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Editor using Wikidata for promotional hoax plus careless errors edit

Katashmula, recently blocked at Commons for creating bad categories there and participating in a promotional hoax that Abdel Nasser, head of AlHakawi News and AlAgha Group, won "the" Academy Award in 2023. It seems likely this is the same person as a Rashida/LTA 243, given their shared interest in AlAgha Company. The Commons abuse report is here (dated 29 February 2024). The 330 edits here include some very careless ones, for example adding to Bruce Ashmore as a "coat of arms" a group photograph that shows not Bruce Ashmore but a journalist Harry Ashmore. Also attempting to recreate a many-times deleted item for Al-Agha Group.

Also Katashmula's userpage (created at Wikimedia 21 November 2023) copies affiliations etc. from User:Aimeabibis, including a claim to be the treasurer of LesSansPages. (Here for example you can see clear evidence that Aimeabibis is an active member of said group; कटासमुला is not even on their list of members.) HouseOfChange (talk) 03:57, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done I have blocked this account indefinitely as there are too many suspicious points. The fact that they are falsifying their personal information, shows that they are rather untrustworthy. Also, they attempted to hide the message Fralambert sent for the promotional item. This shows that they are trying to cover up this information to avoid getting caught or whatsoever. Based on these few points, and their block on Commons, I have blocked them indefinitely. Jianhui67 talkcontribs 06:24, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Thank you! I will look through what survive of their 330 edits to repair any damage they created already. HouseOfChange (talk) 15:43, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Another collaborator in the hoax at Commons is also busily creating Wikidata links to empty Commons categories which she also created. In every case, she puts the commons link to the empty category into the wrong place, so that she is creating a massive cleanup job for others. This user also had (until it was deleted) a fraudulent Wikimedia page claiming to be "Lead Partnerships Manager, South Asia, Wikimedia Foundation," because her very first edit on January 11, 2024 was creating her Wikimedia page as a copy of User:PDas_WMF except for using her own gmail address. HouseOfChange (talk) 18:25, 5 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
My goal is nothing but knowledge and expansion. Maryam AlAkini (talk) 17:23, 6 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
We understand that you are here to contribute to Wikimedia projects and we appreciate your contributions here. However, please slow down on creating categories at Commons as there were a few times when you created the wrong page by accident because of a typo (for instance commons:Category:Harles D. Ablard) and you accidentally added a full stop after the name (for instance commons:Category:Berry Avant Edenfield. which was deleted later on). Also, I did not get why you copied another user's user page information and pasted it on yours. Was it an accident and were you intending to modify the information but forgot to do so? I am not an admin there, hence I cannot view the deleted page. Could you explain on this issue? Jianhui67 talkcontribs 18:14, 6 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Maryam AlAkini: It's been a week and you have not yet responsed to my queries. Jianhui67 talkcontribs 02:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Incorrect Organizations Name edit

Our institutions name should be Far Eastern University- Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation. Published title doesn't have "Dr." in it. Thank you. 112.202.194.78 01:49, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I see you already corrected the name in Wikidata. You can make a renaming request in English Wikipedia as well Estopedist1 (talk) 07:23, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Property deletion requests by a suspected Tamawashi sock edit

CV213 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))

Now that 'CV213' has been blocked, what should be done about the property deletion requests created by that user that have not yet attracted a response? Mahir256 (talk) 04:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Mahir256: on which property deletion requests are we talking about? This search (Wikidata namespace) is not enough I guess--Estopedist1 (talk) 07:21, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oh, I didn't realize that that user didn't actually create those subpages, but I am referring to the following (pinging those who have responded to the proposals):
Mahir256 (talk) 16:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
i withdraw my support. just remove them. BrokenSegue (talk) 16:31, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I didn't support, go ahead and remove. ArthurPSmith (talk) 21:22, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  • Withdraw all these nominations not only because the properties are nominated by LTA, but primarily because they were created in clear violation. Only the property creators that are indirectly related to these properties were informed of the deletion request, and all other participants involved in the proposal discussion, including its original proposer, were simply ignored. If these properties are indeed candidates for deletion, then nominations should be made properly, not as they were done on the sly, without any pings from LTA. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 02:01, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties edit

