Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat/Archives/2023-02

Block and delete request

Please block and delete User:Passionle, troll and continue disruptive editing, thanks!-- MCC214#ex umbra in solem 12:42, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Kind regards, Tulsi 24x7 14:56, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

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please remove from me

I only had massmessage to publish en-wiki's monthly Signpost newsletter and the prior need for me to have this tool has evaporated, so I ask for someone to remove that userright from me. Chris Troutman (talk) 20:37, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Sgd. —Hasley 20:39, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: All done, if you requires the access again just let us know. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 12:08, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

No draft namespace on meta?

Hi, when I tried to edit on Draft:Requests for comment/Global ban for PlanespotterA320, I found it was on (main) namespace, so there isn't draft namespace on meta now?--Lemonaka (talk) 15:15, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lemonaka No, there isn't. Feel free to use userspace as drafts here or just write the mainspace page and tag {{draft}}. A sidenote, the title should be (2) as the 1st ban discussion is closed. Thanks. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 15:22, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

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Global ban for PlanespotterA320/RespectCE

Per the Global bans policy, I’m informing the project of this request for comment: m:Requests for comment/Global ban for PlanespotterA320 (2) about banning a member from your community. Lemonaka (talk) 20:23, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning 68.134.5.142

• 68.134.5.142 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Vandalism. Special:Diff/24501423 Lemonaka (talk) 21:03, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lemonaka: Does not appear to be vandalism, if anything I'd say the editor may have forgotten to log in... If not, then if the IP does it again, maybe a block would be warranted — TheresNoTime (talk • they/them) 21:06, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

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Please massmessage this concerning recent RFC for global ban

Please massmessage user:Lemonaka/GBnotice to User:Lemonaka/Massmessagelist concerning Requests for comment/Global ban for PlanespotterA320 (2). Thank you in advance. Lemonaka (talk) 21:40, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

I can take care of this. --Zabe (talk) 21:42, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! Lemonaka (talk) 21:43, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

@Zabe whoa--- can we validate that first. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:45, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

@Xaosflux wait, I know what happened. This will send to all wikiprojects. Lemonaka (talk) 21:46, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

sorry to late, should have waited :(. --Zabe (talk) 21:48, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Well, no going back now, was trying to be cognizant of some of the points raised at this discussion about bloating minor project pumps. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:57, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Why do you want to bother 632 projects, when the subject of that RFC has only edited on 141? — xaosflux ^Talk 21:46, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

@XaosfluxSorry... I have got that. Lemonaka (talk) 21:47, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

Please trim and resubmit, please also keep in mind that the policy is only relevant to notifying "communities", so if a project has no effective community they likely don't need to be spammed on this either, barring if the subject of that RFC is a significant contributor there (e.g. bnwikibooks). — xaosflux ^Talk 21:54, 6 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning Lumtechled

• Lumtechled (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Spam / spambot. Lemonaka (talk) 14:43, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Reported on SRG. – Tryvix ^t 14:45, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

• Locally blocked, local pages deleted. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:48, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

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Updated translation

I am edited and little bit corrected translation of steward elections banner in tcy (Tulu) language. Mahaveer Indra (talk) 04:29, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

@BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU: Is the updated translation good? Kind regards, Tulsi 24x7 08:54, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you @Tulsi:. I updated the banner translation again. Please update -BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU (talk) 13:41, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Reviewed translation. Kind regards, Tulsi 24x7 15:37, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

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Tried to edit User talk:Jules*

I tried to leave this comment: "Since you have left me no option to appeal on frwiki, I will appeal here. First thing: the CU only proved we were both using similar proxies, it did not prove that we were using the same IP. Second: the proxy I am currently using is shared by many users and is fairly common. Third: the proxy changes your user-agent, so since I am assuming the vandal was using the same proxy, we would both implicitly have the same user-agent."

