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UPE reverting me
While patrolling Commons, I discovered that the account Watercolorsoul had been editing Azède Jean-Pierre with an undisclosed COI, so I reverted them
They reverted me back, and are now resorting to creating an obvious sockpuppet (see history)
Mind to block the two accounts? I'm at the 3RR limit; thanks :) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:43, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Whyiseverythingalreadyused for sock activity, please report to WP:SPI. I have protected the page for the time being. – robertsky (talk) 11:04, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi I was adding citations to edit Azède Jean-Pierre. I don't understand why @Whyiseverythingalreadyused is reporting this page for adding citations. Everything on the page is correct and now cited. I believe they are trying to win an argument - when there was nothing wrong with the information on the page to begin with. Can you please remove the simi-block on the account so that others can edit them. I don't understand why there is an issue or why this user @Whyiseverythingalreadyused would advocate for blocking other accounts for editing. RainRiverWater (talk) 11:23, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater I suggest that you do a very careful read on the messages left on your talk pages and go through the links there. Your response here is trying to win an argument, not the other editors patrolling the article. Putting a page protection is meant to limit disruptive editing until you sort the issues out with them and I trust that the established editors restrain themselves accordingly.
- The information you put is actually promotional and advertorial. Wikipedia is not a platform for advertising and promotional activities/writing. – robertsky (talk) 12:21, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- All of the information I put is cited. I honestly don't understand the issue when the information is all accurate and cited. I can find articles that call her innovative and say "Called innovative or Next big thing" by Style.com if you prefer. These editors could have easily sent me a message to add a citation but to add a block for adding citations seems to me like trying to win an argument, I don't understand the reasoning otherwise. RainRiverWater (talk) 12:32, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater I have combed through your recent edits and made some adjustments accordingly. WP:PEACOCK:
which quickly gained recognition.
which has garnered international acclaim
,prestigious fashion weeks
WP:PROMOTIONAL:azedejeanpierre.com
(as a reference) can be inserted as an external link instead. You will need a separate reference to indicate her consulting work. - There are some references that look ok, but the overall editing activity is very telling that you may have at least a conflict of interest with the subject, be it paid or unpaid.
- The page protection again is for making promotional edits in a disruptive behaviour, not only from you, but from the other editor, not for adding citations. If you have suggestions on what citations to add, feel free to put them on the article talk page through edit requests for the moment. – robertsky (talk) 12:47, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- I am just adding citations to a well know American designer page. There really is no need to attack me. RainRiverWater (talk) 12:56, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- An attack on you would be along the lines of "You <some expletive>. Get out of here." Not doing that, aren't I? – robertsky (talk) 13:02, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Is there anything I can do to be allowed to stop you guys from blocking these citations or adding these already copy written images? Honestly, why did you have to go this far. Why not just let me know how to make the correctings. Why do all of this? I am not trying to argue or fight with anyone. Can you help me instead? RainRiverWater (talk) 13:29, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater the relevant advice have been given here and on the article talk page. Please follow them accordingly. – robertsky (talk) 13:35, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Is there anything I can do to be allowed to stop you guys from blocking these citations or adding these already copy written images? Honestly, why did you have to go this far. Why not just let me know how to make the correctings. Why do all of this? I am not trying to argue or fight with anyone. Can you help me instead? RainRiverWater (talk) 13:29, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- An attack on you would be along the lines of "You <some expletive>. Get out of here." Not doing that, aren't I? – robertsky (talk) 13:02, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- You have just removed all of the citation that I worked hard to research and tag. I truly don't understand why that was necessary, can you replace all of those citations? RainRiverWater (talk) 13:01, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- I am just adding citations to a well know American designer page. There really is no need to attack me. RainRiverWater (talk) 12:56, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater I have combed through your recent edits and made some adjustments accordingly. WP:PEACOCK:
