Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat/Archives/2021-07

Harassment against me using IP addresses

Hello,
I am facing constant harassment from IP addresses for last 2 days in meta-wiki. Here is the list of IPs that are abusing and harassing me:

• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:E43D:C5BC:2745:6C6C
• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:6A51:498A:B343:CDC4
• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:502A:A86E:B4EC:3ED2
• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:502A:A86E:B4EC:3ED2
• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:6512:B047:F02E:2414
• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:2D99:E2B:38F1:8764
• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:84A2:6B5B:2D29:FB26
• Special:Contributions/2409:4070:2003:9ED3:9698:EE2D:D78:6C75
• Special:Contributions/2402:8100:2864:81C0:5E73:CCF:5510:6716

These are not isolated incidents but person(s) using similar IP range abused several admins in Telugu Wikipedia including me in last 10 days and got blocked in that Wiki. Now, they started abusing me in Meta-wiki and doing the same with other Telugu-Wikipedians like User:Chaduvari in wikidata. (Ex: d:Topic:U4ume8slho2hrgns, d:Topic:V00onsgihadgdobw).
Thanks to effort from Users working against vandalism, my Candidature page got protected, and talk page is marked for deletion and protection.
I would like to request sysops/bureaucrats to take necessary action against these activities and IPs. Thanks --Pavan santhosh.s (talk) 06:43, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Blocked the IP ranges. -- CptViraj (talk) 07:03, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! --Pavan Santhosh Surampudi (talk) 09:57, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 15:06, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Delete and protect

Please delete and protect Talk:Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Pavan Santhosh Surampudi.--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 01:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Deleted by Tulsi Bhagat. I personally don't see the need for the protection right now. -- CptViraj (talk) 10:38, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:45.84.121.71

45.84.121.71 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism —Bruce1ee^talk 07:34, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

• IP has been blocked, but is vandalising their own talk page. —Bruce1ee^talk 07:43, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

  TPA revoked by 1997kB. -- CptViraj (talk) 08:22, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

  Comment if someone is happy hammering away on their talk page, I wouldn't particularly worry about it, it means that they are not somewhere else being a PITA. We will see it and tidy it at some point if the need exists.  — billinghurst sDrewth 02:24, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

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IP vandalism

Please check out these bizare edits made by an IP editor (his accounts were permanently blocked on sh.wikiepedia, sr. wikipeedia and other projects) - [1] Sadko (talk) 15:32, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:37.19.109.8

37.19.109.8 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Adding {{deceased}} to pages of recently active users. See diff. Isabelle ^🔔 19:15, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Done. Sgd. —Hasley 19:29, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:109.157.43.109

109.157.43.109 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism of user talk page (diff). Isabelle ^🔔 19:27, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Done. Sgd. —Hasley 19:30, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

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Common.css

FYI, see MediaWiki talk:Common.css#en-wp-boxes. Izno (talk) 23:02, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

Request for patroller right

I'd like to request patroller right on Meta. Meta is the most active and biggest site of wikimedia projects. So it needs some patroller. Occasionally i review meta wiki's new changes as a (member of SWMT). SO i need this right for helping other patrollers. Thank you↠Tanbirzx (✉) 13:34, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

@Tanbirzx: Not done, sorry but I don't see any patrolling experience (undo, tagging, etc..) from your account here on Meta, please come back after significant amount of experience. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 14:08, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

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User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 10:21, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

IP vandalism

Please check out these bizare edits made by an IP editor (his accounts were permanently blocked on sh.wikipedia, sr. wikipedia and other projects) - [2] --Soundwaweserb (talk) 21:36, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

@Soundwaweserb Should be reported at SRG. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 21:40, 7 July 2021 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:2804:D55:5200::/40

2804:D55:5200::/40 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Long term abuse. SCP-2000 19:14, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Done to a time period matching global block.  — billinghurst sDrewth 02:02, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

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User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 15:44, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

translationadmin of MBakni (WMF)

Crats, you may want to remove the TA as the account has been locked. -- CptViraj (talk) 18:13, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Done. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 18:02, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Alvinfalgueralupet

Alvinfalgueralupet (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: vandalism-only account Zabe (talk) 11:01, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Done thanks.  — billinghurst sDrewth 11:05, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

For the record, see also Special:Permalink/21763552#Lupetlucas. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 21:00, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