It was blocked by AF. Meta-Wiki policy says that it can be used for discussion if a local wiki can't be used. Throwaway939 (talk) 15:05, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

This user is the LTA doxxing Bbb23. He tried to obtain from 2 fr-wp users a screenshot of the fr-wp homepage during its defacement, yesterday. Please block it. Best, — Jules* ^talk 15:09, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Thanks, Jules*. --❄Mykola❄ 15:16, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning Drii10291

• Drii10291 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Disruptive editing. Lemonaka (talk) 03:51, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

• Done. --❄Mykola❄ 03:54, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

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CWS CentralNotice

Hi, I just make some small changes to improve the Vietnamese translations of the CWS CentralNotice: 1, 2, 3. Please help me update the CentralNotice banner. Thanks! – Tryvix ^t 03:07, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Kind regards, Tulsi 24x7 04:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

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Feminism and Folklore 2023

Please semi-protect due to persistent vandalism. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 04:32, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Done for 3 months. Much thanks, Tulsi 24x7 04:41, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:111.119.187.46

111.119.187.46 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Vandalism —MdsShakil (talk) 11:40, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Done - blocked. Thanks for reporting! --Daniuu (talk) 11:44, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

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Requesting for Autopatroller right (Tumbuka Arch)

I would like to request for Autopatrolled flag to reduce creation of unnecessary review tasks. I am familiar with Meta's policies and guidelines. Thank you. Tumbuka Arch^★_★^★ 21:33, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 21:38, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: DannyS712 (talk) 04:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Request for Autopatroller (Kitrsjlhf)

I want to apply the Autopatrolled flag to reduce the creation of unnecessary validation tasks. I am familiar with Meta's policies and guidelines. Thank you. Kitrsjlhf (talk) 00:18, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

<10 edits here, no rights globally except wikidata rollback granted by @Ameisenigel. Ameisenigel could you chime in with regards to this user suitablity. Thanks much. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:14, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Editing on Wikidata seems to be fine, but the requested rollback rights have not been used very much and the user wrongly claimed to be a property creator on his user page (I just removed this). In general I do not see much value in granting autopatrolled to a user who is not very active in that wiki, but that is up to you to decide upon. --Ameisenigel (talk) 12:04, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello ,@Ameisenigel property creator I put it by mistake on the user page, and you can see my activity and if you are active or not on the Arabic Wikipedia, and I accept your decision in any case, thank you very much Kitrsjlhf (talk) 12:08, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

For some reason the user seems to have a habit of copying other peoples user pages and/or claiming to have user rights which they don't have [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].

@Kitrsjlhf thanks for volunteering but please stop requesting additional rights in multiple projects [9][10][11][12][13][14][15] without having the necessary experience. Johannnes89 (talk) 14:24, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello @Johannnes89

First, when I took a copy from the user pages, I was aware of an old date, and I apologize for the inconvenience mentioned above. Regarding the permission, I needed it to help meta and not for any other purpose. Thank you @Xaosflux ، @Ameisenigel ، @Johannnes89 ، @Camouflaged Mirage . Kitrsjlhf (talk) 15:54, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Your global user page one Meta is still a copy of someone else's user page and certainly wrong regarding your languages and user rights, please change this. There should be no problems editing on Meta without autopatroller rights. Johannnes89 (talk) 18:11, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Johannnes89 I'm going to correct all of that, my apologies Kitrsjlhf (talk) 18:51, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

• Not done note, this will not impact your ability to make edits. Should you become much more active here on the meta-wiki such that we are having to patrol your edits frequently feel free to reapply. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:30, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

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Please remove flags from locked staff accounts

• CKibelka (WMF) (talk · contribs)
• Smazeland-WMF (talk · contribs)

AlPaD (talk) 21:09, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 00:29, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

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Mailing lists/Overview

Please semi-protect due to persistent vandalism - since the past protection expired almost all edits have been unconstructive. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 02:09, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Done! Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 02:13, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

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Create mass message at Global statistics/Mailing list

This is for User:Leaderbot. It won't actually be using MassMessage, but rather use the list to programmatically send messages to the users as needed. Leaderboard (talk) 07:31, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

Done created. — xaosflux ^Talk 13:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning 41.143.142.161

• 41.143.142.161 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Vandalism. Lemonaka (talk) 01:22, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

