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Fluddsskark / Carpetdoor12

Hi! I noticed something strange about Fluddsskark (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). The user caught my attention by posting a comment[1] that I thought might be the Dave Plummer Troll.[2] My conclusion was that the accusations are different so most likely not the same person, but the filter log is interesting.

Looking at your comment here[3] and the block log[4] It looks like the promotional name issue was resolved by renaming User:Fluddsskark to User:Carpetdoor12 in October of 2023.

However, it looks like the name was changed back to Fluddsskark[5] In July of 2024. I don't have the right permissions to view the "(per request)" link in the above, so I don't know why it was changed back. Could you please take a quick look at this? Somehow I suspect that I am missing something and might be seeing a problem where there isn't one. --Guy Macon Alternate Account (talk) 12:58, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Fluddsskark here, I only wanted to talk about Dave Plummer because I saw a Twitter thread about him, but I didn't know there was some sort of unrelated warfare on there. Anyways, I only asked to remove the Carpetdoor12 username because it was my personal email's name, and my current username is my permanent username, not some promotional name. Fluddsskark (talk) 13:16, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

@Guy and Fluddsskark: A very quick glance at the links isn't enough to tell me much, and right now I don't have time to do more than that, but I'll try to remember to have another look when I do get time. However, Fluddsskark, any edit which contains a sentence beginning "In Twitter, it has been discovered ..." is likely to be very questionable, to say the least. There is absolutely no reasonable way of regarding Twitter/X as a reliable source. JBW (talk) 13:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

Take your time. The username issue is either a minor issue with no hurry to address it or not an issue at all. Also, just to be clear, I don't believe that Fluddsskark is an any way related to the Troll who has been attacking Plummer for years. The only connection is that the troll's tireless efforts to paint Plummer as a criminal are the reason why Twitter threads like that exist. --Guy Macon Alternate Account (talk) 20:28, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – September 2024

News and updates for administrators from the past month (August 2024).

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Guideline and policy news

• Following an RfC, there is a new criterion for speedy deletion: C4, which applies to unused maintenance categories, such as empty dated maintenance categories for dates in the past.
• A request for comment is open to discuss whether Notability (species) should be adopted as a subject-specific notability guideline.

Arbitration

• Following a motion, remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) were repealed.
• Remedy 3C of the German war effort case ("Cinderella157 German history topic ban") was suspended for a period of six months.
• The arbitration case Historical Elections is currently open. Proposed decision is expected by 3 September 2024 for this case.

Miscellaneous

• Editors can now enter into good article review circles, an alternative for informal quid pro quo arrangements, to have a GAN reviewed in return for reviewing a different editor's nomination.
• A New Pages Patrol backlog drive is happening in September 2024 to reduce the number of unreviewed articles and redirects in the new pages feed. Currently, there is a backlog of over 13,900 articles and 26,200 redirects awaiting review. Sign up here to participate!

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Typhoon Yagi Speedy Deletion

Hello! I see that you declined the request for speedy deletion for Typhoon Yagi. I was the one that made the request. There are several Typhoon Yagi's throughout time, but the one that formed this year is very significant compared to the other ones and warrants a move. There was a discussion on the Typhoon Yagi (2024) talk page about moving the article to Typhoon Yagi because the 2024 typhoon was the only one that caused any significant impacts. The discussion can be found here, where there's a clear consensus on moving the article. I was not involved in the discussion, but I did close it per WP:NAC. I was not able to move Typhoon Yagi (2024) to Typhoon Yagi because of the existence of the redirect. Are you able to delete the Typhoon Yagi redirect with this reason? INeedSupport ^:3 21:07, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

@INeedSupport: OK, I'll make the move. For future reference, it would have helped to have mentioned the discussion when making the deletion request. JBW (talk) 21:10, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

@INeedSupport: Oh dear. I see that you did mention it, and somehow I failed to notice. My sincere apologies. JBW (talk) 21:12, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

You’re good. Thank you! INeedSupport ^:3 21:41, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

I messed up moving Talk: Typhoon Yagi (2024) to Talk: Typhoon Yagi and I can't seem to fix it. Can you fix it please? Thank you! INeedSupport ^:3 21:53, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

@INeedSupport: I have moved it. I hope I have done it correctly. JBW (talk) 22:00, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Looks like User:HurricaneEdgar beat you to it by one minute. Due to this, the talk page is a redirect to itself, and the contents is gone. Are you able to revert that? Sorry for giving you a lot of trouble! INeedSupport ^:3 22:07, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

@INeedSupport: Hell. I hate situations like this. I find it can be really difficult to trace through the history of the various moves and deletions and make sure you know exactly what is what, so that I restore the correct version. However, I have once again tried to put it right, and once again I hope this time I have got it right. Unfortunately I am now out of time, so if it's still wrong I'm afraid I won't get a chance to put it right for quite some time. 🤞 JBW (talk) 22:18, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Incidentally, the kind of problem caused by User:HurricaneEdgar and me trying to do the same thing at the same time couldn't happen with editing a page, because i would have been stopped by an edit conflict, but unfortunately there's no protection against a move conflict. JBW (talk) 22:22, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

It's all good now! Thank you so much for your help! Sorry for giving you a lot of trouble! INeedSupport ^:3 22:36, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Article for Callum Reynolds

Hi JBW, I would like to build an article for English footballer Callum Reynolds, who's playing in the EFL (professional football) for the first time following Bromley's promotion. I believe it's time to create an article page for him, but it says it requires admin access to be created, can you please unprotect it so we can create the article? I have several sources, from clubs that he played for (Bromley, Dagenham, Barnet, Aldershot, Boreham Wood), as well as independent sources such as this BBC article and this. Thank you ChampsRT (Profile • Talk) 07:06, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

@ChampsRT: I think you should ask Jo-Jo Eumerus, who protected the article title. I see that Jo-Jo Eumerus said at the time of protection that the article should not be recreated without a deletion review; they may or may not still think that. JBW (talk) 08:33, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Hi JBW, I did ask Jojo about this issue, and he was not sure if those sources I found are enough, see here for more details ChampsRT (Profile • Talk) 11:19, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

@ChampsRT: OK, fair enough. I see that Jo-Jo Eumerus said that the closing administrator may not be the best person to ask, and that is a reasonable point.

I have had a look at the sources you have given above. I'm afraid none of them looks to me as though it goes any significant way towards establishing notability according to Wikipedia's notability guidelines. The BBC pages you link to are just news reports of signings, and not substantial coverage of him. In fact nothing I have seen suggests that he satisfies Wikipedia's notability guidelines. (To avoid any doubt, I am describing my impressions relating to the notability guidelines, not my own opinion. I am far from being a great fan of the notability guidelines.) On the whole my advice is that any article about him would be likely to go the same way that the previous ones went, so any work on it would be wasted. However, if despite that you still wish to try, I suggest creating a draft and then taking it to Wikipedia:Deletion review. If you do create a draft you are welcome to ask me to look at it and express an opinion. JBW (talk) 14:56, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

No problem, thanks JBW ChampsRT (Profile • Talk) 00:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC)