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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:10, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

I need overshght

Hello.could you please Hide my IP adress in the page list of governors of alasks and also my edits in this section: User talk:Beeblebrox#Help? Please help me. پخش مطلب (talk) 13:56, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

@پخش مطلب I'm not going to override Beeblebrox's decision. If you want to take this further email oversight-enwikimedia.org. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 17:51, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Pranav Arora

Wikidata have a history of sockpuppet users creating items about the subject of this article. The picture used in the latest WD entry was uploaded by one of the users contributing to this draft (Wikilover240)

It's likely that the accounts involved with this draft are sockpuppets as well Trade (talk) 02:12, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

@Trade can you link to the Wikidata entry that this image was used in? It has since been deleted and I cannot find it. This is so I can get enough evidence to justify running a CheckUser check. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 09:19, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

The (now deleted) WD entry in question is Pranav Arora (Q113546742)

If you read the related WD RfCU, BRPever suggests that the creator of the latest Pranav Arora WD entry are likely related to the Sunergy Solar Panel Installation Port St. Lucie, FL CU case

As you might have noticed many of the user names are names of real-life companies and were also involved in making promotional items for said companies. --Trade (talk) 14:19, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Ran a check. Enwiki CheckUser data shows that the following accounts are  Confirmed to each other:

• Theonlineeditor (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Execbioman (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Wikilover240 (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

Will file a SPI now. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 15:17, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

IP block exemption expired

Hello Dreamy Jazz. About a year ago you added the following exemption for me which seems to have expired:

11:30, 16 October 2021 Dreamy Jazz talk contribs changed group membership for Sejtam from (none) to IP block exempt (temporary, until 11:30, 16 April 2022) (Ticket#2021101610001731)

There is no change to my situation. I still own the full IPv6 blocks 2001:470:36:454::/64 and 2001:470:ef42::/48. which are routed through Hurricane Electric's IPv6 tunnel broker (and not as 'assumed' by Wikipedia (or whoever enforced that limit) in a dynamically assigned range. Can you re-establich the block exemption or point me to a better way to have those IP address blocks allowed? Thanks ˜˜˜˜ Sejtam (talk) 15:37, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

@Sejtam the block that is preventing you editing applies to the /33 which likely means that there are IPv6 addresses in the same /33 that are being used for proxy editing. I have granted the right to bypass IP blocks to you again for a year to be used for editing through these IPs. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 16:23, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Dreamy Jazz. Sejtam (talk) 01:18, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

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00:10, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Article concern

I created an article that was recently deleted. I want to recover that content, so I can use it, to format my article, when I open up an AFC. I contacted the admin who deleted the article, but haven't heard back from them. If you can please help me, I would appreciate it. Thank you. Bronoton (talk) 21:08, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

You have asked the admin to give you the content / make it a draft less than a day ago so I'll leave it to them unless they don't respond in the next few days. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 11:47, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Blocked sockmaster has returned

FYI, there appears to be a new sock of JQ OFFICIAL active at Tenerife airport disaster here. They have literally admitted to being JQ on their User page. Alerting you as the blocking admin. Echoedmyron (talk) 14:08, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

@Echoedmyron dealt with. Thanks. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 16:30, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

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23:03, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

More MaikoltheGangale

Might want to look again at the most recent IP -- I've blocked at least three more, and the IP now for six months, but I see you do some more formalities like global locks. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 01:58, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Requested locks for the accounts. Thanks. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 10:32, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

Do you think User:Sendtel + is one of them too? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 14:19, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

@Jpgordon I'm not sure they are related enough for me to be confident to link them. However they are socking regardless. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 10:28, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Blocked that account for 2 weeks for first time socking. Blocked their socks indef. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 10:38, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

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You were either a participant in WP:DS2021 (the Arbitration Committee's Discretionary Sanctions reform process) or requested to be notified about future developments regarding DS reform. The Committee now presents Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Discretionary_sanctions/2021-22_review/Phase_II_consultation, and invites your feedback. Your patience has been appreciated. For the Arbitration Committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:01, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

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23:19, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

User:Martimc123

Last IP found this one (please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/31.22.203.126). Don't know why i still bother, it's obvious: 1 - no range block will ever be enforced; 2 - this guy has a neverending array of IP addresses.