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Yanlış Engelleme

Good day everyone, my mother tongue is Turkish Wikipedia and I contribute there. I started to contribute today and I am trying to improve Wikipedia as much as I can because I love Wikipedia. My main reason is User "Eighty two hundred forty-five" who has Turkish Wikipedia administrator privileges has blocked me for no reason and He didn't even send any notification, please I request that he be unblocked. You can check my contributions on my Turkish Wikipedia page. I haven't had any harmful activities. I have 100 more changes, please, I want this injustice to be corrected, with all due respect. Bendejman (talk) 17:11, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Hi there, I'm not an admin here, but I don't think meta sysops can do much since they have no or little rights on trwiki, unless of course, that's their home wiki or they were given rights there. But a global sysop can help. I can't think of any on the top of my head, but you might also want to ask that user on why they blocked you on meta. Hope that helps, SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 02:38, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

• Not done Nothing we can do here. Meta isn't an appeal court, per WM:NOT. What we can do here is to help communicate, I will suggest you asking them what you had done wrong on their meta talkpage. If that isn't working, I will suggest approaching one other trwp sysop on their meta talkpage. Beyond that, options are few as projects have their independence and we won't interfere, unless if there is a pattern of major abuse, in that case, please file a RFC if needed noting the strict criterion. For these issues, global sysops can't help as they aren't allowed to use their tools even if it's a GS wiki as it isn't balant vandalism, xwiki spam etc. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:52, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Seksen iki yüz kırk beş I wonder why you blocked the Turkish Wikipedia, I want to know about it, best regards Bendejman — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bendejman (talk) 10:07, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

@Bendejman: Use User talk:Seksen iki yüz kırk beş for it, not here, thanks so much. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:08, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

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Request for patroller right

Hi there, I'm just requesting for the patroller right so I can access the rollback tool. I don't do too much patrolling here, but when it get's quiet on other wiki's or I have nothing better to do, I often patrol meta.

I haven't made too much reverts, but given with the recent vandalism on my talk page, I would find the rollback tool quite effective and easy to revert. I've got rollback on 5 other WMF projects, with no issues to date.

Cheers, SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 02:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

@SHB2000 Leaving to someone else to evaluate, but just a note, we do not tag locked users with locked global account template unless it's done by the locking person (WMF or local), unless it's legal or foundation ban. This is per general DENY and etc. Thanks so much for your other contributions. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:53, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

I see. I saw User:Jeff G. do it, so I thought it's common practice to tag the account. But thanks for the note, as I was unaware of that. SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 09:57, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

@SHB2000 Yeah, true, but it indeed isn't the common practice here. Looking through the rest, I don't see a reason not to grant +patroller. But since I am not that active recently, deferring to someone else to flip. Best Regards, Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:02, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

@SHB2000 and Camouflaged Mirage: Sorry, I didn't know that. I will avoid doing so here for normal locks. -- Jeff G. ツ (please ping or talk to me) 12:06, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

But in saying that, I only saw you do that to Naledi Mathatho sockpuppets, and not every locked user SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 12:08, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

@SHB2000 and Camouflaged Mirage: I just noticed that {{locked global account}} is transcluded in userspace here 351 times; surely, those cannot all be legal or foundation bans or Steward uses. I have never seen a Steward use it. I have used {{locked}} here 13 times because I did not know about {{locked global account}}. Please ping me when replying. -- Jeff G. ツ (please ping or talk to me) 12:31, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

I noticed that a bunch of them were this user: User:슉슉이 [number]번 클론. I think they were put by Jerrykim306. SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 12:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.@SHB2000 For more details, please read this. In short, we aren't wanting to leave memorials for LTAs and etc. Yeah, I know there are some transculsions, by some users (me included very early on on meta and my explanation is here). Well we don't really have a policy against but personally per DENY etc shall we not tag? I think tagging doesn't help much in some sense. Hope you will understand. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:48, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Coming as a Wikivoyage admin myself, deny recognition is taken too far there (there's a user who has deleted every vandalism log that they have reverted, and I think hiding goes too far there), and I can completely understand here on meta where it hasn't gone overboard, and I don't think it will ever be. SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 12:51, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Actually this is getting way too long for someone else to review, and having reviewed your contributions, and sysop experience elsewere (and rollback), there is no reason for me not to grant directly (this is sort of intended use of the group), so considered it Done. Happy editing SHB2000. --Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:57, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the rights as well as letting me know about tagging LTA pages. Have a great afternoon (or morning, depending on your time zone) Cheers, SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 12:59, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:2600:387:6:80F:0:0:0:A5