I also think it's worth to rollback all mass changes of this LTA on the MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties page. I'm pinging Epìdosis (to alert about this case) who approved many of his requests and apparently had no idea that these changes were requested by an LTA. By the way, he also was hiding under his other socks like GeoGQL and MrProperLawAndOrder on this page (see also [1]). I think admins should be more careful with MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties from now on and not immediately fulfill mass requests from users who might be someone's socks. If someone next time makes a mass request in a similar aggressive manner (see [2], [3], [4]), you should know that it could be Tobias Conradi (aka Tamawashi, MrProperLawAndOrder etc.). Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 02:14, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

I don't know the specific's of that user's history with Wikidata, but it does seem to me that MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties would be the sort of page that should raise eyebrows when a "new" user makes edits to it. Perhaps it should have some degree of permanent semi-protection? Keplersj (talk) 03:27, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties is a page in the MediaWiki namespace and therefore automatically protected. Only administrators and interface administrators can edit that page. --Ameisenigel (talk) 07:19, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Kirilloparma: Thanks for reporting. The edits between 6 and 28 February were mostly due to requests of CV213; some of them were effectively problematic (I didn't approve the most controversial ones), whilst others seemed just common-sense cleaning. I can rollback them all, then restore manually the uncontroversial cleaning (e.g. moving properties used only as qualifiers and/or references to the apposite sections); the rollback would delete a few updates made through User:DannyS712/SortedPropertiesUpdater.js, but it's probably not a real issue since the gadget would just readd them all at the next update; let me know if I can proceed in this way. Of course I noted down this editing pattern to be ready for future new attempts by the same LTA in that talk page. Epìdosis 10:04, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yes, it would be great if you could restore the previous version (before the Feb 6 changes). I would rather trust someone else to set the order than this obscure LTA, especially since the property order proposed by him is quite contradictory and to me should be considered by experienced participants and the projects they are members of (he has never even tried to coordinate the order with the projects, no pings either), not by an LTA. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Epìdosis: Sorry, forgot about the ping. Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 03:45, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
@Kirilloparma:   Done I restored 6 February and manually recovered edits which I judged uncontroversial; in the talk page I removed the section "General rules and hints" which was added by the same user, moreover on the basis of a clearly insufficient discussion, and I marked the unsolved threads of the same user as ready for archiving. Let me know if there is something more to be done or modified. Thanks! Epìdosis 13:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
I've run another update with the script, but any admin can also run it themselves - I've been thinking about requesting permission for a bot to do it since the edits have been stable and good for a while. But if you want to leave it to me for updating, thats fine --DannyS712 (talk) 18:06, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Report concerning User:141.72.195.8 edit

141.72.195.8 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))Reasons: Pure vandalism ―Mautpreller (talk) 09:53, 12 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done Two week rangeblock.
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Report concerning User:মাওলানা আব্দুল হাই জেহাদী edit

মাওলানা আব্দুল হাই জেহাদী (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))Reasons: vandalism ―Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 15:36, 13 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

user is warned Estopedist1 (talk) 06:34, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Yêu cầu thêm mục liên kết ngôn ngữ Ngô Ngọc Hưng edit

xin mọi người có kinh nghiệm thêm khoản mục wikidata thì làm hộ tôi. Tôi chịu, tôi không biết làm 😪🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thái Bro (talk) 14:21, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Thái Bro: item (Q104434346) is not protected. You can do it yourself Estopedist1 (talk) 15:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

New (?) user massive edits edit

EditsAdder (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))

I suspect that some old user whose earlier account is blocked. Massively added references to Wikipedia. In general, Wikipedia itself cannot be a reference Estopedist1 (talk) 15:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Vandalisme edit

Bonjour,

Cette modification a été annulée. Il reste cependant à bloquer le vandale ainsi qu'à masquer les propos. Merci d'avance.