You have been briefed nonetheless. Attentively, enjoy the rest of your weekend (and please don't block my IP range by accident again). 2001:8A0:767B:9C00:64C8:45E0:2589:FAC (talk) 18:30, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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01:47, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

SPI/AfD

Hi DreamyJazz! I wanted to ask a question about this SPI. The master account on this SPI opened an AfD here. Both account on the SPI made Delete votes in the AfD, and it's really the only edits both accounts made. In this case, should we let the AfD play out? or is it basically moot because of them being connected? I'm unsure of how to approach it, so I wanted to ask for some guidance. I appreciate the help! SPF121188 ^{(talk this way) (contribs)} 15:06, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi there Spf121188. The accounts being blocked for socking shouldn't affect the AfD as there was no block evasion, and as such it's best to let the AfD play out. Of course, if the consensus is clearly in favour of a speedy keep then there is nothing that should stop closing the AfD. The one thing to bear in mind is that the filer of the AfD's comments are not invalidated by them using sockpuppets, but instead it should be seen as one person supporting deletion. I've made this clear by striking the bolded vote of the sockpuppet. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 17:16, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Ah! Understood, makes sense. Thanks again for the help! SPF121188 ^{(talk this way) (contribs)} 17:20, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:(ep.i.phan.ic).jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:(ep.i.phan.ic).jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 02:02, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

more socks

me and Jim Michael, have a high suspicion that 146.200.180.226 (talk · contribs) & Golden Matrix (talk · contribs) is a sock of Niko the Biko or CountingStars500

146.200.180.226 have a similar writing style to the Niko the Biko socks, and brought up similar Arguments for the inclusion of Marsha Hunt.

Golden Matrix has a similar writing style and does Canadian politics edits, just like all Counting Stars 500 socks, not to mention that he supports the inclusion of Jack Layton, though golden Matrix opposes the inclusion of Gilbert Gottfried, which was a apparent obsession with Counting Stars 500.

It doesn't hurt to use check user on both of them to see if they're related to them. 4me689 (talk) 01:12, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@4me689, I cannot link IP addresses to accounts as this would be a violation of the privacy policy and checkuser policy, so  No comment with respect to IP address(es).

With respect to only the account, Golden Matrix looks to be  Unrelated to Niko the Biko, but may be a sock of CountingStars500. I suggest filing a SPI for CountingStars500 with this user as a suspected sockpuppet with specific diffs as I'm not as familiar with that case. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 14:46, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

update: I have opened a sock puppet investigation against Golden Matrix 4me689 (talk) 20:50, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 22:14, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Hey

...I see you're on call. I could do with your help--please see the porn section on my talk page, all the way at the bottom. I just blocked the account for possibly hijacking but I'd like for another to look at it to. In a nutshell, the last batch of edits seem to be made from a device different from the ones that earlier edits from similar ranges were made. Thanks so much, Drmies (talk) 20:18, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Emailed. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:22, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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colored signature

hi @Dreamy Jazz: you know how I can make this--> 4me689 both the default talk signature and my user page. (talk) 23:18, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi there 4me689. The span tag on your userpage has a few issues that are leading to this. You should use something like:

{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="color:#CE5DAE">''User:4me689''</span>}}

The differences are:

• The opening span tag on your userpage is

  </span color=...>

  which is incorrect
• The "color" attribute is as far as I am aware is only supported on font tags which are not supported in HTML5. Changing this to the style attribute fixes this.

Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:11, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Dreamy Jazz: how do I do my signature on The Talk page. 4me689 (talk) 16:40, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

What do you mean by my signature on The Talk page? You have the display title set on your user talk page and your signature looks to be working with the custom colour. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 19:18, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Dreamy Jazz: well when I reply it just automatically does make the default signature, and I would normally have to replace it with the custom one after it's posted. there's a section on the preferences page called signature, there's a box name signature and I'm assuming you put your custom signature there, right?? if so what do I type to get my colored signature. 4me689 (talk) 20:18, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Ah. I see. Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal-signature, enter the signature you want into the input box and make sure the checkbox directly underneath is then checked (for whether it should be treated as wiki markup). WP:FANCYSIG has more detail on this. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:03, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery 00:21, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

Draft:Pranav Arora

Anything happened with that SPI request? --Trade (talk) 21:03, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

It's at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Theonlineeditor but is currently waiting to be processed as there is a bit of a backlog. As none of the accounts have edited in months it's being pushed back as there is no immediate need to block. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 08:14, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

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14:06, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022

Hello Dreamy Jazz,

Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

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October 2022

I would just like to thank you and I was wondering if you could please give me some tips on editing and creating articles if you have any time Number1stay4ever (talk) 04:00, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

@Number1stay4ever, I've left a welcome message on your talk page with useful links. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 09:01, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Thank you for your help🙏✌️ Number1stay4ever (talk) 13:27, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