2600:387:6:80F:0:0:0:A5 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Harassment towards 1234qwer1234qwer4 SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 03:38, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Done by Abuse filter (talk · contribs). ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 07:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

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User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 07:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Block for IP

72.88.205.5 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) Can somebody block this IP. I don't know if I'm at the right place, but I'll give it a try. Lars2019 (talk) 21:50, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

they have moved on Thanks for the report. Yes, this is the right place to make requests for local blocks.  — billinghurst sDrewth 01:59, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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Request for Global message delivery right

As a WMF 2021 Election Volunteer for Japanese Wikipedia community, I would like to deliver a message to eligible voters in ja.wikipedia encouraging to vote. There was no objection among local community to utilize the function. --Tomo suzuki (talk) 03:07, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

For all global permissions, you need to go to SRGP. Also, if you only need it on jawiki, just ask a local 'crat. SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 12:10, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

@SHB2000 No, that's an incorrect advice. Massmessage rights are requested at Meta:RFH, which is this page.

@Tomo suzuki Granted for 1 month, limited only for messages about WMF BoT elections. Best, Martin Urbanec (talk) 12:27, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

I see. Thought that all global permissions go there, but it seems not the case. SHB2000 (talk | contibs | en.wikivoyage | en.wikipedia) 12:31, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

@SHB2000 this is because the massmessage-sender right is technically not global and can be applied by any Meta administrator. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 13:26, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Thank you team, this seems to be working. At this point, I plan to utilize this function for 2 times (except for testing). Once the purpose is achieved, I will come back to request for removal of access. --Tomo suzuki (talk) 14:30, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Falguera

Falguera (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: User has made some destructive edits (which are currently reverted) to pages like Knowledge Equity Fund FAQ and Wikimedia Foundation Election meeting page. Adithyak1997 (talk) 20:35, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Will block if they continue after my final warning, though they could potentially be a sock per Meta:Requests for CheckUser information#Lupetlucas. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:39, 24 July 2021 (UTC)

Yerp, it's a sock. Others: Alvinfalgueralupet, Tisoy2019, Falguera y Bulan, Alvin.apokolupet.lucas, Lupetlucas, etc. Thanks for the report! Best, Vermont (talk) 03:20, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

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Request for protect Tech/News

Most of edits are vandalism. Xiplus (talk) 14:37, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Done  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:39, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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Unblocking our treasurer's IPs

Our treasurer, Claudi Balaguer (user: Capsot) has previously sent two messages to Nemo bis asking for his IPs to be unblocked so he can work on the reports. As president of Amical Wikimedia, I ask you to kindly unblock his IPs, as he is the Treasurer of Amical Wikimedia. Your help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much in advance.--Medol (talk) 19:26, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

@Medol @Capsot Hello, as far as I can see, Capsot was directly blocked (the request suggests it's a case of collateral damage). I think the regular appeal procedure should be used – via {{unblock}} template on their personal talk page. Then the administrators can assess and decide on the appeal.

Thanks for your understanding, Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

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Merge User:Amitie 10g/Davod into User:Davod

Please merge the contents (and history) of User:Amitie 10g/Davod into User:Davod, as I'm unable to edit my doppelganger user page. Also, is possible to able me to edit my doppelganger user page? Thanks. Amitie 10g (talk) 03:11, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Overwritten and then undeleted (merged); not unless you login.  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:37, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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Autopatroller for Jonathan5566

Hi, I have do some translation from en to zh, I will like to request for autopatroller flag, thanks. Jonathan5566 (talk) 10:06, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

It would not be typical for us to grant autopatrol rights to a user like this due to how we utilise autopatrol here.  — billinghurst sDrewth 03:40, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

I seen they are redirected by Xaosflux to ask here. I briefly looked through the translations, prima facie I see not much issues about the quality of those. No comments on the rest of the issues though. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 16:34, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

I'm zh-0. If the zh content is fine, I'm fine with this - if it is zh-spam then no :D — xaosflux ^Talk 16:58, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Just to make it clearer, the content is okay (as a zh-N) Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:09, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 17:54, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

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