- For example, the line you just removed: "Azède Jean-Pierre label which has garnered international acclaim and has been showcased at prestigious fashion weeks including New York and Paris." has a citation. What about this is inaccurate? If you want to remove the word prestigious to describe the two fashion weeks, (im not sure why that would be considered peacocking) then please just remove the word but why delete the full sentence with the citation as well? RainRiverWater (talk) 12:50, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater please read the peacock page, yeah? gained international acclaim is not in the citation. one could also be in the fashion weeks and somehow miss the mark. we don't need to describe the fashion weeks as prestigious. that's not in the citation. the removal is a partial reversion. I am still assessing. – robertsky (talk) 13:01, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- What is the reasoning for removing the images? I honestly don't understand why the image of the designer and an image of from her collaboration with Gucci is being removed? RainRiverWater (talk) 13:06, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater clearly you are not reading the messages on the talk page, uh? – robertsky (talk) 13:09, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- WOW, okay Forget it, you guys win. I give up. This was way too hard and i'm not sure why it had to be this way. It like a gang-up bulling job by @Whyiseverythingalreadyused and the other editors jumped in to help him. Read the comment he left me on the talk page. It was truly uncalled for and unnecessay. RainRiverWater (talk) 13:17, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Nobody said it is easy. You want the promotional content on here, make sure you put in the same amount of work that other volunteer editors do to ensure that the content is up to par, and some more. – robertsky (talk) 13:25, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- There was nothing promotional about it, you didn't like the use one one or two words and deleted it most of the content. It was all properly cited, yet you removed it all anyway. RainRiverWater (talk) 13:32, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- There was nothing promotional about it, you didn't like the use of one or two words and decided to delete most of the content. It was all properly cited, yet you removed it all anyway. RainRiverWater (talk) 13:35, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater The content and citations you inserted don't really match. While you were bemoaning the temporary loss of editing access or how hostile it seems to you, I have been working on the article, trying to work with what you had provided as references. It would have been more fruitful if you had just provided the other references on the talk page like I had suggested. Now that my time is up for this article, it will take a while before I will turn back my attention on the article. – robertsky (talk) 13:40, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- "I have been working on the article, trying to work with what you had provided as references."
- Robert, I think they tricked you into doing Wikipedia:Buy one, get one free
- I'm leaving now Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 14:19, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater The content and citations you inserted don't really match. While you were bemoaning the temporary loss of editing access or how hostile it seems to you, I have been working on the article, trying to work with what you had provided as references. It would have been more fruitful if you had just provided the other references on the talk page like I had suggested. Now that my time is up for this article, it will take a while before I will turn back my attention on the article. – robertsky (talk) 13:40, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Nobody said it is easy. You want the promotional content on here, make sure you put in the same amount of work that other volunteer editors do to ensure that the content is up to par, and some more. – robertsky (talk) 13:25, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- WOW, okay Forget it, you guys win. I give up. This was way too hard and i'm not sure why it had to be this way. It like a gang-up bulling job by @Whyiseverythingalreadyused and the other editors jumped in to help him. Read the comment he left me on the talk page. It was truly uncalled for and unnecessay. RainRiverWater (talk) 13:17, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater clearly you are not reading the messages on the talk page, uh? – robertsky (talk) 13:09, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- What is the reasoning for removing the images? I honestly don't understand why the image of the designer and an image of from her collaboration with Gucci is being removed? RainRiverWater (talk) 13:06, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- @RainRiverWater please read the peacock page, yeah? gained international acclaim is not in the citation. one could also be in the fashion weeks and somehow miss the mark. we don't need to describe the fashion weeks as prestigious. that's not in the citation. the removal is a partial reversion. I am still assessing. – robertsky (talk) 13:01, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- All of the information I put is cited. I honestly don't understand the issue when the information is all accurate and cited. I can find articles that call her innovative and say "Called innovative or Next big thing" by Style.com if you prefer. These editors could have easily sent me a message to add a citation but to add a block for adding citations seems to me like trying to win an argument, I don't understand the reasoning otherwise. RainRiverWater (talk) 12:32, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Hi I was adding citations to edit Azède Jean-Pierre. I don't understand why @Whyiseverythingalreadyused is reporting this page for adding citations. Everything on the page is correct and now cited. I believe they are trying to win an argument - when there was nothing wrong with the information on the page to begin with. Can you please remove the simi-block on the account so that others can edit them. I don't understand why there is an issue or why this user @Whyiseverythingalreadyused would advocate for blocking other accounts for editing. RainRiverWater (talk) 11:23, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
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Why can't I add pictures during editing --Mahama Ibrahim 111 (talk) 16:00, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
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Before I get myself reblocked...
