User talk:Maxim/Archives/7

Revision delete request

Hi Maxim,

You changed my user name some two years ago (Good Old Days!). I was wondering if you could remove one revision in the history of both my user and user talk pages in order to protect my identity. The revisions are those in which the moves to new name have happened. Thanks for your help -- Nojan (talk) 02:47, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

I think I got all of them. See WP:OVERSIGHT if you want something stronger. Maxim_(talk) 02:58, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Maxim. That's even more than what I had expected :) . Cheers -- Nojan (talk) 23:49, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

An important message about renaming users

Dear Maxim,

I am cross-posting this message to many places to make sure everyone who is a Wikimedia Foundation project bureaucrat receives a copy. If you are a bureaucrat on more than one wiki, you will receive this message on each wiki where you are a bureaucrat.

As you may have seen, work to perform the Wikimedia cluster-wide single-user login finalisation (SUL finalisation) is taking place. This may potentially effect your work as a local bureaucrat, so please read this message carefully.

Why is this happening? As currently stated at the global rename policy, a global account is a name linked to a single user across all Wikimedia wikis, with local accounts unified into a global collection. Previously, the only way to rename a unified user was to individually rename every local account. This was an extremely difficult and time-consuming task, both for stewards and for the users who had to initiate discussions with local bureaucrats (who perform local renames to date) on every wiki with available bureaucrats. The process took a very long time, since it's difficult to coordinate crosswiki renames among the projects and bureaucrats involved in individual projects.

The SUL finalisation will be taking place in stages, and one of the first stages will be to turn off Special:RenameUser locally. This needs to be done as soon as possible, on advice and input from Stewards and engineers for the project, so that no more accounts that are unified globally are broken by a local rename to usurp the global account name. Once this is done, the process of global name unification can begin. The date that has been chosen to turn off local renaming and shift over to entirely global renaming is 15 September 2014, or three weeks time from now. In place of local renames is a new tool, hosted on Meta, that allows for global renames on all wikis where the name is not registered will be deployed.

Your help is greatly needed during this process and going forward in the future if, as a bureaucrat, renaming users is something that you do or have an interest in participating in. The Wikimedia Stewards have set up, and are in charge of, a new community usergroup on Meta in order to share knowledge and work together on renaming accounts globally, called Global renamers. Stewards are in the process of creating documentation to help global renamers to get used to and learn more about global accounts and tools and Meta in general as well as the application format. As transparency is a valuable thing in our movement, the Stewards would like to have at least a brief public application period. If you are an experienced renamer as a local bureaucrat, the process of becoming a part of this group could take as little as 24 hours to complete. You, as a bureaucrat, should be able to apply for the global renamer right on Meta by the requests for global permissions page on 1 September, a week from now.

In the meantime please update your local page where users request renames to reflect this move to global renaming, and if there is a rename request and the user has edited more than one wiki with the name, please send them to the request page for a global rename.

Stewards greatly appreciate the trust local communities have in you and want to make this transition as easy as possible so that the two groups can start working together to ensure everyone has a unique login identity across Wikimedia projects. Completing this project will allow for long-desired universal tools like a global watchlist, global notifications and many, many more features to make work easier.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the SUL finalisation, read over the Help:Unified login page on Meta and leave a note on the talk page there, or on the talk page for global renamers. You can also contact me on my talk page on meta if you would like. I'm working as a bridge between Wikimedia Foundation Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Stewards, and you to assure that SUL finalisation goes as smoothly as possible; this is a community-driven process and I encourage you to work with the Stewards for our communities.

Thank you for your time. -- Keegan (WMF) talk 18:24, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

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Urgent help needed

Hi Maxim! I am Tamravidhir. I know that you will not be remembering me, but I do remember you. Long back (in late May 2012) I had requested an username change from Jagadhatri to Tamravidhir. My request was accepted and you changed my username with all my contributions under Jagadhatri moved to that of Tamravidhir (it has been arichved here). But yesterday User:Moonriddengirl pointed out a problem that the contribution history of Jagadhatri shows that the user had made 7 edits on 19 November 2012. But I remember that it is actually I who had made those edits. I have informed her about this but I guess that she has not logged in since yesterday and thus, has not yet seen my messages.

I would like to inform you that at that time (in Nov'12) I was not in my hometown. And when I actually joined Wiki I was at the same place (where I was in Nov'12). I also had the same laptop, and in that laptop whenever I log in I don't need to give my username for logging in Wiki/any social networking site. So at first I assumed that that maybe the case. I mean in Dec'11 I had logged in as Jagadhatri, so that might have got saved there. And later I came back to my hometown, and when I was here my username was changed in May'12. And that was saved in my laptop (the one I used in my hometown), and later when I went back to that holiday destination in Nov'12, Jagadhatri was already saved there and not Tamravidhir, so I might have just overlooked it and logged in and edited. But I got to know that this is not the problem. I called up and got to know that in the laptop which I used while I was holidaying the username saved is Tamravidhir, not Jagadhatri, that means that when I last visited that place, I had logged in Wikipedia as Tamravidhir. And that's what it should be as I have edits in the contribution history of Tamravidhir (here) made on the same day and just after a few minutes. I mean that the first edit which is now in the contribution history of Jagadatri (here) was made on 19 Nov'12 at 14:56 and the last on the same day at 15:34. While the contribution history of Tamravidhir shows that on the same day the first edit I made at 14:51 and the last on that day at 16:01. It's highly suspicious and highly confusing. I don't know what has happened.

And Moonriddengirl assuming that a new user has taken my previous username has removed the redirects. For example the user page and user talk pages of Jagadhatri no longer redirect to those of Tamravidhir. I don't mean that she has done something wrong. She is extremely good and has done the rightful, but I request you to fix the problems as you had changed my username and as you are bureaucrat.

I need one more help. When I was Jagadhatri I had made few edits to various other wiki sites and even uploaded few pictures in Wikicommons. But the global user contributions of Jagadhatri (here) has not been move to the global user contributions of Tamravidhir (here). I mean that the edit history of Jagadhatri doesn't go with that of Tamravidhir. I know that it's not possible to merge accounts in Wikipedia. But I request you to do the things I have listed down. Please help me. I will be forever grateful to you as this is really bothering me:

• Please delete all the user subpages and user talk subpages of Jagadhatri (I think Moonriddengirl has deleted a few) which redirect to the respective subpages of Tamravidhir
• Please move all the contribution history (not just in Wikipedia, I mean the global user contributions) which is under Jagadhatri - here and the global account info of Jagadhatri - here to that of Tamravidhir - global contributions of Tamravidhir and global account info of Tamravidhir

I have requested Moonriddengirl to do it, but I don't think that she has the authority to do that as she is not a bureaucrat. She also asked me to seek for help at meta:Talk:Steward requests/Username changes. So I reported the issue here. Two days have passed and there has been no reply. I need urgent help. I have become too impatient. Please help me. Please...thank you. Could you please leave me a talkback template while replying here? Thank you so much. --Tamravidhir (talk) 06:41, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Hello, Maxim. You have new messages at Tamravidhir's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

--Tamravidhir (talk) 10:53, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Please subscribe to the global renamers mailing list

Dear global renamer,

You have not yet subscribed to the global renamers mailing list. Considering the diverse background of all renamers, and with the intention to create an efficient platform for direct internal assistance and discussion, we strongly encourage you to do so. Please subscribe here and send me or Trijnstel an email to confirm it is you requesting it. Should you have any questions or comments, please let us know.

Thank you, Savh^ñ 23:04, 2 October 2014 (UTC)

Dear Maxim. You are a global renamer and I noticed you still haven't subscribed to the global renamers mailing list (mail:Global-renamers). As all global renamers need to be subscribed, can you please send me an email (I can't as you haven't accepted emails via Special:EmailUser - please turn it on and email me or email me via trijnstelwikipedia.be and confirm here that you've send me an email) to this email and tell me under which email address you wish to be subscribed? Thanks. Trijnstel_talk 09:38, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Savh posted a reply here. Only four global renamers are not yet subscribed, and you're one of them. From what I can see the list is very useful and all global renamers help eachother out. Also, the devs regularly keep us up to date about technical changes etc. So yes, it's more than recommendable that you subscribe. For example, when someone warns the global renamers not to use the tool, we can't reach you and we won't check who's on it and who's not. Trijnstel_talk 21:51, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

File:Gamesmaster cover.jpg

Hello, Maxim. I note you deleted File:Gamesmaster cover.jpg for lack of a proper fair-use rationale. If you would be so kind as to undelete the file, I will provide the necessary rationale. —Psychonaut (talk) 17:03, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Done. You might need to reduce the resolution a bit to comply with WP:NFCC. (I deleted this almost seven years ago... time flies.) Maxim_(talk) 18:03, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for getting this done so quickly. I've added the fair-use rationale now and I will reduce the resolution soon. —Psychonaut (talk) 18:10, 26 December 2014 (UTC)

Anthony Natale

Re: 20:12, 11 July 2007 Maxim (talk | contribs) deleted page Anthony Natale (Prod left uncontested for five days.)

Dear Maxim, Seeking understanding of why this page was deleted and how to restore it. Thank you

Scarletbaby (talk) 15:00, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Global User Account

Dear Maxim,

I would like to ask you how it is possible to activate my global account for the english wikipedia as the username is already used here. My username is Bif and the German wiki is my home wiki. I currently have the login for some wikis but especially the english would be an advance! Can you help me with that issue? Thank you very much,

Bif --178.8.199.214 (talk) 01:48, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

TFA day

A summary of a Featured Article you nominated at WP:FAC will appear on the Main Page soon. Please see my questions at User talk:Resolute (your co-nommer). - Dank (push to talk) 05:16, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Precious

ice hockey players
Thank you for quality articles about ice hockey and its players and history, such as Tiny Thompson and History of the National Hockey League (1967–92), performed in collaboration, for lists such as the list of Olympic medalists in ice hockey and featured portal ice hockey, for serving as a bureaucrat, for gnomish work in redirects and fighting vandalism, for clarity in user pages, answers and edit summaries, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (5 March 2009)!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:46, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

Hello from the team at Featured article review!

We are preparing to take a closer look at Featured articles promoted in 2004–2010 that may need a review. We started with a script-compiled list of older FAs that have not had a recent formal review. The next step is to prune the list by removing articles that are still actively maintained, up-to-date, and believed to meet current standards. We know that many of you personally maintain articles that you nominated, so we'd appreciate your help in winnowing the list where appropriate.

Please take a look at the sandbox list, check over the FAs listed by your name, and indicate on the sandbox talk page your assessment of their current status. Likewise, if you have taken on the maintenance of any listed FAs that were originally nominated by a departed editor, please indicate their status. BLPs should be given especially careful consideration.

Thanks for your help! Maralia (talk) 19:40, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Undeletion request

You deleted File:Larry Craig mugshot.jpg giving the reason: Deleted because "CSD I8 - Image has the same name on Wikimedia Commons".. It's gone from commons. Please restore it here for use in the Larry Craig article (or explain why you won't.) It survived a DRV before you deleted it. --Elvey^(t•c) 05:17, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Please consider ceasing such deletions. The image was unavailable for years as a result. Just restored.--Elvey^(t•c) 20:14, 1 July 2015 (UTC)

Workshopping bureaucrat activity requirements

(Message to all bureaucrats)

There is an ongoing discussion about implementing some kind of standards for administrative and bureaucrat activity levels; and activity requirements for bureaucrats have been explored several times in the past. I've prepared a draft addition to Wikipedia:Bureaucrats that would require at least one bureaucratic action every five years to retain the bureaucrat permission.

In the past, I've been hesitant of such proposals but I believe that if the bureaucrat group as a whole is seen to be actively engaged, the community may be more willing to grant additional tasks to the position.

Please let me know your thoughts. I'm not sure if this actually applies to any of us, but if you have not acted as a bureaucrat in over five years, you might consider requesting removal of the permission or otherwise signalling that you intend to return to bureaucrat activity. –xeno^talk 14:22, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for your comments about the rfa. You stated you could see both sides of the coin. In this specific rfa, there actually is a THIRD side to the coin, and I sincerely hope you will look at it more closely as you continue your deliberations. You have big shoes and you wear them very well. Very respectfully, Tiyang (talk) 17:30, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Rich Farmbrough RFA

If the bureaucrats are leaning towards promoting Rich Farmbrough based on this RFA, I would encourage you to consider instead extending the time of the RFA. There are two neutrals that say the purpose of the neutral was to avoid piling on (meaning they would have !voted oppose) and there are likely other editors who might have !voted had they believed that the outcome was in doubt. A fair alternative to simply closing a sub-70 RFA as successful would be to extend it. --B (talk) 21:32, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Opposing an RfA

Hi Maxim, I noticed your comments at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rich Farmbrough 2/Bureaucrat discussion that referred to my oppose vote as one you would not assign much weight to. I was suggesting the candidate had extreme views regarding an aspect of deletion policy—is that really not a good reason? Or was my comment not well written enough to communicate that position? I want to make sure my votes are constructive, of course. --BDD (talk) 18:09, 6 July 2015 (UTC)

A pie for you!