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• The recently implemented feature of article thumbnails in Special:Search will be limited to Wikipedia projects only. Further details are in T320510. [24]
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MediaWiki message delivery 21:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Prince Of Roblox

Hi, can you please look into this [28] as you indef the previous sock?- Satrar (talk) 13:09, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

A user removed [29] sourced content from the infobox of the Noon chai page mentioning India. This is something (now blocked) sock accounts of user Nangparbat (a serial Troll with a long history of brigading and disrupting edits) did [30] [31] in the past as well. All I'm asking is you restore the page to Kautilya3's edit, which was the last un-vandalised edit. If you don't, there's a clear bias here and you're allowing pov pushing. Aryaryry (talk) 15:26, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Tamilpadai

You said "CU blocked both indef"[32] but you forgot to indef this person's sock (Muruganadimai) which was blocked for 1 week at the time for edit warring. It needs indef block too.

It seems that he is evading his block as IP now and has filed a frivolous SPI against me (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Extorc) only because I along with the another user reverted him. I was close to tagging it as G5 but thought of letting you know instead. >>> Extorc.talk 16:59, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

@Extorc, thanks for noticing that. I think what happened here is that when blocking that sock I did not notice the block length was not indefinite in a tool I use. Have now fixed that. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 09:17, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Template:Casenav

Hello Dreamy Jazz, I noticed that you recently modified the ArbCom case navigation template so that it would exclude the workshop link in cases where it is not used. Unfortunately, I have found that the workshop link in *every* former ArbCom case no longer appears. I was wondering if this was a change that had previously been discussed, and if a better alternative would be to create fully protected placeholder pages for cases without workshops. Kurtis ^(talk) 10:08, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

@Kurtis problem fixed. Thanks for reporting. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:20, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

No problem! Kurtis ^(talk) 01:17, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Oh, the bleating when discovered

It's enough to make one doubt one's own reflection in the mirror. I'm glad you checked with another CU over the Ojukwu ones, two determined heads are always better than one. The one the check revealed is one I have had arbitrary antennae based concerns about for a long time.

I do wish Celestina007 had not lost the plot. Her work against this type of thing was useful. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 18:52, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Yup, it is a shame when a good sock hunter leaves the project. While I directly discussed with one CU, it was in the CU IRC channel so others will have seen this too (though didn't comment). Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 20:20, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Such discussions and block decisions are not light matters. The G one has been on my radar for a long time. It's interesting that they were swept up by the CU process. Until then, while not clean, they were teflon coated. As an ordinary editor I could not unravel the things that caused me to be suspicious. If ou look imm their TP archive you will see that they and I, and yes C007, have a long history 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 20:25, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

CAN YOU HELP ME

Please I want my sandbox and @Otiasah Miracle@JOUSHUAGIADOM@BNDNATION to have have the access to edit because most people make mistakes in some musicians profile, so this people we have come up to correct this mistakes. Please give us a last chance... Or can we tell you to edit the articles and move draft to articles...??? TAMUNOORIBIM (talk) 10:09, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Can write an article for an artist..???? TAMUNOORIBIM (talk) 10:18, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

@TAMUNOORIBIM, if you want to edit you need to appeal using your original account Otiasah Miracle. By creating a new account you are evading a block, which makes your chances of successful appeal less likely. If you do not have access to your original account you can appeal using this account. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 12:52, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

That duck was asking for orange sauce. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Otiasah Miracle 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 13:17, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Yup. I've seen it's been dealt with by another CU, so all good now. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:18, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

I thought you'd probably appreciate a different CU's eyes on it 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 13:38, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

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Merging SPI

Hi, why is this not merged with this case? Are they not the same master? 2409:4073:4E0E:28B0:D11F:C7C7:62AA:B7E7 (talk) 07:18, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Maybe and maybe not. My CU results didn't look particularly confident on comparing Atheist kerala with Adhithya Kiran Chekavar, and CU data is almost certainly now gone as it expires after 3 monthss. Do you have any diffs that might support that? Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 11:18, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

More patrolling administrator Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerk and checkuser procedures notes

I noticed {{SPI case status|hold}} ([39]) and {{SPI case status|moreinfo}} ([40]) also mention patrolling administrators setting the template, while WP:SPI/P does not include those two statuses in 'allowed' ones. I've changed Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Chavitico to on hold per my comments there regardless, but leaving the procedures page up to your discretion. DatGuy^Talk_Contribs 21:12, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

I've updated to include those two. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:46, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Vb