Exsap came back again after a long absence, and the first thing they did was to fake reconciliation
They made five unsourced edits in a row at Guards (Singapore Army), and also made one at List of marines and similar forces
I initially wanted to AGF, but found upon an examination of this edit summary that they were using false edit summaries
When I reverted them stating that they were lying, they reverted back alleging... "due embellishment of SAF units capabilities under international standards, the Guards are airmobile and cannot perform opposed amphibious landing"
I reverted them again, and I don't want to get myself blocked by turning this into a full-on MMORPG-style edit war Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:28, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Whyiseverythingalreadyused the best is to report to WP:AN3 for edit warring issues for immediate attention. While I am responding to you now, I just got up and it is 5.30am here for me, therefore not in the condition to look the issue. – robertsky (talk) 03:32, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
- Ah... you're on holiday, I bet
- I'll see about that Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:32, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
- No, I don't think that worked out
- They went to vandalise my Special:Contributions (diff 1, diff 2, diff 3, diff 4, diff 5) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:45, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
- (Please intervene) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:47, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Whyiseverythingalreadyused again, I am in a different time zone for now, please have another admin look at the issue at the relevant noticeboard(s). – robertsky (talk) 16:40, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
- (Please intervene) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:47, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
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Question from Alternativekidalan (23:31, 30 July 2026)
How do I create a page for myself lmao, i have a joke i wanna continue among a server of friends --Alternativekidalan (talk) 23:31, 30 July 2026 (UTC)
- @Alternativekidalan Wikipedia is not a webhost or a place for joke article. Please use cloudflare pages or GitHub pages for such matters. Thank you. – robertsky (talk) 05:14, 31 July 2026 (UTC)
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Correcting Facts for Group-IB
Hi @Robertsky, I'm a WP:COI editor for the Group-IB page, and I would like to request for your help in correcting multiple inaccuracies on our page. Since the page was created, it has been subjected to multiple attempts on vandalism.
The current copy states that Group-IB "spun-off" it's Russian operations, and that Group-IB still operates in Russia under the F.A.C.C.T name. This is untrue, since Reuters reported that the our CEO Dmitry Volkov sold his entire 10% stake in the Russian business, and that F.A.C.C.T is a stand-alone company. The same article also mentions that Ilya Sachkov sold his 37.5% stake in Group-IB, which means that he no longer has any ownership stake in Group-IB's business.
Do let me know how i can work with you on this. Really appreciate your time and thank you! DL02042024 (talk) 07:52, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- @DL02042024 Wikipedia is based on secondary sources. If there are any other information published, you can use that to justify that the operations remained under their control. Also as a COI editor, it is best that you request for edits to be made on the talk page. See Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance. – robertsky (talk) 08:33, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks @Robertsky. I actually send multiple sources to other editors before, but it was never corrected and somehow it keeps stating that we still operate in Russia, or that F.A.C.C.T is a spin-off or subsidiary of Group-IB (Which it isn't).
- Other sources include:
- TechCrunch: With its exit from Russia complete, Group-IB plans its US expansion
- TechInAsia: SG cybersecurity firm exits Russian market
- Interfax: Ilya Sachkov withdraws from Group-IB international business, maintains stake in Russian legal entity with changed brand
- I have been requesting for help from many editors since 2024, but there's been very little progress in correcting the inaccuracies. DL02042024 (talk) 09:07, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
Question from Arc. innocent on Wikipedia:Articles for creation (10:44, 3 August 2026)
Greetings, I want to put my biography on Wikipedia but don't know how to go about it . --Arc. innocent (talk) 10:44, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
Tech News: 2026-32
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- The Reader Experience team has developed a patch demo that wraps the page toolbar onto two lines when there is not enough horizontal space for all the buttons. This aims to reduce crowding in the Vector 2022 toolbar, which can occur on some language Wikipedias at certain screen widths.