I very much liked your idea about the extension. You handled that RfA really well, so here's a little treat from me :) — Yash! (Y) 02:47, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Bureaucrat discussion notification

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cyberpower678/Bureaucrat discussion

I would welcome input from other bureaucrats in relation to the outcome of this RfA.
Many thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) for WJBscribe (talk) 11:10, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Community & Bureaucrat based desysoping proposal

A discussion is taking place regarding a proposal to create a community and bureaucrat based desysoping committee. The proposal would modify the position of bureaucrat. Your input is encouraged. Please see Wikipedia:Administrators/RfC for BARC - a community desysoping process. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 19:55, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Bureaucrat discussion notification (Liz)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Liz/Bureaucrat discussion

I would welcome input from other bureaucrats in relation to the outcome of this RfA.
Many thanks, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) for WJBscribe (talk) 12:02, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Well done

		The Bureaucrat's Barnstar
		Time and time again, the bureaucrats of en-wiki demonstrate their levelheadedness and expertise. Like an anesthesiologist in an operating room, you spend most of your time screwing around reading a magazine, but stand ready to spring into action when needed, only to fade into the background once your important work is done. Or perhaps that's more like Batman? Whatever your preferred metaphor, I am consistently impressed by the bureaucrat corps. Thank you for your service. HiDrNick! 12:46, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

My RfA Crat Chat

Hello, Maxim,

I just wanted to thank you and all of the bureaucrats who participated in the bureaucrat chat after my RfA was closed. There were a lot of votes and comments to go through along with the enormous amount of content on the crat chat talk page. I appreciate the time and care the bureaucrats took to consider all of the arguments and come to a consensus.

I never imagined that my RfA would be at all contentious or have such a big turnout. Although I hope you don't have many close call RfAs in the future, I know if you do, that Wikipedia's bureaucrats will find their way to a decision. Thank you again for your work in bringing this RfA to a close. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 18:39, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:HockeyAID

Template:HockeyAID has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:25, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

Implementation of Wikipedia:Bureaucrats#Bureaucrat activity requirements

Following a community discussion ending August 2015, consensus was reached to remove the bureaucrat permissions of users who have not participated in bureaucrat activity for three years.

“ Bureaucrats are expected to exercise the duties granted by their role while remaining cognizant of relevant community standards concerning their tasks. In addition to the "Inactive bureaucrat accounts" requirements, if a bureaucrat does not participate in bureaucrat activity for over three years, their bureaucrat permissions may be removed. The user must be notified on their talk page and by email one month before the removal, and again and a few days prior to the removal. If the user does not return to bureaucrat activity, another bureaucrat may request the removal of permissions at meta:Steward requests/Permissions. Permissions removed for not meeting bureaucrat activity requirements may be re-obtained through a new request for bureaucratship. ”

To assist with the implementation of this requirement, please see Wikipedia:Bureaucrat activity. Modeled after Wikipedia:Inactive administrators and similar to that process, the log page will be created on 1 September 2015. Bureaucrats who have not met the activity requirements as of that date will be notified by email (where possible) and on their talk page to advise of the pending removal.

If the notified user does not return to bureaucrat activity and the permissions are removed, they will need to request reinstatement at WP:RFB. Removal of access is procedural only, and not intended to reflect negatively upon the affected user in any way.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. –xeno^talk

MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:20, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Deletion

Have restored this image [1] which was deleted back in 2009. It is clearly marked as being from the CDC. Best Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:42, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Found a better copy on commons [2] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:44, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Wikispecies issue

Hello Maxim. We're having an issue with an IP user on Wikispecies. It's not a huge thing, but I'm asking for your help since the IP number belongs to a Russian Internet provider – and as far as I know you are the only Wikispecies' administrator/bureaucrat who speaks Russian. :-) We have tried to leave a few messages in English, but without getting any response or change in behaviour. Perhaps a message in Russian might be more fruitful – please look in to it if you have the time and possibility. You can find a discussion regarding the matter at the Wikispecies' Village Pump using this direct link: User 188.32.4.209.

Best regards, Tommy Kronkvist – a fellow admin and 'crat on Wikispecies. (enWP talk) 20:38, 27 August 2015 (UTC).

Invitation to subscribe to the edit filter mailing list

Hi, as a user in the edit filter manager user group we wanted to let you know about the new wikipedia-en-editfilters mailing list. As part of our recent efforts to improve the use of edit filters on the English Wikipedia it has been established as a venue for internal discussion by edit filter managers regarding private filters (those only viewable by administrators and edit filter managers) and also as a means by which non-admins can ask questions about hidden filters that wouldn't be appropriate to discuss on-wiki. As an edit filter manager we encourage you to subscribe; the more users we have in the mailing list the more useful it will be to the community. If you subscribe we will send a short email to you through Wikipedia to confirm your subscription, but let us know if you'd prefer another method of verification. I'd also like to take the opportunity to invite you to contribute to the proposed guideline for edit filter use at WP:Edit filter/Draft and the associated talk page. Thank you! Sam Walton (talk) and MusikAnimal ^talk 18:22, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

Thatch (lawn)

Hi, I see you speedy-deleted the page at Thatch (lawn) several years ago. Wanted to notify you that I have recreated the page; I think in its current form it should be sufficiently encyclopedic to remain. Augurar (talk) 00:20, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

request to restore a user page

I had a user page that was deleted as follows: 19:01, 27 July 2012 Maxim (talk | contribs) deleted page User:Joe Da Bear (housekeeping)

How can I get this restored to update/edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe Da Bear (talk • contribs) 13:08, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Season's Greetings!

Hello Maxim: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 15:39, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Season's greetings!

Hello Maxim: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Esquivalience ^t 23:58, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Happy New Year, Maxim!

Happy New Year!

Maxim,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:57, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

NUMECA page deletion - August 2008

Hi,

It looks like the NUMECA page was deleted by you in 2008 due to a broken link?

Could you please restore the page? If it needs help updating, I can help. It goes under computer-aided engineering software (I think). The external web site is www.numeca.com.

I am new to this so I apologize if this is not the correct place to get help.

Rwatcal (talk) 01:01, 21 January 2016 (UTC)Rwatcal

Hi Rwatcal. The original page at NUMECA International deleted as blatant advertising. You're welcome to start a new article, provided it is suitable for inclusion; our general notability guideline and a related essay for software might be useful places to start. You would need to consider whether NUMECA a leading CFD modeler, and if it gets referenced extensively referenced in the scientific literature. Hope this helps, --Maxim_(talk) 13:40, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

A year ago ...

ice hockey players
... you were recipient no. 1196 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:28, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

Two years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:04, 28 April 2017 (UTC)

Change a page name

Hi I saw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Firyal_al-Muhammad this page of her royal highness Princess Firyal of Jordan using the name she doesn't use. She is known as Princess firyal of jordan(visit her website or the UNESCO page )

Please change the name to Princess Firyal of Jordan. If you want, I can give you more reliable sources. Like her identifications. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aj0ob009 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

BAG News

BAG News August 2016

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Deletion review for Sonic the Hedgehog (film)

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Sonic the Hedgehog (film). Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Yoshiman6464 (talk) 00:37, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection

Hello, Maxim. This message is intended to notify administrators of important changes to the protection policy.

Extended confirmed protection (also known as "30/500 protection") is a new level of page protection that only allows edits from accounts at least 30 days old and with 500 edits. The automatically assigned "extended confirmed" user right was created for this purpose. The protection level was created following this community discussion with the primary intention of enforcing various arbitration remedies that prohibited editors under the "30 days/500 edits" threshold to edit certain topic areas.

In July and August 2016, a request for comment established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:

• Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort.
• A bot will post a notification at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard of each use. MusikBot currently does this by updating a report, which is transcluded onto the noticeboard.

Please review the protection policy carefully before using this new level of protection on pages. Thank you.
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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Maxim/Archives.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:47, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Bureaucrat chat

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Godsy/Bureaucrat chat

I would be grateful for your input in the above discussion. Many thanks, WJBscribe via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 11:33, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

BAG

Just curious, are you still active in the WP:BAG? --Zackmann08 (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 20:49, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

Kim-Jong-un.jpg

I'd like to immediately delete File:Kim-Jong-un.jpg because tineye shows 955 matches. Is that okay with you? Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 05:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Maxim

	Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
	Thank you for helping Wikipedia. Blessings. May we all have peace in the coming year. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:50, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

On that Kim-Jong Un revert...

[3] The user is citing an NPR source, which itself is quoting from an AP report, so technically the BLP requirements are met. I do feel that section would need a lot more justification though (I've heard ancedotes on the mocking name from a variety of sources and haven't spent any time digging in further to know how much more can be said) so I wouldn't un-revert you, just that there's technically valid information there. --MASEM (t) 15:31, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

I did miss that it was an NPR reference on the first revert, but regardless, I do feel that having a section on that would be undue weight, which would fall under BLP. Maxim_(talk) 15:34, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Administrators

It's unclear to me whether you're aware that most of the users in the "long tail" at User:JamesR/AdminStats are in fact not administrators. I believe this includes nearly all the accounts that show 1-2 admin actions. They are accounts that have deletions logged incidental to a page move. If you were already aware of this, great, otherwise, you might want to consider your policy proposal in a different light.

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:44, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm well aware, yes. Users get protection logs because they moved a protected page or a deletion log moving a page against a redirect. I went through tens of contribution history of users with the +sysop flag. That said, it feels wrong to me to call out administrators by name, which may have come at detriment to arguing the points presented. Maxim_(talk) 21:34, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2017). This first issue is being sent out to all administrators, if you wish to keep receiving it please subscribe. Your feedback is welcomed.

Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

Briangotts • JeremyA • BU Rob13

Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Wikipedia talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Wikipedia, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Wikipedia seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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BAG News February 2017

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Wikispecies

WS is now slowly developing with less conflicts. I guess you have moved away to other things, but would kindly like to ask you to support with vote here, so we can reach the 25 votes minimum rule in order to be able to get local Checkusers, and get a local policy for CU, which will be the first step of developing more local solutions on WS. Dan Koehl (talk) 22:04, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

On this day, 10 years ago...

Hey, Maxim. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Lepricavark (talk) 01:14, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Deleted the main page!?

How did you delete the Main Page? You don't just delete the main page. I saw you in the village stocks and decided to drop you a message. Ry00001 (talk) 10:00, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Deletion discussion about Abiogenic

Hello, Maxim,

I wanted to let you know that there's a discussion about whether Abiogenic should be deleted. Your comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abiogenic .

If you're new to the process, articles for deletion is a group discussion (not a vote!) that usually lasts seven days. If you need it, there is a guide on how to contribute. Last but not least, you are highly encouraged to continue improving the article; just be sure not to remove the tag about the deletion nomination from the top.

Thanks,

Eddie Blick (talk) 18:03, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Bureaucrat discussion - GoldenRing

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/GoldenRing/Bureaucrat chat

I would be grateful for your input in the above discussion. Many thanks, WJBscribe (talk) 12:15, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Bots Newsletter, April 2017

Bots Newsletter, April 2017

Greetings! The BAG Newsletter is now the Bots Newsletter, per discussion. As such, we've subscribed all bot operators to the newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list. Highlights for this newsletter include: Arbcom Magioladitis ARBCOM case has closed. The remedies of the case include: Community encouraged to review common fixes Community encouraged to review policy on cosmetic edits Developers encouraged to improve AWB interface Bot approvals group encouraged to carefully review BRFA scope Reminders/Restrictions specific to Magioladitis BRFAs We currently have 27 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing! Discussions There are multiple ongoing discussions surrounding bot-related matters. In particular: RFC on COSMETICBOT Efforts at WP:CHECKWIKI to identify cosmetic fixes Requested move for the Bot Owners' Noticeboard A phabricator ticket T162685 has been made to have a "bots" tag, so issues related to bot frameworks can be tracked New things Several new things are around: A BAG Guide has been created (WP:BAGG, discussion). Users now have the option to hide AWB from their watchlists via a script (WP:HIDEAWB, discussion) The guidance on how to deal with bot issues has been overhauled (WP:BOTISSUE, discussion) The bot policy has been updated to clarify that bot operators are required to register accounts. (WP:BOTACCOUNT, discussion) Wikimania Wikimania 2017 is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, let us know! Thank you! edited by:Headbomb 11:35, 12 April 2017 (UTC) (You can unsubscribe from future newsletters by removing your name from this list.)