Re this, the IP is obviously the same person as this one, who was blocked by Ohnoitsjamie a couple years ago (see this SPI. May I request a quick block from you, or would you prefer I go back to SPI? Thanks, JBL (talk) 21:36, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Added a long partial rangeblock which could be extended to 8 additional targets if necessary. Looks like there could be edits from unrelated users in that range. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 21:42, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks to Ohnoitsjamie for making the block. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:48, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Thanks both! JBL (talk) 23:28, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

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gnoming comment

re this: "motions" doesn't appear to be supported by that template. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:18, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Yeah. I was trying to add that support, but needed to go. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:15, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Done now. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:23, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

"Needed to go"? I wasn't aware AC clerks were allowed to have lives outside WP. I'll let it go this once, because of the effective and over-my-head template fix. Floquenbeam (talk) 22:33, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

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Hello Dreamy Jazz

@Dreamy Jazz: The username @Sivadarsan Kannan: and @Sivadarsan pilakal: seems to be similar. Also, if you check his contributions @Sivadarsan pilakal:’s edits are similar to @Sivadarsan Kannan: . What do you think of this? Are they a sockpuppet? Theoder2055 (talk) 13:53, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

They have now been blocked, so this has been dealt with. Thanks to Ad Orientem for the blocks. Happy editing, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 10:39, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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Your recent master search

Defeedme? See the SPI case. Girth Summit _(blether) 22:39, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Noted. Thanks, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:53, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

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I saw the news media and their screenshots. Good thing that they didn't see the bits that were hidden as that would have been a bit more of a shock factor. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 14:27, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

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Thanks for the kind message. It's been good to keep it running over the last year and a bit, but also been good that others have helped (especially with adding and removing sysop rights). It has also helped me to keep up to date with things as I go looking for things to add. Happy editing, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 14:36, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Notice of administrative ruling in effect left on my talk page...??

Hey, not sure what the message is about on my talk page, but can you explain it a bit more for me please.

I can only think it is to do with removing the bit of information regarding Wilton Sampaio at the world cup..?

Thanks L1amw90 17:58, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

@L1amw90 this message is a standard message that lets editors know about the policies surrounding biographies of living people. It was given to all the editors who were involved in adding or removing content about Wilton Sampaio's recent refereeing as this is a controversial topic.

In summary:

• It was to let you know that these rules exist
• It doesn't have any bearing on whether your edit(s) were constructive or not.
• It was given to everyone who edited content about Wilton Sampaio's recent refereeing.

Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:32, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Also you are free to remove that message as you want. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:34, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

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Adoption

Good night, I'm new here, can you adopt me please? Eitanbb (talk) 22:03, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi. I'm not sure I can take on any adoptees right now. I would suggest looking at the list of people who are active on Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:23, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

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Whatever you celebrate at this time of year, whether it's Christmas or some other festival, I hope you and those close to you have a happy, restful time! Have fun, Donner60 (talk) 00:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)}}

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@Donner60, thanks for the good Christmas wishes. Hope you have good holidays. Happy editing, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 02:00, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

CU

Hi I see you blocked [70], I believe they've returned as [71], the first edit they made is of the obscure article the master created [72]. Whats similar is both accounts are using google australia to reference as can be seen here in the edit summary [73] as well as the draft article sourcing [74]. Magherbin (talk) 19:50, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

I'll look at this soon. I suggest reporting at WP:SPI in the meanwhile. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 02:01, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Ok just opened [75]. Magherbin (talk) 19:17, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

I wish that you may have a very Happy Holiday! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Hogmanay, Festivus or your hemisphere's Solstice, this is a special time of year for almost everyone! May the New Year provide you joy and fulfillment! Thanks for everything you do here. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:23, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:Coffee/Holidays}} to your fellow editors' talk pages.

ToBeFree, thanks for the holiday wishes! Hope you have a good day today and into the new year. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 13:02, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Did this article ever exist?

Hello, I am trying to determine if the article Finger Furniture ever existed, and if it ever did, what the contents may have been. It is currently linked to by at least one other existing article, PlazAmericas, and I believe it was linked to in the past by other articles (all of which is circumstantial evidence that this was a real article long ago)

Thanks for your time. (You were the first random person listed on Category:Wikipedia_administrators_willing_to_provide_copies_of_deleted_articles who had recently replied on their talk page.) Mike Richardson (talk) 09:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

@Mike Richardson, hi there. I can't see any deleted (or oversighted) revisions on that page using my tools, so there has almost certainly never been a page at that title before. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 09:50, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Dreamy Jazz!

Happy New Year!