• Done. --❄Mykola❄ 01:51, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

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Request for semi-protect

Please semi-protect Wikimania 2007/Orlando - Repeated nonsense editing by IP. Syunsyunminmin 🗨️talk 09:27, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Not done. It has few edits today only. Not a persistent vandalism. Kind regards, Tulsi 24x7 11:09, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Semi-protected for 3 months by Johannnes89. Tulsi 24x7 05:15, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: DannyS712 (talk) 18:18, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Report concerning 67.141.247.163

• 67.141.247.163 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Nonsense. Tryvix ^t 09:29, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Not done. IP is not active anymore. Kind regards, Tulsi 24x7 11:10, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

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Block and delete request

Please block and delete User:古老傳說,LTA abuse bot template.-- MCC214#ex umbra in solem 16:20, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

• Done. --❄Mykola❄ 16:22, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

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Requests for comment/Global ban for PlanespotterA320 (2)

Please tell user:Dan Polansky that their wikilawyering on this page is inappropriate. Summer ^talk 05:32, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Autopatrolled rights (YIEWI)

I would like to request for autopatrolled rights and now I'm familiar with Meta's policies and guidelines. YIEWI talk 04:24, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

I last commented about tenure one month ago at Meta:Requests_for_help_from_a_sysop_or_bureaucrat/Archives/2023-01#Requesting_for_Patrollers_right_on_Meta-Wiki. From then till now there are some hi translations. Can @1997kB look at this and determine is the hi translations proper. Thanks much. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:17, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Camouflaged Mirage Looks like they are using Google translate for translations. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 01:48, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Let you know that I know languages Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Marathi with French and Portuguese which I've translated. Thanks YIEWI talk 18:24, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

@YIEWI Hello, I like to remind you that machine translations aren't acceptable here on meta, they serves minimal purposes. I will caution against any further usage of machine translations, including Google as indicated above. Thanks @1997kB for their input and with this input I am not inclined to grant. In fact, machine translations can be deemed disruptive and might end up with a block. I will AGF that you are not using but I do trust the assessment of 1997kB. Given I do not know the language I think it's best to defer this request to another sysop who do. Thank you for your efforts and autopatrol doesn't affect your editing, should any user pages require deletion etc, you can tag on the talk page. Regards, Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:31, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

It has already been discussed several times, the flag doesn't change anything to your status, it only affects patrolling, and it has nothing to do with the number of edits or the trust we have in you. It's still early for me to grant this flag and the fact that you keep asking for the flag over and over again is, in my opinion, proof of that (just see the requests for flags in multiple projects, that were linked in the previous request). Thank you again for your contributions and best regards Superpes15 (talk) 12:01, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Not done per above. Thank you for volunteering! Tulsi 24x7 03:51, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:१दे

१दे (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Personal attacks on talk page, removal of speedy deletion template Leonidlednev (talk) 19:15, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Already blocked. —MdsShakil (talk) 19:17, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Yes! It was done by WikiBayer --Superpes15 (talk) 19:19, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

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MediaWiki:Blockedtext no longer being displayed with our custom CSS from Template:Divbox

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T329966

While MediaWiki:Blockedtext displays okay on the wiki page, it seems that blocked users no longer see the colored boxes that come from Template:Divbox (Template:Divbox/styles.css). Please also note that the source of the message has changed to use translatable MediaWiki messages (MediaWiki:Blockedtext/en) so we may want to update ours as well. And since we're tweaking the message I suggest we remove the "email $admin" option since unblock requests are handled via {{unblock}} and unregistered contributors can't use the email user function. Thank you, —MarcoAurelio (talk) 15:45, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@MarcoAurelio is this by design upstream and just hasn't gotten everywhere yet? It seems to be working on enwiki's version (w:en:MediaWiki:Blockedtext). Logged out users will primarily get the en version, as that is the site default. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:28, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: The enwiki version uses Template:Blocked text which does not seem to be using TemplateStyles, but I don't know enough about TemplateStyles or CSS/HTML nor which changes in particular have happened in MW core, except for the message content being changed. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 16:52, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, seems like we can open a phab 'Blockedtext is not rendering templatestyles'; also it doesn't look like Blockedtext/en is used at all when I tried it (prob because the base lang is en on metawiki already). No objection to verbiage improvements about email though. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