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Bots Newsletter, July 2017

Bots Newsletter, July 2017

Greetings! Here is the 4th issue of the Bots Newsletter (formerly the BAG Newletter). You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list. Highlights for this newsletter include: BAG BU Rob13 and Cyberpower678 are now members of the BAG (see RfBAG/BU Rob13 and RfBAG/Cyberpower678 3). BU Rob13 and Cyberpower678 are both administrators; the former operates BU RoBOT which does a plethora of tasks, while the latter operates Cyberbot I (which replaces old bots), Cyberbot II (which does many different things), and InternetArchiveBot which combats link rot. Welcome to the BAG! BRFAs We currently have 12 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing! Discussions Efforts at WP:CHECKWIKI to identify cosmetic fixes are still ongoing. The RFC on COSMETICBOT has concluded with "a clear consensus exists to adopt the proposed language". The new wording is now live. The venue for bot appeals and reexaminations has been changed from WP:BRFA to WP:BOTN (see discussion) The Wikipedia:Bot owner's noticeboard is now the Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard (see discussion). New things A historical correction was made to WP:BOTPOL (see discussion). WP:HIDEBOTS now mentions how to hide all bots from your watchlist, not only specific bots. The phabricator ticket T162685 is now closed, and we now have "#Bots-Framework" tag, so issues related to bot frameworks can be tracked. Wikibits.js has been removed (see discussion). 21 inactive bots have been deflagged (see discussion). WP:BOTISSUE has been updated to mention that BAG members can act as neutral mediators in bot-related disputes. WP:INTERWIKIBOT has been updated to reflect the post-February 2013 practice of putting interwiki links on Wikidata, rather than on Wikipedia (see discussion). Upcoming HTML Tidy will be phased out in June 2018, or possibly earlier. This may affect some bots (see FAQ). Wikimania Wikimania 2017 is happening in Montreal, during 9–13 August. If you plan to attend, or give a talk, let us know! Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 17:12, 19 July 2017 (UTC) (You can subscribe or unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding or removing your name from this list.)

Hi

Been a while, saw your name pop up at the RFB. Glad to know you're still alive! The Rambling Man (talk) 20:32, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

I also want to say hi too, not sure if you still remember me but my old username was "AQu01rius". Regards, Alex Shih^Talk 00:36, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Kim Chen Yn listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Kim Chen Yn. Since you had some involvement with the Kim Chen Yn redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. - CHAMPION ^{(talk) (contributions) (logs)} 00:43, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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11 years of editing, today.

Hey, Maxim. I'd like to wish you a wonderful First Edit Day on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! Chris Troutman (talk) 20:59, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Bots Newsletter, March 2018

Bots Newsletter, March 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 5th issue of the Bots Newsletter (formerly the BAG Newletter). You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM

• Magioladitis 2 happened, leading to further restrictions on Magioladitis (decision, summary).
• Betacommand 3 was proposed to be amended to lift the indefinite ban on Δ, but was unsuccessful (decision).
• A motion concerning Crosswiki issues (mostly concerning Wikidata) was passed (see discussion).

BAG

• Hersfold was removed from the BAG due to long term inactivity.

BRFAs

We currently have 6 open bot requests at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval, and could use your help processing!

Discussions

While there were no large-scale bot-related discussion in the past few months, you can check WP:BOTN and WT:BOTPOL (and their corresponding archives) for smaller issues that came up.

New things

• WP:BOTDICT, a dictionary of common bot-related terms (see discussion).
• 6 inactive bots have been deflagged (see discussion).
• The 2017 Community Wishlist Survey happened. Two bot-related proposal passed, #6 deploy Article Alerts to other languages and #10 Commons deletion notification bot, although other entries may affect bots as well.
• Category:Wikipedia bots and its subcategories has had some cleanup. Bot-related pages that were historically important but are no longer of interests can be found in Category:Wikipedia bots (historical)
• The edit summary limit has been increased to 1000 characters (see T6715). If a bot you operate relied on the old truncation limit (255 characters), please review/update your code, as overly long summaries can be disruptive/annoying. If you want to use extra characters to have more information in your edit summary, please do so intelligently.
• You will soon be able to ping users from the edit summary (see T188469). If you wish to use this feature in your bot, please do so intelligently.

Upcoming

• HTML Tidy will be phased out in June 2018, or possibly earlier. This may affect some bots (see FAQ).

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 03:11, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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Kevin

Dear Maxim, three editors at Wikipedia Indonesia have repeatedly edited and provided factual information about the article including references on Kevin Lilliana, but user:Richie Campbell has been performing vandalism by deleting information without discussion on the Talk page. Wikipedia works by consensus, if there is controversy about an edit it should be taken to the Talk page (WP:BRD). Three editors, being WP:BOLD have opposed these edits and looked for my help. I'm sure you understand that repeated removal of the same content, against consensus, is WP:EDIT WARRING and can get him blocked. Please advise and help them, as I don't have privileges to block at this moment. But I'm willing to help if necessary. Thank you Steinpal (talk • 12:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Arbitration request

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Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Bots Newsletter, August 2018

Greetings!

Here is the 6th issue of the Bots Newsletter. You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM

• Nothing particular important happened. Those who care already know, those who don't know wouldn't care. The curious can dig ARBCOM archives themselves.

BAG

• There were no changes in BAG membership since the last Bots Newsletter. Headbomb went from semi-active to active.
• In the last 3 months, only 3 BAG members have closed requests - help is needed with the backlog.

BOTREQs and BRFAs

As of writing, we have...

• 24 active BOTREQs, please help if you can!
• 5 open BRFAs and 3 BRFAs in need of BAG attention (see live status).
• 54 approved bot tasks since the start of 2018. Of note, Community Tech bot 5 (the #10 Wish on the 2017 Community Survey) was approved to notify users concerning problematic images and files from Wikimedia Commons.

Also

• If you're a bot operator that can help with Tidy/Linter error cleanup (see discussion, discussion), please file a BRFA!
• 8 inactive bots have been deflagged (see discussion, discussion, discussion).

Discussions

These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last Bots Newsletter. Many are stale, but some are still active.

• Use of tags by bots – Exploring the use of a new 'bot' tag.
• Mass page moves – Bot policy question/clarification about mass moves.
• Creation of redirects – Bot policy question/clarification about the creation of redirects.
• Guidance on disruptive use of semi–automated tools? – Related to meatbots (see also MOS discussion, which resulted in small addition to MOS:VAR).
• Discussion concerning WP:BOTFLAG/WP:RC – A reminder that bots should use the bot flag when it makes sense to use it (see also VPT discussion and CREATEBOT update).
• Out of curiosity... (to all bot operators) – BotPasswords vs OAuth usage amongst bot operators.
• Introducing Toolhub – Toolhub is looking for feedback.

New things

• {{Automated tools}}, a new template linking to user-activated tools and scripts has been created. It can be used in articles previews, and can be placed on any non-mainspace page/template (e.g. {{Draft article}}) to provide convenient links to editors.
• AWB 5.10.0.0 is out, after nearly 20 months without updates. If you run an old version, you will be prompted to install the new version automatically. See the changelog for what's new. Note that the next version will require .NET Framework 4.5. Many thanks to Reedy and the AWB team.
• BotWatch, "a listing of editors that have made >2 edits per minute [without] a bot flag", is being developed by SQL (see discussion).
• Massive updates and improvements have been made to Citation bot in the past few months (see discussions, discussions, discussions). You can activate the bot here, amongst other methods.
• HTML Tidy has been phased out (see Tech News #28).
• {{Newbot}} has been reorganized a bit (diff). In particular, it links to previously approved BRFAs (see discussion).
• Wikipedia:Bots#See also has been reorganized a bit (diff).
• The bot dictionary has two new entries, context bot and context-sensitive edit.
• The bot request header has been updated to include better guidance (see discussion).
• The subcategories of Category:Wikipedia bot requests for approval have been sorted in a consistent manner to make past BRFAs easier to find.

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 15:04, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

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L235–edit filter manager?!

I noticed that along with adding the administrator right to User:L235, you also added edit filter manager . . . despite the fact that he did not have it before (he was merely an edit filter helper before). Did you mean to do that? Did he ask for it? Should he have it?! ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 15:52, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @SemiHypercube: while this was a bit non-standard, there are no issues with "Should" - since administrators can self-grant this and L235 has been active in areas where it could be useful. L235 can self-remove if they don't want it. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:18, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

@Xaosflux: Oh, thank you. I also notified Kevin on his talk page that he got EFM rights. ^Semi_Hypercube ✎ 16:26, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Mostly what xaosflux said. :p If he had the helper, I figured adding as manager wouldn't hurt. (That and he can just flip that bit himself.) Maxim_(talk) 17:58, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Hurricane Hazel scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the Hurricane Hazel article has been scheduled as today's featured article for October 5, 2018. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/October 5, 2018, but note that a coordinator will trim the lead to around 1100 characters anyway, so you aren't obliged to do so. Thanks! Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:59, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for what you described: "This isn't your usual hurricane article: you see, in 1954, Hurricane Hazel had the audacity to make a trip, with the strength of Category 1 hurricane, to Toronto (that's Canada, to the west of upstate New York) and cause havoc there. It also washed out western Haiti and the Carolinas' coast in particular. That was sufficient to retire the storm's name."! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:15, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Awesome

Ten years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:59, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Portal:Ice hockey

Hi Maxim,

I did an experimental revision of this portal, for comparison purposes.

It can be viewed at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal:Ice_hockey&oldid=860677398

It can be embellished with more sections, like a featured article section, but I'm waiting on the "Recognized content" section on the talk page to be serviced by JL-bot, so we can see what there is.

Also, each of the "Selected" sections can be added to, as desired, such as adding pictures to the image slideshow.

I'll drop you another note once the experimental version includes featured support.

Sincerely,    — The Transhumanist   09:29, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

P.S.: I pinged @Dreamy Jazz:, as he has been monitoring manually maintained portals, to make sure they aren't inadvertently overwritten. ;) -TT

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder

You were recently listed as a party to a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder/Evidence. Please add your evidence by November 27, 2018, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Fred Bauder/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 20:21, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

De-sysop

I know it's practically meaningless coming from me, but I fully support your course of action in the aforementioned case. You have been thoroughly professional throughout, and if Arbcom come to any conclusion other than to thank you for you actions, it will be a real travesty. The Rambling Man (talk) 20:33, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

The Rambling Man, thank you for the kind words. I don't think they are meaningless at all. I did read your message when you posted it, and I appreciated it. I'm sorry it took me a month to reply - I pretty much vanished the day you posted it (real life and all that). Maxim_(talk) 13:58, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Infobox ice hockey award

Template:Infobox ice hockey award has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:23, 28 November 2018 (UTC)

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An arbitration case regarding Fred Bauder has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

1. Fred Bauder is admonished for engaging in an edit war on his candidate's questions page. Future edit-warring or disruptive behavior may result in further sanctions.
2. For multiple self-unblocks, wheel-warring, and abuse of rollback, Fred Bauder is desysopped. He may regain the administrative tools at any time via a successful request for adminship.
3. Boing! said Zebedee is cautioned for blocking Fred Bauder while actively involved in an edit war with him at the time. He is further cautioned to avoid edit-warring, even in cases where the other editor is editing disruptively.
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About Portal:Ice hockey which you have marked for manual maintenance

Hello Maxim,

I have updated the portal maintenance notice on Portal:Ice hockey to use the current date, which you marked for manual maintenance by yourself. If you don't want to manually maintain the portal any longer you can remove yourself from the notice or {{ping}} me to remove it.

Thanks for your dedication to Portal:Ice hockey. If you have questions about this message please {{ping}} me about it. Thanks and happy editing, Dreamy Jazz 🎷 ^{talk to me | my contributions} 23:46, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

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A silver under

Hi, this may be an understanding or miscalculation problem on my side. Regarding Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat, 164/(164+92) seems to be a silver "over" 64%? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:36, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

April

... with thanks from QAI

Whatever %, thank you for your support! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:53, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat

I've opened a bureaucrat chat for a current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RexxS/Bureaucrat chat. Best regards, Maxim_(talk) 22:08, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Good job on your first MMS :D Funny how little-used features are still waiting even experienced admins! — xaosflux ^Talk 16:29, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

RFAR

I have opened a request for arbitration with regards to you acting outside the mandate given to the bureaucrats by the community: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#RexxS RfA bureaucrat chat: Regards, --Pudeo (talk) 11:30, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Case request

This is a courtesy notification that the RexxS Bureaucrat Chat case request has been declined by the committee. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 17:02, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

Swara Bhaskar

What I edited was that she writes against right wing politicians. That isn't at all wrong. If you check her Twitter , she herself has described her a right wing baiter. So I don't think you undoing my edit is at all justified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anchit Chugh (talk • contribs) 07:16, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Please see our policies and guidelines on biographies of living people, on reliable sourcing, and original research. In brief, when adding material, especially in the cases if it's contentious, to a biography of a living person, it must be accompanied by a reliable secondary source (Twitter is not such a source). Maxim_(talk) 13:54, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Four years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:29, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda. Maxim_(talk) 12:46, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

could you elaborate on how it was better before I made the edit.

Cooleip,

Thank you, I appreciate you taking time to elaborate on this

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This message was sent to all administrators following a recent motion. Thank you for your attention. For the Arbitration Committee, Cameron11598 02:41, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Administrator account security (Correction to Arbcom 2019 special circular)

ArbCom would like to apologise and correct our previous mass message in light of the response from the community.

Since November 2018, six administrator accounts have been compromised and temporarily desysopped. In an effort to help improve account security, our intention was to remind administrators of existing policies on account security — that they are required to "have strong passwords and follow appropriate personal security practices." We have updated our procedures to ensure that we enforce these policies more strictly in the future. The policies themselves have not changed. In particular, two-factor authentication remains an optional means of adding extra security to your account. The choice not to enable 2FA will not be considered when deciding to restore sysop privileges to administrator accounts that were compromised.

