BRPever

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Congratulations, Dear Administrator!

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An offering for our new administrator from your comrades... (our gift is better than the one at Commons or Meta)

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--Ymblanter (talk) 20:13, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

@Ymblanter: Thank you! :)--BRP ^ever 03:42, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

• Congratulations.--Cohaf (talk) 06:07, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

"(our gift is better than the one at Commons or Meta)" I disagree! This is slanderous! :p .AldNon^Ucallinme? 18:00, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

@Aldnonymous: in Meta it's just mop, in Commons there could have been a compition but someone ate some pices of that Pudding before delivery, wikipedia just gives crappy T-shirt... So, wikidata beats them all ;)--BRP ^ever 13:10, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

Translation request

Hello.

Can you create en:Baku State University and en:Science and technology in Azerbaijan in Nepali Wikipedia?

Yours sincerely, Saguamundi (talk) 20:13, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Hello @Saguamundi: I am sorry but I am very busy these days. I will probably be free after two weeks, I will try to translate these articles then. Thanks :)--BRP ^ever 04:41, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Deletion request

Hi, can you delete these items: Q29876543 , Q29966666 , Q65924297; as they are not a notable character. Thanks. Flixwito^(•‿•)^ 06:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Your signature

Hi @BRPever:, Please note that your signature is using obsolete <font> tags, which causes obsolete HTML tag lint errors. You are encouraged to change your signature code.

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Regards, ZI Jony ^(Talk) 06:33, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

@ZI Jony: I had been using this since so long ago, I didn't realize. Thanks for letting me know, I fixed it.--BRP ^ever 06:54, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

I need help please

Hello. When I tried to add a description to Q15975817, it couldn’t publish my edit. I tried again and it is still not working. Can you help please? Thanks. Arthurfan828 (talk) 23:00, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

@Arthurfan828: Hello, it's odd that you are not able to add it. It's probably because the javascript of your browser is turned off or something but I can't exactly say why from here. In this case I added the description :)-BRP ^ever 23:44, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Question

Just a question about the rev del process: do you think the vandalism should have been rev deleted at the same time? Or do you think it's normal that it's now untracable by the user? --- Jura 13:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

@Jura1:, I am not sure what you are trying to ask here but a run of the mill vandalism is not RevDeled. You can read more about it here.-BRP ^ever 13:11, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure if had a look at the two diffs I provided in the in question, but you will notice that following the deletion of the username, the vandalism edit now become disconnected. --- Jura 13:16, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

I don't think it will affect anything in that case. "Username removed" will be displayed and link to userpages will be removed as a part of RevDel process.-BRP ^ever 13:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Well, now I can't really find out who vandalized the page even if it can be seen that it had been vandalized. Effectively this protects the LTA and enables them to vandalize in a stealth way. --- Jura 13:30, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

@Jura1: the user is already blocked so there is not much point in you finding out who it was now.-BRP ^ever 13:49, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

From the explanation given, it seems it wasn't a single account, but a long term issue. Oddly the user name wasn't seen to be offensive for several months. --- Jura 13:51, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Well, this shows that we need more active and capable people to monitor such cases.-BRP ^ever 13:54, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Or maybe, the stewart wasn't that offended. What do you think of the stealth aspect? --- Jura 13:56, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

That's out of the question because the admin will obviously block such username before revdel.-BRP ^ever 13:59, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure if I understand your comment. The edit has become stealth as a result of the deletion of the username. --- Jura 14:05, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Is it just a problem that I see or is the problem generated by username supression something you understand? --- Jura 08:15, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

@Jura1:, admins don't delete revision to make edits stealth. They do it for the reasons mentioned here.-BRP ^ever 09:32, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

The discussion was about the deletion by the candidate of the name of the vandal, not the edit (once the edit is deleted, one couldn't see it anymore anyways). The point is that deleting the name of the user make it stealth vandalism. It's probably a complex effect of admin tools, possibly not noticed by admins as they keep seeing it (I guess). --- Jura 14:39, 31 May 2020 (UTC)

Flagging

Indications of paid editing by special:contributions/Rafcan Allam and with what they are doing it is either a returned editor or someone working through a script. I haven't been seeing it recently, so it could be my blindness, or just quietness. No other evidence at this time so not prepared to start an RfCU.  — billinghurst sDrewth 23:07, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

@billinghurst: Yeah, blocked the account as promotion-only and deleted the page. No other related accounts found.-BRP ^ever 01:55, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

What Is my Fault !

