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Requested talk page protection

Talk:Pope John Paul II has been vandalized persistently by numerous accounts, revision history. FatalFit | ✉ | ✓  19:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

I should probably point out it's all done by one person and unfortunately whether we protect or not he'll just channel all his energy into another article/talkpage as he always does, I wish something could be done as it's becoming tedious and time consuming and in fact I ended up giving up reverting earlier and allowed the talkpage vandalism to stand .... Anyway I'm not an admin but felt I should explain that, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

actually 2 LTAs, Wikinger copying GRP rants and GRP himself, so yeah that explains the surge in activity on these pages. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 21:32, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

@XXBlackburnXx Wait what .... there's someone that actually pretends to be the raging lunatic ? ... why?, I never knew that, I thought it was all one person, Wow!, –Davey2010^Talk 21:41, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah. Wikinger has been around almost as long as GRP and is also known for impersonating other LTAs. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 08:51, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Page protection request

Hello, could someone please protect Dhadhor? The edit history shows continuous edit warring recently. Cheers, Hockeycatcat (talk) (changes) 07:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Instead, I have requested CU action (Special:Diff/9583802). MathXplore (talk) 04:05, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

CU is already  Done. MathXplore (talk) 02:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Rangeblock request 3

Hi, Could someone rangeblock 2601:600:4200:9D70:19B2:E444:19FC:C506 please as they're inserting fake information into articles - See https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2601:600:4200:9D70::/64

Their edits look okay/meaningful but when you compare them with the respective EN articles you'll see they're either removing films that are on EN articles or replacing true claims with bogus ones, Thanks –Davey2010^Talk 09:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Done for one week fr33kman 21:02, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Report concerning User:Jaheim2002

Jaheim2002 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log)

Cross wiki vandal. Creating multiple hoax pages that I've nominated for deletion. Semi-prolific vandal/hoaxer with many accounts that are globally locked.

See wikidata:Wikidata:Administrators' noticeboard#Report concerning User:Jaheim2002 and wikidata:Wikidata:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive/2024/04#Block request for User:Jaheim2007 and User:Jaheim2010 for my reports of his activites there. William Graham (talk) 17:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

@William Graham For future reference, it is better to put reports at WP:VIP.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Already blocked and locked. MathXplore (talk) 13:21, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Please Protect Puberty

Vandalism and editors refusing to comply with the MOS. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 10:33, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

done, one month, autoconfirmed editors only Eptalon (talk) 10:47, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you@Eptalon Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 10:48, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Page creation-protection request

Hi, Not sure if this is premature but Skibidi Toilet has been recreated again and it's no better than previous versions - it was creation-protected once before, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 17:49, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Deleted and salted for 6 months fr33kman 21:05, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Brilliant as always thanks so much for your help here and above, Many thanks, Warm regards, –Davey2010^Talk 21:52, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Please protect Talk:Pope John Paul II

Persistent nonsense probably by GRP. Me Da Wikipedian (talk) 23:24, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

(Non-administrator observation) The change summaries are enough for me to firmly say that it is GRP. But as we have said before, we generally don't protect talk pages here.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:31, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Revdel req

Can the change summaries of ‎88.19.146.236 be revdel'd please?- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:59, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Can the same be done for 160.120.161.8's edit?- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:19, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Already  Done MathXplore (talk) 02:44, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Can the same thing be done for 185.155.16.131?- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:28, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Revdel request

Hi, Could someone revdel all of this guys edits please, I've reported the username to Meta, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 12:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it was handled a global level already. I was not completely done yet with doing it here. --Bsadowski1 12:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Done fr33kman 12:36, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks all, Much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:28, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Why does the 'In other languages' side-bar not link to simple.wikipedia articles?

bottom text Emdosis (talk) 16:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Because this is the Simple English Wikipedia. Why would articles link to themselves? QuicoleJR (talk) 20:35, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Creation protection request

Hi, Could Talk:Skibidi Toilet be creation-protected till December as it's been created to death, Skibidi Toilet is creation-protected till December 2024, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 17:35, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Done for 3 months fr33kman 21:13, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