We are sorry for the wording of our previous message, which did not accurately convey this, and deeply regret the tone in which it was delivered.

For the Arbitration Committee, -Cameron11598 21:04, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

TFL notification

Hi, Maxim. I'm just posting to let you know that King Clancy Memorial Trophy – a list that you have been heavily involved with – has been chosen to appear on the Main Page as Today's featured list for July 22. The TFL blurb can be seen here. If you have any thoughts on the selection, please post them on my talk page or at TFL talk. Regards, Giants2008 (Talk) 22:29, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Sooooooo, I hear you deleted the main page once........

Er, why? :)TomSmithNP (talk) 17:02, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) @TomSmithNP: It's the thing to do for new Admin's. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:06, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Ah, I see! TomSmithNP (talk) 17:08, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) It was actually twice... — xaosflux ^Talk 17:57, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

courtesy notification

This is a courtesy note that based on your recent rights change [4] I have recommended that you be added as a party to the pending WJBscribe case [5] Regards, Crazynas ^t 09:53, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

ArbCom courtesy note

Given the action taken re WJBscribe, I have added you as a party to case request. - SchroCat (talk) 10:27, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Comments

Any problem with my comment? If so I'll remove or delete it. Jehochman ^Talk 14:49, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

@Jehochman: It was an errant rollback click, I self-reverted. Sorry again! Maxim_(talk) 14:51, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

No problem! I was careful with that diff to try to avoid outing anybody and to provide evidence for my assertions. But I am open to the possibility that I could make a mistake. Jehochman ^Talk 14:53, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Floquenbeam 2/Bureaucrat chat

I've opened a bureaucrat chat for a current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Floquenbeam 2/Bureaucrat chat. Primefac (talk) 19:51, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of File:Unclesam wanting something.jpg

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Unused unnecessary crop of File:Unclesamwantyou.jpg

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I have quoted you....

at Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Floquenbeam_2/Bureaucrat_chat#Dweller. This is just a courtesy notification. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:22, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Bots Newsletter, August 2019

Bots Newsletter, August 2019

Greetings!

Here is the 7th issue of the Bots Newsletter, a lot happened since last year's newsletter! You can subscribe/unsubscribe from future newsletters by adding/removing your name from this list.

Highlights for this newsletter include:

ARBCOM

• Nothing of note happened. Just like we like it.

BAG

• Several (1 + 12 = 13) users have been retired/resigned from the BAG due to inactivity, per our new activity requirements (discussion).

BAG members are expected to be active on Wikipedia to have their finger on the pulse of the community. After two years without any bot-related activity (such as posting on bot-related pages, posting on a bot's talk page, or operating a bot), BAG members will be retired from BAG following a one-week notice. Retired members can re-apply for BAG membership as normal if they wish to rejoin the BAG.

• Two BAG members retired
  • Madman (talk · contribs) retired.
  • BU Rob13 (talk · contribs) vanished and retired.
• Three new BAG members have been voted in, welcome to the BAG!
  • Primefac (talk · contribs) joined on 2018-12-12 (RfBAG). Primefac operates PrimeBOT (talk · contribs) which does a plethora of tasks.
  • TheSandDoctor (talk · contribs) joined on 2019-01-21 (RfBAG). TheSandDoctor operates several bots including DeprecatedFixerBot (talk · contribs).
  • Enterprisey (talk · contribs) joined on 2019-08-07 (RfBAG). Enterprisey operates EnterpriseyBot (talk · contribs), which does a plethora of tasks, RemindMeBot (talk · contribs) which posts reminders, and codes several scripts.

We thank former members for their service and wish Madman a happy retirement. We note that Madman and BU Rob13 were not inactive and could resume their BAG positions if they so wished, should their retirements happens to be temporary.

BOTDICT

Two new entries feature in the bots dictionary

• Editor-hostile wikitext – describes wikitext structuring that is editor hostile, even if it renders correctly
• Spectrum of usefulness – describes how tasks are deemed useful or not

BOTPOL

• Activity requirements: BAG members now have an activity requirement. The requirements are very light, one only needs to be involved in a bot-related area at some point within the last two years. For purpose of meeting these requirements, discussing a bot-related matter anywhere on Wikipedia counts, as does operating a bot (RFC).
• Copyvio flag: Bot accounts may be additionally marked by a bureaucrat upon BAG request as being in the "copyviobot" user group on Wikipedia. This flag allows using the API to add metadata to edits for use in the New pages feed (discussion). There is currently 1 bot using this functionality.
• Mass creation: The restriction on mass-creation (semi-automated or automated) was extended from articles, to all content-pages. There are subtleties, but content here broadly means whatever a reader could land on when browsing the mainspace in normal circumstances (e.g. Mainspace, Books, most Categories, Portals, ...). There is also a warning that WP:MEATBOT still applies in other areas (e.g. Redirects, Wikipedia namespace, Help, maintenance categories, ...) not explicitely covered by WP:MASSCREATION.

BOTREQs and BRFAs

As of writing, we have...

• 20 active BOTREQs, please help if you can!
• 14 open BRFAs and 1 BRFA in need of BAG attention (see live status).
• In 2018, 96 bot task were approved. An AWB search shows approximately 29 were withdrawn/expired, and 6 were denied.
• Since the start of 2019, 97 bot task were approved. Logs show 15 were withdrawn/expired, and 15 were denied.
• 10 inactive bots have been deflagged (see discussion). 5 other bots have been deflagged per operator requests or similar (see discussion).

New things

• All bot-related discussion pages now have a centralized and searchable archive box (see discussion). Discussions are searchable per noticeboard, or globally.
• {{Bot}} now supports |status=expired (see discussion). This led to the deletion of Category:Indefinitely blocked Wikipedia bots as useless (see discussion).
• WP:BOTREQ now mentions WP:SCRIPTREQ and WP:AWBTASKS as alternatives to bot requests.
• The bot creation guide now mentions bot flags, and two new languages Awk and MATLAB. Other minor tweaks have been made.
• AAlertBot has received major code updates. In particular, WP:AALERTS will now report splits, mergers, and AFC submissions.
• Citation bot has received several updates (User talk:Citation bot/Archive 10/11/12/13/14/15/16/17). In particular, the bot stopped the automated removal of |publisher= from {{cite journal}}, and stopped the automated addition of CiteSeerX links, and now uses OAuth to authenticate those who make requests of the bot.

Other discussions

These are some of the discussions that happened / are still happening since the last Bots Newsletter. Many are stale, but some are still active.

• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Adminbots requests page
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Double-redirect tagging (2019)
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 12#Long and Winding Road to Parsoid
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Bot-like user scripts
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#WP:URLREQ
• Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard/Archive 13#Wikipedia:Bots/Status
• Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group#Minimum edits
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Minor update to WP:BOTISSUE
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Semi-automated Portal creation
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Clarification on "Bots operated by multiple users"
• Wikipedia talk:Bot policy#Bots triggered by multiple users
• Wikipedia talk:Bots#How to use Special:ApiFeatureUsage

See also the latest discussions at the bot noticeboard.

Thank you! edited by: Headbomb 17:24, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

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Ray Emery scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that the above article has been scheduled as today's featured article for September 28, 2019. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/September 28, 2019. Thanks!—Wehwalt (talk) 11:18, 21 August 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the article, an FA before I was even here. Thank you also for a good answer to my arb question. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:11, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Test

Test. Maxim_(talk) 13:16, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Test 2. Maxim_(talk) 13:16, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Test 3. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:56, 20 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks!

You handled a username change for me and I just wanted to acknowledge you for doing so. You’re a rockstar. Cheers. Neighborhood Review (talk) 01:47, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

Neighborhood Review, I'm glad I could be of assistance. Maxim_(talk) 16:41, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

Ray Emery scheduled for TFA

This is to let you know that Ray Emery has been scheduled as WP:TFA for 29 November 2019. Please check that the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 29, 2019. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 16:15, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

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Renaming my wiki user page

First of all thank u for accepting my request.But my uploads are not showing like it did previously in Wikipedia commons.Plz help with that too.It is difficult to access the pics now RDJain (talk) 17:33, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure what's wrong with your uploads. They are visible at commons:Special:ListFiles/RDJain as expected. Maxim_(talk) 17:45, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

How do I become an administrator?

I have donated money in the past and made some edits such as adding The Ramones as another group that made their own version of the song Surfing Bird from their album Loco Live released in 1991. Among other things. I'm not understanding how to become an administrator as I have extensive knowledge of music and history in general. 172.77.131.224 (talk) 18:06, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

I think you're confusing what being an administrator means. Please see our page on administrators. Maxim_(talk) 19:03, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Obligatory Congrats thread

At least you only got a one-year sentence! SQL^{Query me!} 01:28, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Don't delete the main page. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:11, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Maybe I will if I want a one-year sentence in the form of a ban after this current one-year sentence... Maxim_(talk) 14:46, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

General comment

Thanks to everyone who expressed an opinion on my sentencing. While I am still not yet sure what to make of placing 4th in least number of opposes and 3rd in most number of neutrals, I can say that from a pragmatic perspective, the one-year sentence gives me an opportunity to see if I find serving as an arb as awful as is advertised. Maxim_(talk) 14:46, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

welcome to the Arbitration Committee

Congratulations on your success in the elections and welcome to the 2020 Arbitration Committee. This is the first part of your induction onto the Arbitration Committee.

Please use the EmailUser function to indicate:

• the email address you'd like to use for ArbCom and functionary business, and
• if you wish to assigned checkuser and/or oversight for your term.

Before you can be subscribed to any mailing lists or assigned checkuser or oversight permissions you must sign the Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information. Please confirm that your username is listed on the Access to nonpublic personal data policy/Noticeboard. If it isn't, and you haven't signed the agreement, please do this promptly and let me know when you have signed it. If you have signed the agreement, but your username is not listed on the noticeboard, please let me know.

Over the coming days, you will receive a small number of emails as part of the induction process. Please carefully read them. If they are registration emails, please follow any instructions in them to finalise registration. You can contact me or any other arbitrator directly if you have difficulty with the induction process.

Thank you for volunteering to serve on the committee. We very much look forward to introducing ourselves to you on the mailing list and to working with you this term.

For the Arbitration Committee,

Katie^talk 17:45, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

Congrats!

We've got some real movers & shakers on the committee now. Take it to the max Maxim - make good things happen and if you don't burn out, you'll be back for another year. ^Atsme _Talk 📧 00:20, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

• Congrats and Best Wishes.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 08:26, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

2020 Arbitration Committee

The Arbitration Committee welcomes the following new and returning arbitrators following their election by the community. The two-year terms of these arbitrators formally begin on 01 January 2020:

• Beeblebrox (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Casliber (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• David Fuchs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Newyorkbrad (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• SoWhy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Worm That Turned (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Xeno (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

The one-year terms of these arbitrators also begin on 1 January 2020:

• Bradv (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• DGG (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• Maxim (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

All incoming arbitrators have elected to receive (or retain, where applicable) the checkuser and oversight permissions. Xeno has elected not to receive administrator permissions.

We also thank our outgoing colleagues whose terms end on 31 December 2019:

• Opabinia regalis (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) will retain Oversight
• Premeditated Chaos (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) will retain Oversight

Outgoing arbitrators are eligible to retain the CheckUser and Oversight permissions, remain active on cases accepted before their term ended, and to remain subscribed to the functionaries' and arbitration clerks' mailing lists following their term on the committee. To that effect:

• Stewards are requested to remove the permission(s) noted from the following outgoing arbitrators after 31 December 2019 at their own request:

  CheckUser: Opabinia regalis, Premeditated Chaos

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For the Arbitration Committee,

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Discuss this at: Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#2020 Arbitration Committee

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas, Maxim/Archives! Or Season's Greetings or Happy Winter Solstice! As the year winds to a close, I would like to take a moment to recognize your hard work and offer heartfelt gratitude for all you do for Wikipedia. And for all the help you've thrown my way over the years. May this Holiday Season bring you nothing but joy, health and prosperity.CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 21:29, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

	Happy Holidays! May your winter holidays be filled with joy, laughter and good health. Wishing you all the best in 2020 and beyond.

--Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 21:35, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Good luck

豊かな十年へようこそ/WELCOME TO THE D20s

Miraclepine wishes you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a prosperous decade of change and fortune.
このミラPはMaximたちのメリークリスマスも新年も変革と幸運の豊かな十年をおめでとうございます！
フレフレ、みんなの未来！/GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FUTURE!
ミラP 03:03, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Maxim!

Happy New Year!