- The Reader Experience team is planning to launch Reading Lists, a Community Wishlist item, which is currently available to try in beta, as a full feature in September. Before then, volunteer translator help is needed for string translations into a number of languages. The feature supports reading and learning goals on Wikipedia.
- Next week, the table of contents on Wikimedia Commons file pages will be improved by consolidating the file page table of contents with the page table of contents. This will make it easier to understand a file page’s structure, navigate to specific sections, and share links to individual sections.
- View all 24 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue where some TIFF images failed to load after clicking their thumbnail, causing a broken image to be displayed instead of the full-size image, has now been fixed.
Updates for technical contributors
- The variable and function selector in AbuseFilter has been updated to support search and autocomplete. It will allow filter maintainers to find the desired variable or function more quickly.
- The MJPEG and VP8 formats are removed from the video player. The MP4 format (MPEG-4 Part 2) is added instead, which provides higher quality videos to older iPhone devices. It may take a few weeks to retroactively update all existing videos. The default format for modern devices stays the same (VP9/WebM).
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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Administrators' newsletter – August 2026
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2026).
Administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RfC, the 30-day requirement for extended-confirmed status now begins after an account's first edit instead of its registration (T431060).
Technical news
- Inactive editors can now be removed as mentors at Special:CommunityConfiguration/Mentorship automatically.
- The Suggested Edits' Revise Tone feature is now enabled. It encourages editors to identify and revise non-neutral language in articles.
Miscellaneous
- The Unreferenced articles August 2026 backlog drive is underway. Help to add references to 47,000 articles.
- The Articles for creation August 2026 backlog drive is under way. Help to review 4,500+ drafts.
Tech News: 2026-33
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Updates for editors
- A new ChartWizard is now available on Wikimedia Commons for users interested in creating charts from their own data. The wizard makes the Chart extension more beginner-friendly by allowing editors to create charts, such as bar and pie charts, without needing to use JSON. Users can still switch to the JSON editor if they prefer. Feedback on the new tool is welcome on the wish talk page.
- View all 19 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, an issue where the Wikipedia iOS app’s Picture of the Day widget displayed the same image every day instead of updating daily, has now been fixed.
Updates for technical contributors
- Math formula SVG images will soon be generated in the browser instead of on the server. MathML continues to be generated on the server and renders in the browser without JavaScript. Wikibooks will see this change on 12 August, Wikisource on 19 August and Wikipedia from 20-27 August. You can try this by selecting "MathML with SVG image (client side MathJax rendering)" in your preferences. This change is part of deprecating RESTBase and deprecating Mathoid.
- Category pages will soon support sorting entries by the time they are added to a category. This will make it easier to find recently or long-standing categorized pages. It will also improve workflows for maintenance categories such as deletion backlogs and other time-based review tasks. You can use
cldsort=timestampURL argument in category view to sort the entries. - Gadgets and user scripts on Wikimedia wikis may now use ES2018 features and ES2019 features in JavaScript code. Previously, the platform only allowed up to ES2017. MediaWiki validates the source code to protect functionality from syntax errors and to ensure scripts are valid in all supported browsers.
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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Renaming of MediaMarine to Mark MarineFC
Hi, I see that you renamed user MediaMarine to Mark MarineFC. Did you check their contribs, or my message on their talk page? This is a COI user, both the old and new usernames include the name of the football club they edit for. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 18:46, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Redrose64 the username policy allows "name at company" format or variations for such COI editors. With respect to their contributions, they did reply on their talk page that they will not do the same in the future. The renaming doesn't absolve them from administrative actions if they continue to do so. – robertsky (talk) 19:10, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
Tech News: 2026-34
Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.