154.119.57.99

special:contribs/154.119.57.99 vandalism JoshuaAuble (talk) 21:05, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Revdel request

Hi. Could you please revdel the most recent changes under 2024 United Kingdom general election and Rishi Sunak? Thank you in advance :) Dream Indigo 01:32, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Already  Done by @MathXplore. Thank you! You acted very fast. Thanks a lot! Dream Indigo 01:40, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

User:TopingHayti

I would like to know if this is a QD G11 case. Since I have already deleted the page 2 times, I would like to leave the next decision to another admin. I look forward to hearing from others. MathXplore (talk) 04:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

I will ask another admin for secondary opinions. MathXplore (talk) 00:29, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 01:02, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Delete talkpages and block IP

Hi, 80.2.6.163 (talk • contribs • CA • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) is creating random talkpages again so could these be deleted and the IP blocked please?, I also reported this person here 2 weeks ago[1], Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 09:49, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done, global block requested. MathXplore (talk) 11:49, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Fantasic many thanks for your help MathXplore it's always greatly appreciated, Many Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 13:41, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

EC Protection request

Hi! Any chance someone could do a protection for snooker based on a rather weird global LTA, please. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:12, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 13:13, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Being accused of adding promotional content and external links

See https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Artificial_intelligence&diff=9590207&oldid=9590205. Please advise that user, if that user is being unreasonable (with no reason whatsoever, which is my claim). 2001:2020:351:861F:258C:189D:3E48:871E (talk) 17:31, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi! Your edits (1 and 2) introduced an external link to Wingman. We don't need that on the article. Additionally, your edits introduced complex language into the article that was not Simple English. The reason for the revert was stated in the edit summary and on your talk page. :) Have a great day! Operator873 ^connect 17:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Well, that link existed long before May 23 (see simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=9561089&oldid=9561085&title=Artificial_intelligence ). On May 23, it was hidden, and the IP made an edit-remark that the (problematic) link is spam.--Too bad that nobody removed the URL, instead of reverting versions.--And i hope that there are no hard feelings about me pointing out that Artificial general intelligence (or AGI) and Generative artificial intelligence are different subjects. I can sort of see, that they names look similar. 2001:2020:31B:B8E1:D00C:16B4:9112:DE24 (talk) 21:39, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't mind at all. People, all people, are wrong at times. I honestly didn't care about the difference, to be honest. I do care about the quality of the article and it being written in language easy to understand. Also, since I have your attention here, please stop hiding text in articles using the HTML comment <!-- --> tags. That isn't appropriate on any Wikipedia project, even if you don't like what's written. Operator873 ^connect 01:27, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

A.I.

The article about A.I. has been locked by someone who is too involved in the article. Just saying.--Since I ain't gonna be starting articles about any of those subjects, then see ya in December.--By that time some one might have figured out that it was wrong to remove mention of [[Artificial general intelligence (or AGI).--And the discussion page seems to show that there is a learning curve involved, to grasp that Generative artificial intelligence - is a different subject. Yikes. 2001:2020:31B:B8E1:5F5:4AA8:1FE3:DD2B (talk) 20:46, 9 June 2024 (UTC)/ 2001:2020:31B:B8E1:5F5:4AA8:1FE3:DD2B (talk) 20:47, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
By the way, there is no need to thank (the I.P.) who hid the spam-link on May 23 (see simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=9561089&oldid=9561085&title=Artificial_intelligence ) - because i *appreciate* having the article locked' (for IPs). That is thanks *enough*. 2001:2020:31B:B8E1:5F5:4AA8:1FE3:DD2B (talk) 21:20, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