Maxim,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 06:38, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

   Send New Year cheer by adding {{subst:Happy New Year fireworks}} to user talk pages.

linterrors in you signature

Hi, could you please fix you signature so that it does not trigger any lint-warnings? Font-tags are deprecated in html5. Please change from:

'''[[User talk:Maxim|<font face="Arial"><font color="#FF7133">Maxim</font><sub><small><font color="blue">(talk)</font></small></sub></font>]]'''

to:

'''[[User talk:Maxim|<span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#FF7133">Maxim</span><sub><small><span style="color:blue">(talk)</span></small></sub></span>]]'''

It should render the same. Tholme (talk) 19:11, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Tholme: Which can be further simplified to:

'''[[User talk:Maxim|<span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#FF7133">Maxim</span><sub><small style="color:blue">(talk)</small></sub></span>]]'''

It should render the same. —Anomalocaris (talk) 08:24, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

@Tholme and Anomalocaris: I hate to come off as hopelessly pedantic, but I don't get point of doing this. Let's say at some point the deprecated tags such as <font> actually no longer render at all. (Is there any a timeline for such an eventuality or is backwards compatibility going to be preserved indefinitely?) Then my signature would look as Maxim_(talk)—ugly but it's a consistent ugly, meaning that all instances from 2007 onward are going to look identical. Let's say the font no longer renders as of tomorrow; looking five years from now, I think it's more ideal that it's consistently similar than suddenly going orange/blue as of today. Looking at Special:LintErrors, it appears to be a low-priority issue but there's almost 12 million instances. Are you planning to fix all of them? You would need to write a bot to do so; would a large-scale correction be a matter of doing a find-and-replace or is there more to it? Maxim_(talk) 15:49, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Maxim, yes, there are a lot of low-priority lint errors on English Wikipedia. Yes, browsers will probably recognize <font> tags for a long time to come. But there is an ongoing effort to eliminate lint errors from Wikipedia, and that starts by forming new habits and keeping the problem from growing. I have informed over 600 users of lint errors in their signatures, and the great majority have updated their signatures to be lint-free. And yes, at some point, there may be bots to clean up lint errors. To fix your own signature now and working forward, it will take only a minute to click on preferences, enter a revised signature string, and click "save". Cheers! —Anomalocaris (talk) 17:26, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Anomalocaris, I think you entirely missed my point about signature consistency over time. If there's a bot ever approved to mass-fix signatures everywhere, I'll consider changing then. Otherwise, I'd rather keep using what I use right now. This is not the first time you have approached me over the issue, and of course, it's not the first time I've said no. Maxim_(talk) 16:26, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Maxim, you are right that there are millions of occurrences of obsolete HTML in English Wikipedia and you are right that there are so many that automation will probably be required to get them all. But meanwhile, human editors are editing articles every day to remove lint from Wikipedia. I edit articles found on lists of high priority lint errors, and while I am about it, I fix medium and low priority errors as well, including obsolete <font> tags. On February 14, 2020, I performed 110 edits. My edit summaries that day list 15 where I specifically mentioned <font> → <span style>, and there were probably others where I fixed <font> tags without mentioning it in the edit summary, and that was just one day. Over time, other editors and I have probably edited any number of your signatures, and we will continue to do. The consistently obsolete markup you hope for will not be maintained. Again, it will take only a minute to click on preferences, enter a revised signature string, and click "save". Cheers! —Anomalocaris (talk) 06:59, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Arbcom

January

... with thanks from QAI

Thank you for your reasoned vote not to desysop BrownHairedGirl. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:40, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

I also want to add my thanks and your helpful combination of being both reflective but also very interactive; Xeno and yourself show that Bureaucrats make natural Arbs. thanks. Britishfinance (talk) 16:56, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Being an admin.

How to become an Administrator?SGVC7 (talk) 19:36, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

SGVC7, by making lots of edits over a long time. See WP:RFA. Maxim_(talk) 16:23, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Maxim/Archives. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. SQL^{Query me!} 03:12, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Bureaucrat chat for RFA - Money emoji

I've opened a bureaucrat chat for the current RfA. Your input would be most appreciated at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Money emoji/Bureaucrat chat. Cheers, Primefac (talk) 15:01, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Request to join very tight CratChat

If you could possibly give an opinion at Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Money_emoji/Bureaucrat_chat (asap), that would be just lovely. Thank you! And if not, no worries. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 20:40, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

February flowers

Alte Liebe

Thank you, on Handel's birthday, enjoy --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:49, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

Today's Alte Liebe became especially meaningful after yesterday's funeral. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:40, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

User:Maxim/rmuaa.js

Hi Maxim! Just wanted to let you know that User:Maxim/rmuaa.js actually appears in Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues. I don't think that that was the intention, so thought I'd mention it. Best, TheSandDoctor ^Talk 09:13, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

TheSandDoctor, I think I fixed it..? Maxim_(talk) 13:08, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Yup, that did it. Thanks!! I am just doing some clerical work (and other analysis non-editing tasks) with the category & having a JS in there broke my scripts. Thanks again! --TheSandDoctor ^Talk 17:29, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

History of N Korea

The history of N Korea doesn't start with the Japanese ocuupation. It either starts with Ancient Korea like the South Korea article does or starts with the founding of N Korea with brief background information about the divison of Korea. I've started a discussion on the talkpage of N Korea. 钉钉 (talk) 12:44, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

钉钉, it wasn't clear what you were doing because you removed a large amount of text without providing an edit summary. It's good practice to provide them in general, but it is particularly important if you're to remove large amounts of cited text. Maxim_(talk) 13:06, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

I need emergency help to deal with user JIJJRG on Pat Day page - he is assassinating his character and constantly deletes and blocks any attempts I make to fix

I am a racing historian and I have been attempting for a month to accurately portray Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day on his Wikipedia page and stop the hateful, deceitful, malicious, mean-spirited character assassination attempt by user JIJJRG.

User JIJJRG has repeatedly deleted all of my honest, accurate, thoroughly researched and detailed references regarding Day's career.

He blocks any attempt to notate anything positive about Pat Day, who is widely considered one of the greatest jockeys who ever lived.

I went through a dispute resolution process in which I was told things would be corrected but they haven't.

JIJJRG clearly has an axe to grind and he has falsely used sources to say false words about Day and selectively take these sources to build a one-sided negative page against Pat Day.

He is ruthless and has attacked my page and treats the Pat Day page like his own personal thiefdom.

Please put an end to his attacks. I would like his ability to delete my additions curtailed. I want my additions restored and protected. I have cited numerous articles by the Associated Press, New York Times and Los Angeles Times which he constantly deletes.

This page needs a fair arbiter. I attempted a dispute resolution process which was judged in my favor but nothing has happened to fix this page.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NatroneDay (talk • contribs) 18:34, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Jokes

Apologies for tripling you up. Thrice-times, apologies in fact! What do you think of this, though. ——SN54129 14:03, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Serial Number 54129, I don't know what to think of it... Maxim_(talk) 14:07, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Floquenbeam's solution is elegant... perhaps I have a weird bar for figuring out what's offensive and what's not. Maxim_(talk) 14:24, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello.

TonyBallioni (talk) 14:14, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi! Is this in sufficiently good taste for you? Or does it still make you grumpy? :) Maxim_(talk) 14:18, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I’ve been grumpy since I was 12 :) TonyBallioni (talk) 14:21, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Huh?

I don't see anything different. What's all the fuss about? ^Atsme _Talk 📧 14:28, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

I think it's much livelier now. Maxim_(talk) 14:42, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Nice! Reciprocater (Talk) 07:47, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Bespoke: credit where credit due

It would not have been funny or appropriate to mention it at the time, but I thought that if you were going to use "my" word, at least you should link it! [6] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:21, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Five years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:00, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for renaming Username

Thank you dude for helping me out. I hope you won't mind me asking for more help in future:) Happy editing AnM2002 (talk) 06:17, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Thank you as well! -- OVSimone (talk) 02:02, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Neofuturism

Hi Maxim I noticed you deleted the article Neo-futurism in the past. Somehow, the article is still there and the reasons for your AfD are even more blatant. Please, could you check the discussion in the talk page and let me know? Thanks.109.37.135.105 (talk) 07:30, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

The present article and what I had deleted in 2008 appear to be unrelated. Maxim_(talk) 00:27, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Reporting a stuff

Hello! I'm an Indonesian Wikipedian. Based on a series of vandalism that is motivated to add the fictitious name of Tengku Mohammed Zein Maleek Jacobs in English, Malay, and Indonesian Wikipedia, i would like to ask the addition of these names for abuse filters for the following names:

1. Tuanku Abdool Aziz al-Hajj
2. Tengku Fauzee Effendie Jacobs
3. Tengku Mohammed Zein Maleek Jacobs
4. Sharifah Shinta Kartika Dewi Jacobs

Maleek Jacob's editor(s) usually add those name into Malay and Indonesian articles with iOS app edit. Symphonium264 (talk) 11:53, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

user names

Thanks for doing all those rename requests. I appreciate it. Drmies (talk) 13:25, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Drmies, someone has to do them. :) Maxim_(talk) 13:32, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

I know and I'm glad it's not me! Thanks again. Drmies (talk) 13:33, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Nine Years of Bureaucratship

Wishing Maxim a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! Chris Troutman (talk) 18:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary

Wishing Maxim a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:31, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Request for help

Hello, sir, can you help me with the IPBE permission? I have to acess to Wikipedia via proxys for I live in mainland China. Unfortunately, my IPBE perssion has expired and most IP addresses I used was blocked, I always translate articles to Chinese Wikipedia but I couldnt do any edits when I find and try to correct some mistakes in an article most of the time, what's more, I often couldnt even edit talk pages. I have sent emails to checkuser-en-wp@wikipedia.org before but there was no response for around ten days. I’m not sure if the message was not delivered, or there was any other problem, so I get to here to request for help. Best wishes and thanks a lot. --“ ROYAL PATROL ” ^{☎ 911} 16:49, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Vikarna, I've restored the IPBE permission to your account. I think it may be more straightforward in the future, should you need similar assistance, to directly email an active checkuser. Maxim_(talk) 16:57, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks a lot and really agree with you. --“ ROYAL PATROL ” ^{☎ 911} 17:00, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

2402:1980:294:4237:9127:9AB0:A08F:B926 (talk) 13:25, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

CheckUser

Hey Maxim, I got a question. On a recent SPI, AmandaNP ran a checkuser on Balolay but found no other socks (other than Naranirma). Yet when you ran a CU specifically for Epipagni you confirmed sockpuppetry. I don't understand. I thought a CU considers all the IPs an account has edited from and then looks at all the accounts on wikipedia that have ever used that IP. If so, the first CU should have caught Epipagni.

And does this mean that Balolay might actually have more sleepers out there? VR _talk 20:11, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

@Vice regent: Since I was pinged, i'll reply. I specifically did not check the IP range when it came to this user because of their location and the results we typically get from that area are inconclusive. I can't even run a proper checkuser on the entire range, I had to limit it to a month and it still chocked my browser. In this case we got lucky enough that an uncommon UA was used, so when Maxim looked at the range, they found that. Please note that comparing IPs when your IP can change within the span of 5 minutes or a couple of minutes means we can see screens upon screens worth of data. An IP is not like an identification card and stays with you, it's often shared except for a few select ISPs. So there always is a chance for sleepers out there, especially when people use multiple ranges. Checkuser is a tool to help find accounts, not an exact science that shows you for sure every single account. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 20:26, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Vice regent, roughly speaking, when checking a user, the CU tool will show IP addresses used in past 90 days; on IP addresses, it shows users in the past 90 days. User agents are also available. Often times IPs are dynamic, so a whole range has to be considered, and sleepers are not always obvious particularly if the range is busy. Maxim_(talk) 20:26, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Ajpolino Query

Hi, Maxim ... thanks for the speedy close at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ajpolino ... another support came in after you closed but still within the seven-day timestamp (13:03)... should the tally be incremented ? Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 13:27, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Blocked user editing with a dynamic IP

Hi, a question for you: if I suspect that a user who is currently blocked for sockpuppetry is editing with a dynamic IP, is it worth taking action? It's unlikely the user will ever come back to the same IP so blocking won't make a difference and nothing they've done so far is excessively disruptive. Thanks. Ytoyoda (talk) 19:09, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Arbitration Election

Hi! I noticed you've been elected to the Arbitration committee, and I'm looking to vote in the 2020 election. I voted in the real life election too. I have 207 mainspace edits and joined almost a year ago (December 21, 2019). Is there a link to the voting for when voting opens up? Thank you! Dswitz10734 (talk) 16:53, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Dswitz10734, see the description of the election process. When voting period starts (23 November), you should get a talk page message about it, including a link for the voting. You can see what was done last year in my archives. Maxim_(talk) 17:03, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Possible return of blocked puppetmaster

Maxim, please see comments here. Thanks! Flibirigit (talk) 19:17, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Maxim, when you have a moment, User:Gjdorn is exhibiting the same behaviour as the above user. Thanks! Flibirigit (talk) 19:02, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Flibirigit, great minds think alike: I took a look a few hours ago and found more activity by Max Arosev. I just haven't had time yet to do the "cleanup". I'll wrap it up a bit later today. Maxim_(talk) 19:43, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Maxim, when you have a moment, these IP edits are similar in nature to the above puppetmaster. Could you check please? Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 21:51, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Flibirigit, per Checkuser policy I can't link IPs to accounts but thanks for heads up. If there's some WP:DUCK activity going on, chances there's some accounts to block. I also reverted a bunch of edits; maybe that does something to discourage the socking/logged out editing ... Maxim_(talk) 22:19, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

The edits of IP address 1, IP address 2, and IP address 3, seem to pass the WP:DUCKTEST in comparison to User:Max Arosev. Any thoughts? Flibirigit (talk) 15:34, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

If you have a moment look at the activity of User:Rackenwag, seems a likely recurrence of this sock.18abruce (talk) 15:01, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

18abruce, yep, blocked and reverted. Maxim_(talk) 15:06, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

November

November

Thank you for being ready to serve on arbcom, - good luck! - I still have yesterday's good top story to offer, - and a little below is my vision for 2020. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:08, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Gerda for your kind wishes. Maxim_(talk) 20:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Did you know the ultimate guide? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:31, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Today's DYK: to be sung "happily" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:48, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

In case you want to look at a an article related to "my question": L'ange de Nisida, - mentioned under #Donizetti on my talk. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:24, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

That one aside, what do you think of Hippolyte et Aricie? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:22, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

ArbCom 2020 Elections voter message

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Arb Election

Good luck with the elections. You must have enjoyed it to dive straight back in! Well done for having the strength and courage to do that. SilkTork (talk) 15:27, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

SilkTork, thank you for the kind wishes. I've only served one year so far—perhaps I was two or more years in, I would have thought differently about wanting to run again. :-) Maxim_(talk) 17:07, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting elected! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 01:15, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you! Maxim_(talk) 00:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

ArbCom candidate questions

I recently added two questions for you at:

• Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_December_2020/Candidates/Maxim/Questions#Questions_from_David_Tornheim

I welcome your response.