Dreamy Jazz,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
Abishe (talk) 20:35, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

Abishe (talk) 20:35, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

@Abishe, thanks for the message. Hope you have a happy new year too! Happy editing, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:11, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Vandalism by User: Firdos ashraf

User: Firdos ashraf has continuously vandalising page 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election by unsourced and Unexplained edits after several warning see [76] [77] [78] [79] So I request to block this user to prevent Vandalism Chennai Super Kings Lover (talk) 13:35, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Stop spreading propaganda a one political group Firdos ashraf (talk) 13:39, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

• (talk page watcher) Just to let you know that I deleted Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Firdos ashraf filed by CSKL, and that I've blocked both editors for violating 3RR at 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. I've had no prior dealings with either editor; nor do I know why CSKL came to your Talk page in the first instance. Happy New Year! --Bbb23 (talk) 14:20, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

  ​Thanks for dealing with it. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:51, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Fighting a bot for ArbCom member updates

Sorry you had to fight a bit when updating things for the new AC crop. FWIW, because Arb isn't a group, the bot parses the text of Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Members; you got reverted 'cause it hadn't been updated yet. I know it's in AC/C/P, but if AC/M gets done first, the bot should be all right. I'll take a look at some point in the next 363 days on making it a bit smarter about predicting, but anyway, once a year! ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:18, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, I presumed that it was the cause. I'll update AC/C/P so clerks in future years can be more aware of it :). Happy editing and holidays, Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 22:20, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023

Hello Dreamy Jazz,

New Page Review queue December 2022

Backlog

The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to WaddlesJP13 who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day.

2022 Awards

Onel5969 won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. Rosguill led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!

Minimum deletion time: The previous WP:NPP guideline was to wait 15 minutes before tagging for deletion (including draftification and WP:BLAR). Due to complaints, a consensus decided to raise the time to 1 hour. To illustrate this, very new pages in the feed are now highlighted in red. (As always, this is not applicable to attack pages, copyvios, vandalism, etc.)

New draftify script: In response to feedback from AFC, the The Move to Draft script now provides a choice of set messages that also link the creator to a new, friendly explanation page. The script also warns reviewers if the creator is probably still developing the article. The former script is no longer maintained. Please edit your edit your common.js or vector.js file from User:Evad37/MoveToDraft.js to User:MPGuy2824/MoveToDraft.js

Redirects: Some of our redirect reviewers have reduced their activity and the backlog is up to 9,000+ (two months deep). If you are interested in this distinctly different task and need any help, see this guide, this checklist, and spend some time at WP:RFD.

Discussions with the WMF The PageTriage open letter signed by 444 users is bearing fruit. The Growth Team has assigned some software engineers to work on PageTriage, the software that powers the NewPagesFeed and the Page Curation toolbar. WMF has submitted dozens of patches in the last few weeks to modernize PageTriage's code, which will make it easier to write patches in the future. This work is helpful but is not very visible to the end user. For patches visible to the end user, volunteers such as Novem Linguae and MPGuy2824 have been writing patches for bug reports and feature requests. The Growth Team also had a video conference with the NPP coordinators to discuss revamping the landing pages that new users see.

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Administrators' newsletter – January 2023

News and updates for administrators from the past month (December 2022).

Administrator changes

• ComplexRational
• Extraordinary Writ

Stephen

• Andrew Yong
• Dbenbenn
• DESiegel
• GlassCobra
• Joe Decker
• Nancy
• Pathoschild
• StuffOfInterest
• William Pietri
• Wwwwolf
• Xdamr

Interface administrator changes

Nihiltres

CheckUser changes

Moneytrees

• Ivanvector
• SilkTork

Oversighter changes

• GeneralNotability
• Moneytrees

• Guerillero
• SilkTork

Guideline and policy news

• Speedy deletion criterion A5 (transwikied articles) has been repealed following an unopposed proposal.

Arbitration

• Following the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections, the following editors have been appointed to the Arbitration Committee: Barkeep49, CaptainEek, GeneralNotability, Guerillero, L235, Moneytrees, Primefac, SilkTork.
• The 2021-22 Discretionary Sanctions Review has concluded with many changes to the discretionary sanctions procedure including a change of the name to "contentious topics". The changes are being implemented over the coming month.
• The arbitration case Stephen has been closed.

Miscellaneous

• Voting for the Sound Logo has closed and the winner is expected to be announced February to April 2023.
• Tech tip: You can view information about IP addresses in a centralised location using bullseye which won the Newcomer award in the recent Coolest Tool Awards.

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