Dear Admin My User Name Is User:Auramstate. I found I am locked globally and Blocked from Wikidata. given Reason is CheckUser block. editing (sitewide), account creation disabled. Still, I can not understand my mistake. Would you please help me? I am not worried about the block and lock I just want to know the exact reason. Even not only me, but there are also 4 users in my office all are blocked from wiki data and locked globally. I am not a huge contributor to the wiki so my user blocking is not important and I am not talking about unblocking me. I just need to find my mistake. 45.118.105.26 12:05, 1 March 2021 (UTC)

Share your IP Masking comments and suggestions

Hello BRPever,

In line with global trends about user data collection and use, the Wikimedia Foundation will be masking IPs to protect user privacy but would also be building tools to ensure abuse mitigation on our wikis continue to function well in the absence of IP addresses. We would like to know, how will IP Masking impact you? Also which tools will you need to be able to effectively govern the projects in absence of IPs?

Kindly read more about the project and the tools we are currently working on, you can offer critique, you can also suggest your own. Please use the talk page for this.

Best regards,
Anti-Harassment Tools Team
STei (WMF) (talk) 12:11, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

How we will see unregistered users

Hi!

You get this message because you are an admin on a Wikimedia wiki.

When someone edits a Wikimedia wiki without being logged in today, we show their IP address. As you may already know, we will not be able to do this in the future. This is a decision by the Wikimedia Foundation Legal department, because norms and regulations for privacy online have changed.

Instead of the IP we will show a masked identity. You as an admin will still be able to access the IP. There will also be a new user right for those who need to see the full IPs of unregistered users to fight vandalism, harassment and spam without being admins. Patrollers will also see part of the IP even without this user right. We are also working on better tools to help.

If you have not seen it before, you can read more on Meta. If you want to make sure you don’t miss technical changes on the Wikimedia wikis, you can subscribe to the weekly technical newsletter.

We have two suggested ways this identity could work. We would appreciate your feedback on which way you think would work best for you and your wiki, now and in the future. You can let us know on the talk page. You can write in your language. The suggestions were posted in October and we will decide after 17 January.

Thank you. /Johan (WMF)

18:20, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Q110242813

Sammy Tarling (Q110242813) is being used by c:Creator:Sam Tarling page, which is now broken. What was the content of the page, and if there was anything there, can it be restored? --Jarekt (talk) 01:37, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey @Jarekt, the item in itself doesn't meet the notability policy. And I am not sure if a link to the creator page is sufficient enough to fulfill the structural need here. IMO, the creator page should be for the people notable per wikidata policy instead of it being the other way around. The author in the files can be changed to the original form, or just the name without adding the template. Thanks -- BRP ^ever 02:16, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

An Commons creator templates are used because there is structural need for them: we keep track of information useful for disambiguation and of dates of death used to determine copyrights. So templates are very useful. I do not know anything about "Sam Tarling", but I do not recall any other cases of items on Wikidata being deleted which support templates on Commons. They mostly fall under second clause of Wikidata:Notability as "clearly identifiable conceptual entity" which "can be described using serious and publicly available references". If such page is deleted than you should at least move all the data about the person to Commons, so you do not break the template, which then gets deleted. --Jarekt (talk) 04:50, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

@Jarekt Unless I am mistaking something here, the page at commons clearly says a creator page is for anybody who is an author or creator of works hosted on Commons and meets notability requirements for Wikidata items, Commons categories or for Wikipedia articles. It also says, it is not for Wikipedia and Commons users, as well as photographers from image-hosting websites, like Flickr, who do not meet notability criteria. And in this specific case, the subject of the item doesn't meet clause two since there is a clear lack of publicly available references describing the topic. It seems the creator page at commons has been deleted and the author name in the files has been fixed, which in my opinion is a better solution here. Thanks -- BRP ^ever 07:00, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Please restore this item

Hello dear, Q110818810 i think this wikidata item need restore. And he is also a notable person 103.152.142.18 03:06, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello, could you please also mention how or why they meet our notability policy? Thanks--BRP ^ever 06:26, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Q105103969

What was there? Eurohunter (talk) 09:09, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

@Eurohunter It was an item about Verified Handles whose property we are discussing at Wikidata:Properties_for_deletion#Verified_Handles_ID_(P9395). It was a part of spam/promotion. -- BRP ^ever 10:49, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Reminder to participate in the Ratification vote of UCoC Enforcement guideline

This message has been sent because you are administrator in this project. If you voted, Thank you and please ignore this message 🙂

Hello BRPever,

The Ratification vote of Universal Code of Conduct Enforcement Guidelinein currently taking place until March 21. If you didn't vote yet, please take a few minutes to participate the ratification vote! Your voice is important.