You may find my comments here relevant: Too many questions (permalink) --David Tornheim (talk) 15:03, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

Sig

Hi! Could you please take a moment to update your signature to modern markup? Continuing to use HTML that hasn't been valid since the 1990s adds to our WP:HTML5 cleanup load.

Current sig code:

'''[[User talk:Maxim|<font face="Arial"><font color="#FF7133">Maxim</font><sub><small><font color="blue">(talk)</font></small></sub></font>]]'''

result:
     Maxim_(talk)

Modernized:

'''[[User talk:Maxim|<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #FF7133;">Maxim</span><sub><small><span style="color: blue;">(talk)</span></small></sub></span>]]'''

result:
     Maxim_(talk)

This is an easy copy-paste fix in Preferences > Signature, in the top menus. If you are interesting in helping WP migrate to clean HTML 5, see WP:LINT for various tools for finding obsolete markup, and WP:HTML5 for replacement code examples.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  00:58, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

Please see this archived thread for why I keep my existing signature as is. Maxim_(talk) 00:03, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Stuffy arbs

The assembling of the stuffy arbs. Natureium (talk) 20:23, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Natureium, I'm tubby but not that fat... Maxim_(talk) 00:03, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Congratulations

You're In like Flynn - and well-deserved. I think the community has assembled an excellent team of arbitrators, and I know quite a few of us are looking forward to positive changes. Good luck to you, and Happy Holidays! Atsme 💬 📧 19:43, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind wishes! Maxim_(talk) 00:00, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Empire AS ^Talk! — is wishing you a Happy New Year! It's the last day of 2020 and tomorrow will be 2025. Hope the coming year brings pleasures for you. Have a prosperous, enjoyable and a productive 2025. This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the New Year cheer by adding {{subst:New Year 2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

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Happy New Year!

UberVegan🌾 23:02, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

"Venom(Spider Man 3)" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Venom(Spider Man 3). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 January 12#Venom(Spider Man 3) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. Dominicmgm (talk) 17:42, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

René Fasel and the International Ice Hockey Federation

With regards to the edit history at René Fasel and the edit history at International Ice Hockey Federation, what would you advise? Thanks. Flibirigit (talk) 04:11, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Flibirigit, if you're asking if anyone's using multiple accounts, that doesn't seem to be the case. Maxim_(talk) 18:22, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Please add the two article to your watchlist. I hope it's a short term issue and not recurring. So far, WikiProject Ice Hockey has kept it in check. Flibirigit (talk) 18:33, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

I get the impression that the above pages and now Belarus Ice Hockey Federation are being used to advocate for the cause of the Belarus protests. What can be done on the grand scale? Flibirigit (talk) 15:23, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

UTRS

Hi Maxim, I hope today finds you well!

Would you mind taking a look at utrs:39715, and responding please?

Thanks! SQL^{Query me!} 23:43, 26 January 2021 (UTC)

SQL, replied by email. Maxim_(talk) 16:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

My reviewer is blocked

Hi,

I'm working on a draft for the gaming website Dexerto, and my submission was declined by a user called Eyebeller. I wanted to ask them for advice on what to change/add, but saw that you had blocked their account today.

Is there anyone else I could get in touch with now to get assistance?

This was the draft I am working on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Dexerto

--Calcium17 (talk) 13:21, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

You've got mail

Hello, Maxim/Archives. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. Doug Weller talk 15:12, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

Out of curiosity

I'm not actually objecting - it could for all I know very well be a reasonable unblock - but I only noticed a recent ArbCom unblock of an editor because their talk page was still on my watchlist. Doesn't ArbCom usually announce successful unblock appeals on WP:ACN? Or maybe that's only for non-run-of-the-mill cases, and you guys unblock a lot more people that I thought? --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:25, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Floquenbeam, we announce successful appeals at WP:ACN if there are restrictions imposed as part of the unblock. If there are no restrictions on the editor, then there is no announcement and the thinking there is that are often enough cases where publicizing such unblocks isn't a good idea (think sockpuppetry but one account uses a real name). Recently most appeal closes go through me, so you can see who we've been unblocking in my block log where it marked as "successful appeal to the Arbitration Committee" (except Eyebeller, I used a different summary because of ... a brain cramp? I should've used the standard one.) Note that we've worked through a considerable backlog of appeals since the new year, so the number of unblocks isn't really representative of a typical monthly rate. And also note that we decline many, many times more appeals than we accept. Maxim_(talk) 19:32, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

OK, thanks. Fingers crossed this one works out, and while I'm here a hat tip for all the time-consuming work you guys do behind the curtain. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:35, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Incorrect

The claim made here is untrue, namely the statement: The indef block in December is not based only on conduct in Kurds/Kurdistan topic area. I was blocked for making this report which administrators decided was easier to ignore and block me rather than deal with. this was the edit for which I was blocked. There isn't a shred of evidence for anything other than me being maligned for reporting the mass-POV-push that was happening all over Wikipedia's coverage of the Kurds. GPinkerton (talk) 19:26, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

These comments of yours are still there; I ask again that you remove them, as they are not correct. GPinkerton (talk) 20:16, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

GPinkerton, looking at Guerillero's comment at ANI, his reasoning for blocking you is based on a general pattern of disruption as evidenced by your talk page at the time. This pattern includes, but is not limited, to your conduct in the Kurds/Kurdistan topic area. I'm not going to remove or otherwise alter the comment you are objecting to. Maxim_(talk) 20:30, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Maxim, on my talk page, Guerillero stated that I was blocked on Seeing your third attempt to reopen your closed thread an ANI, it is fairly clear to me that you are here to right great wrongs and not build an encyclopedia. No mention is made of Kurds or Kurdistan a general pattern of disruption, just posting at ANI and not being here to build an encyclopaedia. GPinkerton (talk) 20:36, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Special Barnstar
	Thank you! The Sokks (talk) 23:16, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

Green for hope

Lenten Rose

Today, we have a DYK about Wilhelm Knabe, who stood up for future with the striking school children when he was in his 90s, - a model, - see here. - Thank you for your position in the arb case request, - I feel I have to stay away, but there are conversations further down on the page, in case of interest, - in a nutshell: "... will not improve kindness, nor any article". - Yesterday, I made sure on a hike that the flowers are actually blooming ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 14:19, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Need help

Hi. I revived a discussion that you started on my talk page from last year back in January, but I didn't hear from you. Would you mind helping me out again with this situation? Because the issues are still occurring. Yowashi (talk) 01:50, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

Font tags in sig

Hi, just wondering if you would be willing to update your sig to change the font tags to span tags? The reason is that font tags are deprecated and show up at Lint errors, so it's best not to use them for new content. Thanks. -- WOSlinker (talk) 09:49, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

WOSlinker, the short answer, is no, I wish my sig to remain as is. The long answer is at an archived thread; I'd rather my signature be consistent, and if some day it's an ugly-consistent, then so be it. Has there been any effort to seek consensus for a bot task to fix such lint issues? There's over 10M such tags on user talk pages alone. Maxim_(talk) 14:30, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

	Sig	HTML
Current:	Maxim(talk)	'''[[User talk:Maxim|<font face="Arial"><font color="#FF7133">Maxim</font><sub><small><font color="blue">(talk)</font></small></sub></font>]]'''
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Proposed (V2):	Maxim(talk)	'''[[User talk:Maxim|<span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:#FF7133">Maxim</span><sub><small style="color:blue;">(talk)</small></sub></span>]]'''

For now, there is a bot fixing signatures that have cause high-priority lint errors (yours is not affected). Just my $0.02, while I do understand that you want your signatures to be consistent, wouldn't it be better for you to change it now for your signature to fulfill requirements and reduce the amount of edits needed to fix the obsolete ones in future? --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 04:56, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

Minorax, I notice I'm on the bot's list to be de-linted. I've changed my signature now. Maxim_(talk) 12:42, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

FAR for Paul Stastny

I have nominated Paul Stastny for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Z1720 (talk) 20:16, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Six years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:16, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Incrdiblehumans87

Many thanks for dealing with the sock. Could you please let me know the name of the other related account that you blocked so that I could add them to the list? Best, M.Bitton (talk) 14:34, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

The other account is User:الأسد_المغربي. Maxim_(talk) 14:35, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 14:37, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

User talk:Renamed user 13650391f1r5

was not eligible to vanish. I told him that more than once. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 14:45, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi Deepfriedokra, I'm aware of that. He has been in contact with the Arbitration Committee, and from those emails, it seemed to me that it was the best decision given the totality of the circumstances. Note that I remove talk and and email access for the account. Maxim_(talk) 15:02, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. He'd've gotten a more thorough result going through the WMF, but at least this deals with the obvious privacy concerns. (I know from sad experience that renaming is not the remedy I'd once hoped for.) --Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:40, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!

Wishing Maxim a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! ~~~~ User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 19:07, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

10 years as a bureaucrat—how time flies! Maxim_(talk) 19:18, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!

Wishing Maxim a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:44, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

Invitation for Functionary consultation 2021

Greetings,

I'm letting you know in advance about a meeting I'd like to invite you to regarding the Universal Code of Conduct and the community's ownership of its future enforcement. I'm still in the process of putting together the details, but I wanted to share the date with you: 27 June, 2021. I do not have a time on this date yet, but I will let you soon. We have created a meta page with basic information. Please take a look at the meta page and sign up your name under the appropriate section.

Thank you for your time.--BAnand (WMF) 15:06, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

Sockpuppet users.

These users are interlinked they make edits and they themselves accepts reviews. Astrolynux https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AstroLynx&redirect=no

Tgeores https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Tgeorgescu&action=view

Grabergs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Gråbergs_Gråa_Sång&action=view

VenusFeur https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:VenusFeuerFalle&action=view Elc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:El_C&action=view JohnsonCherryium9 (talk) 05:09, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Recovering password

Greetings, are you aware of any way to recover my username and password if there was no email attached to it? I've tried various possibile emails and nothing sent me a link. Thanks! 96.255.3.81 (talk) 21:36, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

That's a difficult situation. In general, no, but if you can convince a sysadmin that you're the true owner of an account (by way of committed identity or someone else being able to vouch for you), then perhaps, but that may have been more true 15 years ago than now. Sorry I'm not of more help. Maxim_(talk) 21:55, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. I don't know how I would go about doing that so I may be out of luck. Anyway, I also wanted to highlight User:SethRuebens who was previously banned as a sockmaster, then unbanned based on the Arbcom with a topic ban. But he's reemerged pushing the exact same issues that resulted in the block and ban in the first place. 96.255.3.81 (talk) 23:22, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

This is a complete untruth. I was banned after being 'outed' and having a vested interest in the article (not from 'pushing the exact same issues that resulted in the block and ban in the first place'). The committee allowed me to continue the debate on the talk page, presumably based on the fact that it's being backed by a number of academics, subject experts, thousands of members of the public and is known by hundreds of thousands of people, if not more, across the world. Continuing the debate on the talk page of Britannia, which I've been granted permission to do, in a fair and reasonable away, does not warrant a ban or posting messages on administrators' pages trying to encourage them to ban me. I'd suggest this amounts to WP:HARASS and WP:WIKIHOUNDING. SethRuebens (talk) 13:31, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Strikeout

Hi Maxim, would you mind removing the strikeout from this archived page? Thank you! The Kingfisher (talk) 19:02, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Request for input

Hello, hope all is well. Are you able to comment at an open BN thread? –xeno^talk 02:25, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Hello Maxim , I'm Paolo from Italy , i'm a big olympic statistic fans , in 1904 summer medal table , there is Norway, Australia and France , but they didn't win anything medal , USA win 79 / 83 / 79 , Germany 4 /4 / 5 , Cuba 4/2 /3 ,mixed team 1 ( Fencing , with all cuba atlete ) / 1 ( atletics ) / 0 , Austria 0 / 0 / 1 ( only swimming ) , Switzerland 1 / 0 / 1 . Total medal is 97 / 93 / 92 . Thank'you .