The /en is indeed not used here. I linked it here to show the difference between the message we use and the upstream one. Thanks for looking into this. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 17:07, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@MarcoAurelio thank you. I opened phab:T329966, would like to see if this can be fixed upstream before we just route around it. — xaosflux ^Talk 17:39, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@MarcoAurelio: the styling should be working now, just tested. Verbiage updates could still be made. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:32, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Thank you. I checked and it indeed displays correctly now. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 18:51, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

• Going to mark this resolved as to the original primary problem. Anyone is welcome to propose improved veribage at MediaWiki talk:Blockedtext; a sandbox for test proposals is available here: MediaWiki talk:Blockedtext/sandbox. — xaosflux ^Talk 14:37, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning QRNKS

• QRNKS (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Please check translation from this user, I believe some of them are poorly or bad translation. I have found some and tagged them, but may not all, since I'm not familiar with Russian. Lemonaka (talk) 10:29, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Lemonaka (talk) 12:50, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

Report concerning Tuntu Charya YouTube Channel

• Tuntu Charya YouTube Channel (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Spam / spambot. Abusive username. Lemonaka (talk) 12:34, 22 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:2404:4402:3752:7800:8172:AF50:68E1:501D

2404:4402:3752:7800:8172:AF50:68E1:501D (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Keeps on creating pages in the Translation: space that aren't actually translations. Ferien (talk) 17:09, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Blocked, queued for deletion. Sgd. —Hasley 17:10, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! --Ferien (talk) 17:15, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning 223.24.92.181

• 223.24.92.181 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Translation Vandalism, inserting poor translation. Lemonaka (talk) 13:49, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Lemonaka (talk) 14:01, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Report concerning User:2600:6C50:4D00:1C1C:D050:38F8:9D58:490D

2600:6C50:4D00:1C1C:D050:38F8:9D58:490D (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Inserting non-translated edits Syunsyunminmin 🗨️talk 07:00, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning Pohjamadesse

• Pohjamadesse (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Vandalism. Lemonaka (talk) 08:22, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Blocked indef. Tulsi 24x7 08:27, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning Ivapegreatuk

• Ivapegreatuk (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA)

Spam / spambot. Lemonaka (talk) 08:46, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Done. Blocked indef. Tulsi 24x7 08:49, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:Xploregadgets.website

Xploregadgets.website (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: Spam on userpage, promotional username Leonidlednev (talk) 20:28, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Johannnes89 (talk) 21:24, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

Please remove rights from locked staff account

• COduor-WMF (talk · contribs)

Thanks! AlPaD (talk) 12:40, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@AlPaD: De-sysop request should be made on SRP. Local 'crats can remove the translation admin flag. Best! Superpes15 (talk) 12:44, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

@Superpes15: Thank you, I requested for Desysop by stewards. AlPaD (talk) 13:32, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! The removal of sysop flag has been processed. I know it sounds a bit bureaucratic, but for logging and archiving purposes it's important, since they are two different requests. Best :) Superpes15 (talk) 13:41, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Best regards :) AlPaD (talk) 19:14, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 19:18, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning User:GFreihalter

GFreihalter (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: This user is accusing me of lying on her user page. She is also accusing other users of destroying and defacing her articles. The accusations are related to a case of the German Arbcom (de:Wikipedia:Schiedsgericht/Anfragen/Überprüfung der Sperrbestätigung und Gesuch um Interaktionsverbot). Ameisenigel (talk) 04:46, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

This user page is not in line with Global user pages#Content / Meta:Inclusion policy#Not acceptable (personal pages or blogs / dedicated attack pages) in my opinion, though I will not decide as I was already involved in this case as a dewiki sysop. Johannnes89 (talk) 07:50, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Appears the subject contributor is also attempting to file a TOU complaint with WMF (c.f. Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Legal_department#Terms_of_Use_in_German_Wikipedia). — xaosflux ^Talk 13:37, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

there has already been a reply from the WMF [16] regarding the open letter [17] --Johannnes89 (talk) 13:44, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Reverted with message on user talk page. At this moment, no any block or sanction has been made on their account. Tulsi 24x7 03:33, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

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Report concerning とんずらする豚

とんずらする豚 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • GUC • CA) — Reasons: VisualEditor/Newsletter/2023/February/ja is contaminated with possible Machine translated sentences without post-edit to it, or jumbled up texts;