Best, —YKo (WMF) via MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:44, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Could i get you to join this discussion on English Wikipedia?

User_talk:Dreamy_Jazz#Draft:Pranav_Arora

He are looking for evidence that the picture used on Pranav Arora (Q113546742) is the same as the picture used on Draft:Pranav Arora Trade (talk) 14:24, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

The picture used is the same.-- BRP ^ever 14:47, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

Similarity in user pages

• User:Deshonboy
• User:DBplus
• User:Amber9990
• User:15quadri

Have you noticed how similar so many of the blocked users are despite being from different checkuser cases? Does it suggest a larger connection? --Trade (talk) 00:51, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

@Trade, It is possible. I have been looking into it, and it's extremely likely that they are the same group based on the pattern. The problem here is that they use very crowded ranges and it is very difficult to verify in these cases. But yes, I think there is a larger connection.--BRP ^ever 00:59, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

Have you tried to ask the CU's on English Wikipedia if they have seen this pattern before? --Trade (talk) 01:44, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

@Trade They are mostly active here and on commons, so I haven't yet. I will try discussing it with other CUs here to hear their opinions.-- BRP ^ever 01:51, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

I think you have unfairly restricted my account, whose purpose is purely to serve wikidata. Lutden fix this

I think you have unfairly restricted my account, whose purpose is purely to serve wikidata. Lutden fix this 176.42.28.237 17:31, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

User: veliahmet

My account, which I have entered nearly 40 data in the last 2 months, has been hacked for no reason. Authorities delete me without review and suspend me. While trying to get rid of people who complain about the data I opened for no reason, while looking for a way, the rope throws a ban. Please unban my dear authorized account, I am a citizen who contributes to wikidata, please do not leave the purpose of the site, I am waiting for your reply

Checkuser requests

Some of the checkuser requests are almost a month old. Any chance you could help with the backlog? Trade (talk) 21:42, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

@Trade A lot of those requests are unnecessary. If the accounts are blocked as duck, no further checks are required in most cases with few exceptions where:

1. There is a high likelihood of sleeper accounts
2. Checks are necessary for record keeping
3. You are questioning the judgement of blocking admin.

The best way to minimize the backlog would be to check only when necessary for a very good reason.--BRP ^ever 01:01, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Undeletion Request

There is an item i want to create which i found out that it has been created before and deleted because its not notable enough, i want to request for undeletion so i can edit and correct it.

The item is Q115092397 and Q115160022, looking forward to a response, Thanks Evelyn0404 (talk) 06:58, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

This is not gonna work. Wikidata is not a place where you or your company can promote or market digitally. I recommend you stop it. BRP ^ever 11:54, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Item check and Undeletion

Hello, I was asked to reach out to you about item Q115804292 as you were the original deleting admin.

I urge you to look into it and undelete it please, thanks QDJ22 (talk) 15:26, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

@QDJ22 Hello! I would like proper answers for questions that Bovlb asked in their talkpage first. There are plenty of other space to work at, why do you need this specific item? Are you being paid to contribute to this item? BRP ^ever 23:51, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello, the item is someone I admire from a distance (more like a role model), and the fact that an item I created was deleted makes me less motivated because I am learning to be an editor.

And i am not being paid cos i haven't see the person talk less of being in touch, Awaiting your Reply, thanks. QDJ22 (talk) 01:23, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello man, I am still waiting for your reply

I will still urge you to look into this and undelete it because there is a private fanbase about this item and anyone from it can recreate the item and this might reoccur again which i believe it should be sorted it out now in order to avoid things like this again, thanks QDJ22 (talk) 21:31, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Undelete item of WMF staffer?

Hi, Just wondering if you'd be happy to undelete Sammy Tarling (Q110242813), representing Sammy Tarling, a WMF employee and programmer? I'm looking at adding a bit of info about various software packages etc. and it'd be good to be able to include all authors. Thanks! Sam Wilson 12:56, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

@Samwilson Restored.--BRP ^ever 21:30, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Sam Wilson 23:21, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

27 July 2023 (Uthmanleee)

Could you please wrap this up? Trade (talk) 02:10, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

I am not sure about the details. Need to discuss it with Jasper.-- BRP ^ever 11:22, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Can you just do a quick check now and just discuss it with Jasper afterwards? Trade (talk) 21:12, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for your service

Sorry to see you go. I hope its okay that I updated your user page to remove the sysop and checkuser icons. DannyS712 (talk) 07:09, 9 November 2023 (UTC)