounts. That says "checkuser" to me but I didn't want to discuss this on his talk page. Thanks for any clarification you can offer. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:41, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Liz, it's a block made by a checkuser, but it isn't a checkuser block - CU blocks will always be explicitly called out as such (usually with the {{checkuserblock}} or {{checkuserblock-account}} templates in the block reason). Blocking for abuse of multiple accounts is something any admin can do. GeneralNotability (talk) 15:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

FYI

Hi, GeneralNotability. 65.94.138.239 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) reminds me strongly of Tyciol. You blocked the IP on the English Wikipedia, but he is still editing Wiktionary and Wikiquote.[1] Cheers, gnu57 14:21, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Could you look at Talk:James Shupe as a functionary please?

Hey. I was wondering if you might be able to take a look at the situation over at Talk:James Shupe with your functionary hat on. User ElisaShupe says they've sent an email to the WMF for proving their identity. Would you be able to chase this up so that we can verify if changes are needed to the article? Thanks. Sideswipe9th (talk) 18:06, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

P.S. I've also asked GorillaWarfare here. Sideswipe9th (talk) 18:12, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-11

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• In the Wikipedia Android app it is now possible to change the toolbar at the bottom so the tools you use more often are easier to click on. The app now also has a focused reading mode. [2][3]

Problems

• There was a problem with the collection of some page-view data from June 2021 to January 2022 on all wikis. This means the statistics are incomplete. To help calculate which projects and regions were most affected, relevant datasets are being retained for 30 extra days. You can read more on Meta-wiki.
• There was a problem with the databases on March 10. All wikis were unreachable for logged-in users for 12 minutes. Logged-out users could read pages but could not edit or access uncached content then. [4]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 15 March. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 16 March. It will be on all wikis from 17 March (calendar).
• When using uselang=qqx to find localisation messages, it will now show all possible message keys for navigation tabs such as "View history". [5]
• Access to Special:RevisionDelete has been expanded to include users who have deletelogentry and deletedhistory rights through their group memberships. Before, only those with the deleterevision right could access this special page. [6]
• On the Special:Undelete pages for diffs and revisions, there will be a link back to the main Undelete page with the list of revisions. [7]

Future changes

• The Wikimedia Foundation has announced the IP Masking implementation strategy and next steps. The announcement can be read here.
• The Wikipedia Android app developers are working on new functions for user talk pages and article talk pages. [8]

Events

• The Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 will take place as a hybrid event on 20-22 May 2022. The Hackathon will be held online and there are grants available to support local in-person meetups around the world. Grants can be requested until 20 March.

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22:06, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

motion

Hi GN, if you want us to act on this please drop a request here (sample). — xaosflux ^Talk 01:07, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

xaosflux, yup, I know (but thanks for the reminder!) - will post it shortly. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:23, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Page deletion override

Hello, I have decided to recreate a CSD'd local description of this file. My reasoning is explained on their talk here and was just wondering if I should note this action anywhere since I do not want to appear as if I am trying to hide any actions taken. Terasail^[✉️] 20:45, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Terasail, to be blunt, I want nothing to do with that file nor any discussion surrounding it. GeneralNotability (talk) 01:35, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

ip-ext-info.js

See Special:Diff/1077903072. It's still firing off all the requests at once on User:Suffusion of Yellow/sandbox, but that should fix it. Suffusion of Yellow (talk) 20:49, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Good spot Suffusion of Yellow, will add that. Thanks! GeneralNotability (talk) 01:34, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Movement Strategy and Governance News – Issue 5

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Please share the information links with interested users: Project Overview • Universal Code of Conduct • Enforcement guidelines (proposed) • Voting • Voter information • Voting link

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Movement Strategy and Governance News
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Xeno (WMF) (talk) 03:55, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Tech News: 2022-12

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

New code release schedule for this week

• There will be four MediaWiki releases this week, instead of just one. This is an experiment which should lead to fewer problems and to faster feature updates. The releases will be on all wikis, at different times, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. You can read more about this project.

Recent changes

• You can now set how many search results to show by default in your Preferences. This was the 12th most popular wish in the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. [9]
• The Jupyter notebooks tool PAWS has been updated to a new interface. [10]

Future changes

• Interactive maps via Kartographer will soon work on wikis using the FlaggedRevisions extension. Please tell us which improvements you want to see in Kartographer. You can take this survey in simple English. [11]

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15:59, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

New Mario Kleff user

Hi. Could you take a look at Draft:Mario Kleff? It's a brand-new user creating a new draft for a previously deleted article that was a subject of undisclosed COI, whose previous author you blocked last year. One edit doesn't exactly seem like grounds for an SPI, but maybe you'll have a better idea of how to deal with this. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:01, 23 March 2022 (UTC)