1. range of influence; on 2nd March, ppl are asked to come to a zoom meeting after reading the current issue of Editing Team's NewsLetter/ja, but you won't be encouraged to join after reading meaningless sentences;
2. 14 days ago, another user advised to apply TermBase, a thesaurus for en-ja translators; not responded;
3. myself advised their pick of ja word is wrong at 15:25, 9 February 2023 (UTC) with examples, no response;
4. as of 18 February, still producing pages full of errors, degrading the newsletter.
5. FYI, on VillagePump/jawp, the same user is inquired of eihter being a sock, or copycat with very low translation skill on Weekly Tech News as well. Omotecho (talk) 15:31, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Omotecho I'm a bit lost, User:とんずらする豚 doesn't appear to exist here. Can you check your report? — xaosflux ^Talk 15:42, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: You have linked it right. The user page doesn't exist, but the user do exist. See Contribs. :P Tulsi 24x7 16:05, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Tulsi thanks, that was my bad copy-past, off of the bad initial link that you fixed. moving on..... — xaosflux ^Talk 16:07, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

@Omotecho Hi, I have noticed JaWP about the discussion here. Lemonaka (talk) 00:36, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lemonaka, kon'nichiwa, hello, and very nice of you to follow up my sketchy input. My timid murmer ends up that translation takes your nerve to stand in the middle of different mindsets, and always avoid that your words will trap two/thee/four/&tc parties in different spheres. As it shows as "trans-", we can't compose our own rendition of the original message.

We are wearing neither authors' nor scenario writers' shoes AFAIK. I wish new hands will think about it twice before transcribing official releases, and of course, we old schoolers, as well. Cheers, -- Omotecho (talk) 14:56, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Omotecho, if their translations have introduced a lot of errors, such as poor-quality machine translations, gibberish and something like that. I strongly recommend a batch delete of all their translations and restart again. But I'm not familiar with Japanese at all, sorry I cannot help you check these words and sentences. Lemonaka (talk) 15:01, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

@Lemonaka, hello, I thought I could though, as not an admin myself, so reverting is not possible on pages starting with Translation:_pagetitle/ja. ex: in the case of 25 February 2023 and Tech News, revert button returns: この編集を取り消せます。 下記の差分を確認して、本当に取り消していいか検証してください。よろしければ変更を公開して取り消しを完了してください。

あなたには「このページの編集」を行う権限がありません。理由は以下の通りです:

このページは手動では更新できません。 このページはページ Tech/Server switch の翻訳版であり、翻訳ツールを使用して更新できます。. Literally, it reads; You can revert [br] you can't revert w/out admin rights [br] this page is excluded from manual update. It was created with Translation tool. --updated with strike-out. --Omotecho (talk) 06:57, 26 February 2023 (UTC) • Omotecho (talk) 06:50, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Tech/Server switch/jaなどの翻訳先のページを直接編集するのではなく、Translations:Tech/Server switch/5/jaなどの翻訳単位のページを差し戻し/削除することで翻訳を取り消せます。--Syunsyunminmin 🗨️talk 07:09, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

@Omotecho @SyunsyunminminHello, speedy delete requested per consensus. You can direct edit on translation unit (named 翻訳単位 in Japan.) Lemonaka (talk) 08:31, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@Syunsyunminmin, @Lemonaka, hello to both of you, and my deep appreciation for your insights. Dōmo arigatō gozaimasu. Will try and fix before the meeting 02-03-2023 (03-03?): myself like the upgrade of talkpages, and of course, riding on new waves takes a few falls and bumps. Cheers, -- Omotecho (talk) 10:31, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

@Omotecho Hi, they stopped editing for a while. I have advised them to go on editing on English Wikipedia if they do not familiar with Japanese. I'd like close this topic, agree? Lemonaka (talk) 08:35, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

@Lemonaka, yes, I am so admiring you offering the user to come and edit on enwp: I lacked that perspective. As you see, I have added "done" template to close this thread. It was very resourceful. Arigatō gozaimasu. --Omotecho (talk) 09:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Omotecho (talk) 09:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)