Weekly highlight
- The Worklist feature for the Event Registration tool is now live on all Wikimedia wikis. With Worklist, event organizers can add the articles their event will focus on directly to the event page. The Worklist also powers Event Pathways which notifies other editors of the upcoming or ongoing event when they edit an article featured in the event's Worklist. This is the minimum viable version (MVP), and feedback is welcome. Organizers are encouraged to try the feature. A hands-on Worklist Setup Workshop will take place on 18 August at 16:00 UTC and 19 August at 11:00 UTC.
Updates for editors
- Special:ShortPages displays short pages by their size, but in many cases it gets filled with disambiguations and soft redirects, making it harder to find the short articles themselves. Starting this weekend, you will be able to choose not to include an article in the special page by adding the magic word
__EXPECTSHORTPAGE__. - One new wiki has been created: a Wikipedia in Bole (
w:bol:) - Starting the week of August 17, the page toolbar will wrap onto two lines when there is not enough horizontal space for all the buttons. This is a fully merged patch from the Reader Experience team which aims to reduce crowding in the Vector 2022 toolbar, that may occur on some language Wikipedias at certain screen widths.
- View all 16 community-submitted tasks that were resolved last week. For example, uploading large files to Wikimedia Commons has become more stable and less prone to failure following some fixes related to the “Could not acquire lock” upload error.
Updates for technical contributors
- Debian Bullseye will reach the end of its Long Term Support on 31 August 2026. Some Cloud VPS projects still have instances running Debian Bullseye. Maintainers of those projects are encouraged to migrate to Debian Bookworm or Debian Trixie. A migration guide is available to help with the process, and users may also want to consider whether their workload is better suited to Toolforge. If you need help or cannot complete the migration by 31 August, please contact the Cloud VPS admins as soon as possible. Read more.
- Detailed code updates later this week: MediaWiki
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Closing a Page Rename & Move Request!
Hello, Mentor! How are you doing? Could you, as an uninvolved editor, please take a look at the requested move discussion at Talk:The Traitors India and close it? I’ve presented my arguments, but we haven’t reached a consensus. I believe the discussion supports keeping the current title, so I’d really appreciate your neutral assessment of the arguments and sources. Thanks! Tenshi Uisu (talk) 21:56, 18 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Tenshi Uisu Requested moves discussions are typically opened for at least 7 days as such discussions attracts a lower level of interest from editors, unless there is an outright WP:SNOW situation. The discussion here is just about 1 day old. I suggest patience and let the current discussion runs its course given that that there are !votes on each side (not minding the strengths of arguments presented yet). – robertsky (talk) 01:02, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll let the discussion run its course and ping you after a week :) Tenshi Uisu (talk) 08:13, 19 August 2026 (UTC)
Question from Abukar. Adam on 400 (number) (15:13, 19 August 2026)
Requested move closures
Hi, could you please take a look at the following requested move discussions? They have been open for well over a week without being closed or relisted, and the discussions currently appear to have a clear consensus in support of the proposed titles
- Talk:Spring High School stabbing
- Talk:Zagreb school stabbing
- Talk:Malmö school stabbing
- Talk:Kuopio school stabbing
- Talk:Çekmeköy school stabbing
Thanks! PlainWikiUser1 (talk) 15:33, 20 August 2026 (UTC)
AfC August Backlog Drive: Only ten days left!
Hi Robertsky, thanks for participating in the Articles for Creation August Backlog Drive! We've done amazing work so far, dropping the backlog by more than 3000 drafts already. We have around 1300 drafts outstanding, and we need your help to get that down to zero in the next 10 days. We can do this, but we need all hands on deck to help make it happen – if everyone who signed up to the drive reviewed just 1–2 drafts a day for the next ten days, we'd be down to zero in no time! A list of the pending drafts can be found at WP:AFCSORT, where you can select submissions in your area of interest, or you can find a random submission here. Thank you so much for your work so far, and happy reviewing! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:20, 21 August 2026 (UTC)