I became involved on the page because I had to revert the damage you did to it. I subsequently protected to page because there was a well documented history of on-going spam on the page. And you're right. There is no thanks due to the IP who hid the link because HTML comment tags should never be used to hide any portion of an article for any reason. Full stop. There is a steep learning curve on this project regarding how to successfully write in simple English, so we'll forgive you for trying to insert and argue for the inclusion of Artificial general intelligence (or AGI) without any effort to explain what that is in simple English. You can just toss a term you want in the article and walk away. That's not how this works. I strongly suggest you take a while to read WP:HOW and realize there is a vast and staggering difference between this project and the English Wikipedia. It is much more difficult to write quality articles here because you can't use complicated language. I wish you the best of luck. Operator873 ^connect 01:57, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

EC Protection for Hamis Kiggundu

This article is the global target of a very large sock farm consisting of undeclared pair editors. It has been going on for a long while in many WMF sites. It would be appreciated if you would protect the Simple article in the same manner as the enwiki article, please. Timtrent (talk) 07:09, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Non-admin comment - This article has barely been touched compared to the en article so not really seeing a need to protect here, also Simple doesn't protect pages like en either, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 09:55, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

I should have said "Part of the global target" I apologise. Nonetheless Kiggundu related articles have been greatly "embellished" here in the past. Many named socks have been globally locked, which reduced the impact.

Perhaps admins here should simply become aware. Timtrent (talk) 20:15, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing it to our attention. fr33kman 21:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Protection for Mercalli intensity scale

This page was repeatedly vandalised. See its revision history. CactusMunch ^{Yum o.o} 09:58, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

almost entire history is just reverts CactusMunch ^{Yum o.o} 10:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

aitovonfirmed, 3 months Eptalon (talk) 10:14, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much CactusMunch ^{Yum o.o} 10:14, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Import request

en:Christchurch Central City Goose Green, 1982 (talk) 20:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

@Goose Green, 1982 Articles aren't imported, only templates etc are, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:44, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

I trust you but on Wikipedia:Transwiki attribution when referring to articles it says "Any user can request an import by an admin at the administrators' noticeboard." Is the article wrong or is it me? Goose Green, 1982 (talk) 20:51, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Usually we don't import articles because the version being imported isn't in a simple format. They need to be translated into simple English. fr33kman 21:04, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Isn't the process to import the article then translate it? Goose Green, 1982 (talk) 15:31, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

No, not in practice. Read WP:CW for a tutorial on how we do it here. The page you've referenced is wrong. fr33kman 16:18, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Goose Green, 1982, I've checked the Import log and as you can see here they're all Templates, Modules and 1 Wikt link so I would say that page you linked is wrong - If article importing is a thing then I've never seen it be done but I maybe wrong (the next page shows 4 articles but aren't page creations), Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 21:05, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

RevDel request (copyright)

Someone copied content from Engadget (external link) – CC All Rights Reserved. The Wikipedia page is Kero Kero Keroppi and the two copyrighted versions are [2] and [3]. Zero original work. I should have asked revdel five days ago when I removed that stuff, but back then I forgot to and it only came to my mind now, when I read the article again. So apologies for that. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 00:56, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done, and warning sent to the involved editor. MathXplore (talk) 14:15, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much, @MathXplore. ✩ Dream Indigo ✩ 19:51, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Protection for Velociraptor

Target of many vandalisms. CactusMunch ^{Yum o.o} 01:50, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Will watch it for now, less than a dozen in 2 years. fr33kman 16:21, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

okay, thank you CactusMunch ^{Yum o.o} 00:04, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Request for protection

Immediately after the protection of pages Clyde Bruckman and Larry Griffin expired, it seems like vandalism has resumed. Can we have them protected for at least another couple of months or so? Thanks! Cyclonical (talk) 05:53, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Delete talkpages and block IP 3

Hi, Could someone delete the talkpages 91.235.65.22 has created and block the IP please - Same guy as here and [4] but not the same IP as those, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 12:04, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 12:09, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks MathXplore much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 15:42, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

Delete page and rangeblock IP

Hi, Could someone delete and creation-protect Frog Dodgers (hoax/non-existent show) and rangeblock 2601:500:8682:da90:b184:4b13:b89c:ae17 please, Thanks, Kind Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 14:03, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done MathXplore (talk) 14:27, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Many thanks MathXplore much appreciated, Thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 14:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)