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For helping put a harasser who has seriously damaged this project beyond what most people know out of business. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:08, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Tony, this means a lot. Maxim_(talk) 14:46, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

IP 204.171.50.30

About a month ago, you blocked an IP (204.171.50.30) from Westmoreland Intermediate Unit (Pennsylvania) for a year, with the message "block evasion".

14:51, 22 September 2021 Maxim talk contribs blocked 204.171.50.30 talk with an expiration time of 1 year (account creation blocked) (Block evasion)

I notice that since that date, another IP address from the same facility is making edits of the same type, see 204.171.50.26. Perhaps the block should be extended to a range block? Regards, Tarl N. (discuss) 16:42, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. Interestingly I don't think these IPs function as dynamic addresses but are instead more like separate connections to institutional network. I blocked the new IP separately, because I suspect that I may cause unnecessary collateral damage if I take out the whole range. Maxim_(talk) 16:51, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Yeah, probably another terminal in the same computer room, the editor simply moved over by one desk. Thanks, Tarl N. (discuss) 16:59, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Re: Email

Thanks, understood. Hemiauchenia (talk) 19:02, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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1984 Summer Olympics edit conflict

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Thank you for reverting the edit for the 1984 Summer Olympics that was made by some unknown user. I don't know who keeps removing that factoid about Team USA gaining an advantage due to the Soviet boycott? If we want to debate the issue, I'd prefer it is best to talk about it on the article's talk page or the current FLRC page. --Birdienest81talk 00:50, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

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Bots Newsletter, December 2021

Bots Newsletter, December 2021

BRFA activity by month

Welcome to the eighth issue of the English Wikipedia's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Maintainers disappeared to parts unknown... bots awakening from the slumber of æons... hundreds of thousands of short descriptions... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots.

Our last issue was in August 2019, so there's quite a bit of catching up to do. Due to the vast quantity of things that have happened, the next few issues will only cover a few months at a time. This month, we'll go from September 2019 through the end of the year. I won't bore you with further introductions — instead, I'll bore you with a newsletter about bots.

Overall

• Between September and December 2019, there were 33 BRFAs. Of these, Y 25 were approved, and 8 were unsuccessful (N2 3 denied, ? 3 withdrawn, and 2 expired).

September 2019

Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!

• Y Monkbot 16, DannyS712 bot 60, Ahechtbot 6, PearBOT 3, Qbugbot 3 · N2 DannyS712 bot 5, PkbwcgsBot 24 · ? DannyS712 bot 61, TheSandBot 4
• TParis goes away, UTRSBot goes kaput: Beeblebrox noted that the bot for maintaining on-wiki records of UTRS appeals stopped working a while ago. TParis, the semi-retired user who had previously run it, said they were "unlikely to return to actively editing Wikipedia", and the bot had been vanquished by trolls submitting bogus UTRS requests on behalf of real blocked users. While OAuth was a potential fix, neither maintainer had time to implement it. TParis offered to access to the UTRS WMFLabs account to any admin identified with the WMF: "I miss you guys a whole lot [...] but I've also moved on with my life. Good luck, let me know how I can help". Ultimately, SQL ended up in charge. Some progress was made, and the bot continued to work another couple months — but as of press time, UTRSBot has not edited since November 2019.
• Article-measuring contest resumed: The list of Wikipedians by article count, which had lain dead for several years, was triumphantly resurrected by GreenC following a bot request.

October 2019

• Y OAbot 3, DannyS712 bot 47, Pathbot 2, PearBOT 2, DannyS712 bot 59, DannyS712 bot 62, HasteurBot 14, PearBOT 4, WOSlinkerBot 4, MilHistBot 5
• Curb Safe Charmer adopts reFill: TAnthony pointed out that reFill 2's bug reports were going unanswered; creator Zhaofeng Li had retired from Wikipedia, and a maintainer was needed. As of June 2021, Curb Safe Charmer had taken up the mantle, saying: "Not that I have all the skills needed but better me than nobody! 'Maintainer' might be too strong a term though. Volunteers welcome!"
  

November 2019

Now you're thinking with portals.

• Y BHGbot 4, YiFeiBot 2, DannyS712 bot III 64 · ? PearBOT
• Old bots do new tricks: DannyS712 bot III 64 prowled redirects, YiFeiBot 2 archived GoCE requests, and BHGbot 4 removed links to portals deleted at MfD (until its authorization was revoked in January at operator BrownHairedGirl's request).

December 2019

• Y DemonDays64 Bot, DannyS712 bot III 66, Bot1058 6, Monkbot 15, MilHistBot 6, PearBOT 5, DannyS712 bot IV 65 · N2 SportsStatsBot · Xinbenlv bot, SteveBot 8
• Redirects to be autopatrolled: A RfC took place at WP:NPP, closing with unanimous consensus that new redirects should be automatically marked as patrolled by bot. DannyS712 wasted no time, and submitted DannyS712 bot III 66 the next day; it passed two days after that.
• 200,000 bios get short descs: Along a similar vein, Bot1058 6 was approved to remove disambiguation pages from Category:Monitored short pages and a new bot (DemonDays64 Bot) changed lots of http links to https using JavaScript Wiki Browser. One particularly neat task, PearBOT 5, automatically generated short descriptions for more than 200,000 biographies.

In the next issue of Bots Newsletter:
What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?

• What happens when two bots want to clerk the same page?
• What happens when an adminbot goes hog wild?
• Will reFill ever get fixed?
• What's up with ListeriaBot, anyway?
• Python 3.4 deprecation? In my PyWikiBot? (It's more likely than you think!)

These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the January 2022 Bots Newsletter. Tune in, or miss out!

Signing off... jp×g 04:29, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

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Warsaw case

I have no feelings one way or the other on whether there should be a case or not. That said, I agree with, and I admire your integrity on opposing sanctions without a full hearing. It's often easier to just go with the flow, so standing up for principles is nice to see. TY and best, — Ched (talk) 01:42, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

+1, even if a full case might have resulted in a stiffer sanction to me. Arbitration is a tough job done by volunteers. I don’t fault anyone for how they voted, but your vote was good and principled. Jehochman ^Talk 02:16, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

I think that when the main motion passes at 8–7, there's no flow to go with, at least not in just one direction. :-) Maxim_(talk) 15:52, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Bots Newsletter, January 2022

Bots Newsletter, January 2022

BRFA activity by month

Welcome to the ninth issue of the English Wikipedia's Bots Newsletter, your source for all things bot. Vicious bot-on-bot edit warring... superseded tasks... policy proposals... these stories, and more, are brought to you by Wikipedia's most distinguished newsletter about bots.

After a long hiatus between August 2019 and December 2021, there's quite a bit of ground to cover. Due to the vastness, I decided in December to split the coverage up into a few installments that covered six months each. Some people thought this was a good idea, since covering an entire year in a single issue would make it unmanageably large. Others thought this was stupid, since they were getting talk page messages about crap from almost three years ago. Ultimately, the question of whether each issue covers six months or a year is only relevant for a couple more of them, and then the problem will be behind us forever.

Of course, you can also look on the bright side – we are making progress, and this issue will only be about crap from almost two years ago. Today we will pick up where we left off in December, and go through the first half of 2020.

Overall
In the first half of 2020, there were 71 BRFAs. Of these, Y 59 were approved, and 12 were unsuccessful (with N2 8 denied, ? 2 withdrawn, and 2 expired).

January 2020

Yeah, you're not gonna be able to get away with this anymore.

• Y ST47Bot, Seppi333Bot, Qbugbot 4 · N2 PkbwcgsBot 25, PkbwcgsBot 26
• A new Pywikibot release dropped support for Python 3.4, and it was expected that support for Python 2.7 would be removed in coming updates. Toolforge itself planned to drop Python 2 support in 2022.
• Two new bots dropped in January 2020: ST47Bot, the successor to STBot, and Seppi333Bot, whose task was to perform a weekly update of four "massive" wikitables for WikiProject Molecular Biology.
• Cydebot, an adminbot operated by Cyde since 2006, was blocked after going berserk on categories that hadn't yet been CfD'd.

February 2020

Speaking of WikiProject Molecular Biology, Listeria went wild in February

• Y AnomieBOT 78, Cewbot 2, DannyS712 bot 67, DannyS712 bot III 63, PearBOT 6, DemonDays64 Bot 2 · N2 PearBOT
• On February 1, some concerns were raised about ListeriaBot performing "nonsense" edits. Semi-active operator Magnus Manske (who originally coded the Phase II software|precursor of MediaWiki) was pinged. Meanwhile, the bot was temporarily blocked for several hours until the issue was diagnosed and resolved.
• On February 18, ST47Bot got into a tussle with Amalthea (bot), and had to be partially-blocked from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Cases/Overview.

March 2020

• Y MajavahBot, SDZeroBot, TheSandBot 6, TheSandBot 7, Bitbotje, FACBot 6, TheSandBot 8, Qbugbot 5, Cewbot 3, SDZeroBot 2, PrimeBOT 31, WikiCleanerBot 12 · AntiCompositeBot
• In March, a long discussion was started at Wikipedia talk:Bot policy by Skdb about the troubling trend of bots "expiring" without explanation after their owners became inactive. This can happen for a variety of reasons -- API changes break code, hosting providers' software updates break code, hosting accounts lapse, software changes make bots' edits unnecessary, and policy changes make bots' edits unwanted. The most promising solution seemed to be Toolforge hosting (although it has some problems of its own, like the occasional necessity of refactoring code).
• Some of the twelve bot tasks approved this month were TheSandBot 6 (removing blocked users from Category:Wikipedia usernames with possible policy issues), and TheSandBot 7 (removing unblocked users from Category:Wikipedians who are indefinitely blocked for promotional user names). SDZeroBot 2 was approved to refine geographic stub tags. New bots approved this month were MajavahBot (to patrol WP:EFFPR), SDZeroBot (to merge stub tags), and Bitbotje (fixing DISPLAYTITLE modifications, DEFAULTSORT errors and broken behavior switches in draftspace).

April 2020

Listeria being examined

• Y TheSandBot 9, BHGbot 5, DannyS712 bot 69, SDZeroBot 3, ST47ProxyBot, WugBot 4, SDZeroBot 4, DatBot 10, WikiCleanerBot 11, WikiCleanerBot 13, WikiCleanerBot 14, AntiCompositeBot 2, Cewbot 4 · N2 DaedanBot 1 · Creffbot
• A discussion on the bot noticeboard, "Re-examination of ListeriaBot", was started by Barkeep49, who pointed out repeated operation outside the scope of its BRFA (i.e. editing pages in mainspace, and adding non-free images to others). Some said it was doing good work, and others said it was operating beyond its remit. It was blocked on April 10; the next day it was unblocked, reblocked from article space, reblocked "for specified non-editing actions", unblocked, and indeffed. The next week, several safeguards were implemented in its code by Magnus; the bot was allowed to roam free once more on April 18.
• ST47ProxyBot joined the stable in April, after a BRFA started in December was finally completed. As an adminbot, it was authorized to block IP addresses belonging to open proxies, public VPN services, and web hosts. New tasks approved for existing bots included BHGbot 5 (diffusing categories), TheSandBot 9 (taking over some tasks from the inactive RonBot), and WugBot 4 (updating data at {{Interactive COVID-19 maps}}). Also, DatBot 10 was approved to scale down non-free SVGs — I didn't even know that was a thing.
• A discussion at Wikipedia talk:Bot policy was started by Thryduulf about whether WP:BOTCOMM should explicitly specify that bot operators must be responsive to concerns raised on English Wikipedia specifically (as opposed to Phabricator, SourceForge, Toolforge, et cetera). Eventually, the policy was amended to its current form:

Issues and enquiries are typically expected to be handled on the English Wikipedia. Pages reachable via unified login, like a talk page at Commons or at Italian Wikipedia could also be acceptable [...] External sites like Phabricator or GitHub (which require separate registration or do not allow for IP comments) and email (which can compromise anonymity) can supplement on-wiki communication, but do not replace it.

May 2020

We heard you like bots, so we made a bot that reports the status of your bots, so now you can use bots while you use bots

• Y MajavahBot 3, DannyS712 bot 70, CitationCleanerBot 5, Dreamy Jazz Bot 4, QEDKbot, William Avery Bot 2, DannyS712 bot 68, PrimeBOT 32, TheSandBot 10, Bot1058 7, BHGbot 6, EaglesBot 2, Cewbot 5, WikiCleanerBot 17 · N2 MDanielsBot, PhuzBot 3, Gedimon · ? PearBOT 7
• MajavahBot 3, an impressively meta bot task, was approved this month for maintaining a list of bots running on the English Wikipedia. The page, located at User:MajavahBot/Bot status report, is updated every 24 hours; it contains a list of all accounts with the bot flag, as well as their operator, edit count, last activity date, last edit date, last logged action date, user groups and block status.
• Other approvals for this month were William Avery Bot 2 (processing redirects in {{R from scientific name}}), DannyS712 bot 68 (allowing users to schedule bot reminders for themselves), TheSandBot 10 (removing blocked/locked users from Category:User talk pages with conflict of interest notices), Bot1058 7 (updating Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests/Permalink), Dreamy Jazz Bot 4 (adding {{WikiProject Biography|living=no}} to talk pages where their associated article is in a year of death category), and QEDKbot (deleting and nominating empty categories).
• General syntax fixing tasks were approved for DannyS712 bot 70, CitationCleanerBot 5, PrimeBOT 32, BHGbot 6, Cewbot 5, and EaglesBot 2, as well as WikiCleanerBot 15, 16, and 17.
• Seven bots who fell below activity requirements (with neither the bots nor their operators having any edits or logged actions in two years) had their bot flags removed. They were NekoBot, Robert SkyBot, DASHBotAV, VoxelBot, JackieBot, ReferenceBot, and CensusBot.
• On May 12, EmausBot was blocked.

