User talk:Bbb23
I undeleted Asia Vital Components and improved the article. I was researching and about to remove the speedy tag when you deleted it. Please feel free to AFD if you still think it should be deleted. Quarl (talk) 17:58, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- You used your admin tools to undelete an article deleted via CSD so you could work on it as a regular editor? That's concerning.-- Ponyobons mots 18:08, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
FYI
Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Super Mario 1887, in case you didn't see it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:31, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
Majumder
Hi
He continues despite the fact the info is sourced and added to the article. Panam2014 (talk) 12:20, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
Recent user:Crashout block
Hi,
Following on from the recent sockpuppetry block [1] that you implemented for user Crashout, I wondered if I could ask a couple of quick questions.
Firstly, was the block purely on behavioural grounds (with no need for Check User)?
Secondly, was I correct in my comments at COIN [2] (linked from the relevant SPI) re: the inherent unlikelihood of an IP address swiftly responding to a talk page message (and the series of events leading from that)?
I'd be really grateful for some background here to allow me to more accurately spot possible sockpuppetry in future.
Kind regards, Axad12 (talk) 17:10, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- Behavior. A check would have been a violation of the privacy policy.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:12, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- I see. I'd noticed on other SPIs then there was some issue with IP addresses and Check User but it hadn't occurred to me that it was privacy related. That makes sense though.
- Thanks for getting back to me. Axad12 (talk) 17:25, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
- Axad12, the privacy issue here is specifically the linking of an account with those IP addresses--that's why reference to WP:LOUTSOCK was made. I'm a CU--I haven't checked the log to see if CU was indeed run, but I can tell you that if it had been run, no one would have made the information public, because that precisely is the privacy breach. I just thought I'd make that clear. We see socking often in such COI matters/promotional editing ("the goal of recognizing the outstanding American jewelry designers who are committed to driving inclusivity within the design industry"--that kind of stuff), and you may have addressed that on the user's talk page. In general, we look for similarities in phrasing but also for the minutia, like how a user does citations and how they fill in the templates, how they write up edit summaries, whether they use capitalization and punctuation in the same way, that sort of thing. Hope this helps. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 16:26, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
Administrators' newsletter – December 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2024).
Administrator changes
Interface administrator changes
CheckUser changes
Guideline and policy news
- Following an RFC, the policy on restoration of adminship has been updated. All former administrators may now only regain the tools following a request at the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard within 5 years of their most recent admin action. Previously this applied only to administrators deysopped for inactivity.
- Following a request for comment, a new speedy deletion criterion, T5, has been enacted. This applies to template subpages that are no longer used.
Technical news
- Technical volunteers can now register for the 2025 Wikimedia Hackathon, which will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Application for travel and accommodation scholarships is open from November 12 to December 10, 2024.
Arbitration
- The arbitration case Yasuke (formerly titled Backlash to diversity and inclusion) has been closed.
- An arbitration case titled Palestine-Israel articles 5 has been opened. Evidence submissions in this case will close on 14 December.