June 2020

A partial block averted at the eleventh hour for the robot that makes Legos

• Y QEDKbot 2, AnomieBOT 79, WOSlinkerBot 6, Yapperbot 2, Yapperbot, AnomieBOT 80, Dreamy Jazz Bot 5, WikiCleanerBot 18, HasteurBot 15, MusikBot II 4, NoSandboxesHere · N2 RedWarn · ? Seppi333Bot 2
• In July 2017, Headbomb made a proposal that a section of the Wikipedia:Dashboard be devoted to bots and technical issues. In November 2019, Lua code was written superseding Legobot's tasks on that page, and operator Legoktm was asked to stop them so that the new code could be deployed. After no response to pings, a partial-block of Legobot for the dashboard was proposed. Some months later, on June 16, Headbomb said: "A full block serves nothing. A partial block solves all current issues [...] Just fucking do it. It's been 3 years now." The next day, however, Legoktm disabled the task, and the dashboard was successfully refactored.
• On June 7, RexxS blocked Citation bot for disruptive editing, saying it was "still removing links after request to stop". A couple weeks later, a discussion on the bots noticeboard was opened, saying "it is a widely-used and useful bot, but it has one of the longest block logs for any recently-operating bot on Wikipedia". While its last BRFA approval was in 2011, its code and functionality had changed dramatically since then, and AntiCompositeNumber requested that BAG require a new BRFA. Maintainer AManWithNoPlan responded that most blocks were from years ago (when it lacked a proper test suite), and problems since then had mostly been one-off errors (like a June 2019 incident in which a LTA had "weaponized" the bot to harass editors).
• David Tornheim opened a discussion about whether bots based on closed-source code should be permitted, and proposed that they not. He cited a recent case in which a maintainer had said "I can only suppose that the code that is available on GitHub is not the actual code that was running on [the bot]". Some disagreed: Naypta said that "I like free software as much as the next person, and I strongly believe that bot operators should make their bot code public, but I don't think it should be that they must do so".
• Two new bots had their first BRFAs approved: Yapperbot, to replace Legobot for handling the Feedback Request Service, and NoSandboxesHere, to remove {{user sandbox}} from articles in draftspace using Category:Non-userspace pages using User sandbox.

Conclusion

• What's next for our intrepid band of coders, maintainers and approvers?

• Will Citation bot ever be set free to roam the project?
• What's the deal with all those book links that InternetArchiveBot is adding to articles?
• Should we keep using Gerrit for MediaWiki?
• What if we had a day for bots to make cosmetic edits?

These questions will be answered — and new questions raised — by the February 2022 Bots Newsletter. Tune in, or miss out!

Signing off... jp×g 23:22, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

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Request for input on a featured article candidacy

Greetings, I have nominated Lake Estancia for a featured article nomination. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. The instructions for the review process are here. Thanks in advance for any comments. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 11:57, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

For your work in bringing Hockey Mountain articles to GA+ ...

		The Hockey Barnstar
		... you are hereby one of the first recipients of the Hockey Barnstar with Crossed Sticks for your mighty efforts! Well done! Ravenswing 04:39, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Email

Hello Maxim! I'd just like to let you know that I have received your email and I'll take a look at it when I'm able to. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 17:45, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Yuriy Sedykh

Dear Administrator, Can you revert four recent edits to the above page? I use my phone for Wiki edits and don't see any way to revert these in one go. Does the page also need to be restricted to registered users only? Thank you and regards, Billsmith60 (talk) 10:04, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello again, I got to a library and reverted those edit-war changes, but the issue of editing by registered users only remains. Regards, Billsmith60 (talk) 12:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

We generally don't protect article from editing by unregistered users (i.e. semi-protect) except in cases of sustained vandalism. For Yuriy Sedykh, the IP edits would be considered too sporadic to merit semi-protection. Maxim_(talk) 15:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello again, can you have another look at the above page in view of what looks like a dedicated effort to engage in an edit war when registered users like me are doing our best? Thanks, Billsmith60 (talk) 11:17, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

New administrator activity requirement

The administrator policy has been updated with new activity requirements following a successful Request for Comment.

Beginning January 1, 2023, administrators who meet one or both of the following criteria may be desysopped for inactivity if they have:

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2. Made fewer than 100 edits over a 60-month period

Administrators at risk for being desysopped under these criteria will continue to be notified ahead of time. Thank you for your continued work.

22:53, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Updates to bureaucrat minimum activity requirements

Hello Maxim.

Following a discussion at the Bureaucrats' noticeboard, the minimum activity requirements for bureaucrats have been updated to also include the the recently updated minimum editing requirements for administrators (i.e. at least 100 edits every 5 years). This will be enforced beginning in January 2023. Should you no longer wish to volunteer as a bureaucrat you may request removal at SRP and.or let us know at WP:BN.

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Precious

Seven years!

Precious anniversary

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:34, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

"Errant mouse click"

You gave me a laugh this morning with your reversion of your reversion. All is good! Cheers, PKT(alk) 15:46, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Technical Barnstar
	I just noticed your edit to WP:BAG. I wanted to thank you for your years of service there. SQLQuery Me! 01:45, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you SQL for the barnstar. I'm not sure I entirely deserve it as I don't think I did that much in 14 years, so moving myself to "former" is probably for the best. :-) Maxim_(talk) 15:22, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!

Dinosaur TrexXX33 (chat?) 11:17, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Happy Bureaucratship Anniversary!

Wishing Maxim a very happy bureaucratship anniversary on behalf of the Birthday Committee! CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:47, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

"Blocker (ice hockey equipment))" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Blocker (ice hockey equipment)) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 June 2#Blocker (ice hockey equipment)) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 15:39, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up. I agree the redirect is useless (created as a result of a typo during a page move), so I've deleted it myself per WP:CSD#G7. Maxim_(talk) 16:05, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, much appreciated. 192.76.8.78 (talk) 16:10, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Sockpuppet

Hi, I'm letting you know that a banned user whose edits you reverted on March 14, 2022, is still editing under these IP addresses[7]. - PM800 (talk) 03:10, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

ScottishFinnishRadish bureaucrat chat

Hi Maxim, I have started a bureaucrat discussion for ScottishFinnishRadish's RfA. It can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ScottishFinnishRadish/Bureaucrat chat. Thanks in advance. Acalamari 01:40, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Maxim! Just letting you know all the other crats who intended to comment have done so, and a couple are now thinking it's closing time. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 20:24, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 20:40, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Help

Hi Maxim, I tried notifying you in a discussion over on my talk page, but it appears that the notification possibly didn't get through. The situation I need your help with is related to the disruptive editor that edits Ottawa Senators related articles. Yowashi (talk) 02:25, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

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Nuance & bots

I don't want to crowd the DS discussion with this, especially as it's nearly over the line, but... The awareness template says "This standard message is designed as an introduction to contentious topics and does not imply that there are any issues with your editing." Applying nuance implies that someone has looked at the editor's contribution and applied a non-judgemental judgement. Letting a bot do the job, even for something as trivial as an AWB typo fix, reinforces the message that there is no implication behind the awareness template. I see the lack of nuance as a good thing. Cabayi (talk) 15:04, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Templated notices aren't always well-received by more experienced editors, and may perhaps be alarming for newer editors. Getting a bot notice for an AWB typo fix to me seems overkill; in general, this isn't what DS is really try to target anyway. In a sense, I feel like I end up on the non-bot side because I don't think it's worth it to remove any and all nuance. Maxim_(talk) 00:23, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

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Hi

Here is a transcript of my conversations and my defence, consider it an email

Hello,

I write today as an individual checkuser. I received an email from another checkuser credibly indicating this account is not a new user and that the operator of this account has been editing logged out in overlapping topics with both this account and the previous account. I agree with his two conclusions. Accordingly, I have two requests:

1. You should remove the text on your page that indicates you may be a new user, or make it otherwise obvious you mean it in ironic taste (NOTA BENE : I dont know all the procedures, sorry if I breach an important rule.). It is clear from the previous account's editing history that this is an untrue statement if taken at face-value.
2. Ensure you remain logged in at all times on the topics and in the topic areas that you edit using this account. Please understand that continuing to log out may result in a block for your IP, your account, or both, due to our policy on logged-out sockpuppetry.

If these are unclear requests, please feel free to contact me onwiki for clarification, or email ArbCom for clarification, before continuing to edit.

Thanks, Izno (talk) 23:51, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

I was unaware that because my brother used the same IP (and still occasionally does, but never for the same topics) that it means that I MUST BE familiar with the procedures, the statement "NOTA BENE : I dont know all the procedures, sorry if I breach an important rule." was meant to be taken at face value, It is therefore obvious that you are being sarcastic since you would know that this is a real possibility. In addition, when I have edited in an overlapping fashion, I have always made it clear that I was the same person, I'll take it you are aware I am lazy, but I'll try to follow that rule. Anyways, thanks for your obvious sarcasm, always fun when someone takes your serious comments as sarcasm, isn't it? Have a nice day. CanadianScotNationalist (talk) 23:49, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

You should remove the first request, or make it otherwise obvious you meant it in ironic taste

(You should remove the text on your page that indicates you may be a new user, or make it otherwise obvious you mean it in ironic taste (NOTA BENE : I dont know all the procedures, sorry if I breach an important rule.). It is clear from the previous account's editing history that this is an untrue statement if taken at face-value.)

, as wiki-policy on "Editing while logged out in order to mislead" specifically mentions that it is OK to use multiple accounts IF they are both clearly the same person and it isn't used to gain an advantage, from my user history you would know that the only time I used both accounts interchangeably it was so obvious that I myself admitted being in a "two to one" contest and that fellow editors sometimes quoted one account to criticise what I was saying with the other. It is clear that the alleged breach of rules are nonexistent when taken at face-value.

Also, NEVER EVER EVER assume sarcasm in a written text unless you are beyond resonable doubt sure that it is sarcasm, I am bloody livid about a serious statement being taken as sarcasm. CanadianScotNationalist (talk) 00:55, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, CanadianScotNationalist. Would you mind emailing the Arbitration Committee (Special:EmailUser/Arbitration Committee or arbcom-enwikimedia.org)? Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 00:57, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Am I being accused of breaking any rules? If so, what am I being accused of? (post it here, I don't care) If not, why should I email anyone?CanadianScotNationalist (talk) 01:01, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes. It seems like you are using multiple accounts in a way that could be deceptive. Please get in touch with the Arbitration Committee before you next edit. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 01:04, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Here's an excerpt talk page discussion where I used both accounts

Also, you insist there is "consensus to keep" despite there being a "concerted effort" from half a dozen unique accounts over the past 6 years to remove them. You cant just declare that there is consensus when you get sick of something, thats literally against the rules. (And before someone tells me that is "gaming the system" theres 2 of you and 1 of me, not exactly a "clear consensus". CanadianScotNationalist (talk) 18:20, 30 October 2022 (UTC)[reply] CanadianScotNationalist (talk) 01:07, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Here's an edit description I made

Rewrote it, also please add the actual results if you can. NB: I am this IP adress107.190.33.254, if there is a debate in this article, treat these two accounts as the same; I am lazy and often I often forget to log in CanadianScotNationalist (talk) 01:08, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

As for the best example of alleged rules-breaking (2021 Canadian Federal elections), I continued my previous arguments in an obvious manner, and since I had recently argued with those folks, I didn't think of mentioning I was one and the same CanadianScotNationalist (talk) 01:11, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

But please do tell me if I need to do so 107.190.33.254 (talk) 01:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes, please do get in touch with ArbCom with a full list of the accounts you've used. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t · c) 01:14, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Also, I didn't suddenly claim to be two people OR even use the accounts in a sock-puppety way (ex:I agree with this user), I literally just continued my arguments in as smooth of a manner as possible 107.190.33.254 (talk) 01:14, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

I will, note there is a 2 to 3 weeks delay, as I'll need to check all of my previous accounts, fill out the paperwork, figure out my email password, and I dunno, want to write an email repeating everything I just said (Pro tip : ask a checkuser to see all the accounts that used this IP, there have been 3 to my knowledge : RandomCanadian, CanadianScotNationalist and the weird string of numbers called an IP) 107.190.33.254 (talk) 01:17, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Or do whatever you want, I dont give a damn 107.190.33.254 (talk) 01:18, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

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