Hello,

This modification has been cancelled. However, the vandal still has to be blocked and the comments masked. Thanks. --Laurent Jerry (talk) 21:22, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Bonjour aussi, I have hidden the edit contained an inappropriate comment. I am not sure that the block is needed -- vandalism is not typical for this IP range, the provocative editing was performed yesterday and it's not continuous thing. However, ping me if this guy returns. Regards, --Wolverène (talk) 08:21, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Semi-protection of Q11429760 edit

Hello, please semi-protect pervert (Q11429760) for vandalism / being consistently used as a platform for personal attacks since the previous protection expired KonstantinaG07 (talk) 21:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Protected indef: sensible topic Estopedist1 (talk) 22:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Report concerning User:BozzoRAE edit

BozzoRAE (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))Reasons: Vandalism only, see indef block on Commons for same edit ―  — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 06:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Blocked only one edit, but still indef: already indef in Commons Estopedist1 (talk) 07:13, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Semiprotection for Q59151 (cosmological constant) edit

Hi - would someone please semiprotect Q59151 which is the latest target of this LTA pest who keeps spamming obfuscated links to his alleged astrophysical discoveries? Also if you could revdel some of his deranged edit summaries that would be nice. If you look at the history you'll see he's been doing this for years. Thank you in advance - Antandrus (talk) 17:30, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 17:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Report concerning 89.141.195.163 edit

89.141.195.163 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))Reasons: Vandalism, by adding unsourced and dubious information about dead people. Probably a sock of LiliaMiller2002 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC)). See also crosswiki edits. Sjö (talk) 18:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Blocked for three months. All edits reverted/patrolled Estopedist1 (talk) 20:52, 16 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Revdel edit

Please hide this gibberish revision. ─ Aafī (talk) 18:28, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  DoneFlyingAce✈hello 18:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Semi protection request edit

Please semi protect Waldemar Kita (Q2741723) for persistent vandalism the last couple of days, from different IPs. KonstantinaG07 (talk) 20:51, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Protected for six months Estopedist1 (talk) 22:19, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Semi-protection request edit

Louis Armstrong has been the victim of a sequence of inane IP changes in recent days, changing language and cause of death. Can it be placed under some protection for a period? AllyD (talk) 12:00, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done 1 year semi, 3rd protection. --Lymantria (talk) 12:16, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Re-protected indef. Celebrity Estopedist1 (talk) 12:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Hmmm. --Lymantria (talk) 12:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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User:Aiminer bot edit

Inappropriate username, and no helpful information to trace bot owner if this is really a bot account. I just issued a block on Commons but the account's home is Wikidata, and I believe they need to be stopped. ─ Aafī (talk) 12:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hmm.
Wikidata has no username policy. While the name does end with "bot", they don't seem to be editing at bot rates. While we do have policies against unauthorized bots, we also encourage new bot authors to run small scale tests before seeking permission. We also have a policy against blocking solely for activity on other projects.
I have left the user a note to join this discussion. Bovlb (talk) 16:18, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
And @Ameisenigel has already blocked them. Bovlb (talk) 16:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Blocked as an unapproved bot. Can be unblocked if they either rename their account or get approval for the bot. Running a bot without indicating the owner is not acceptable. WD:BOT also requires to start a bot request before running any test edits. Autoblock is deactivated so the owner should still be able to participate in this discussion. --Ameisenigel (talk) 16:25, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Aside from the "bot" at the end of the name, do you see any evidence that they are operating a bot? Bovlb (talk) 16:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
All items that have been created by this user are quite similar: They are all about AI / robotic people and lack external identifiers or sources (typically they just use Google Scholar and Twitter / X or something similar). They are also not linked from any other items, so they have no usage. --Ameisenigel (talk) 16:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
Right. And I believe this is typical of the sort of thing we see from human editors. I'm not saying these contributions are high quality, but honestly they're better than most new users I encounter.
The fact that this user is concerned with roboticists would be sufficient to explain a "bot" in the username, misguided though it may be. Bovlb (talk) 17:44, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Report concerning User:Dhayanidhimakkalraja edit

Dhayanidhimakkalraja (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))Reasons: Cross-wiki spam ―KonstantinaG07 (talk) 19:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

@KonstantinaG07, user is globally locked. Madamebiblio (talk) 20:24, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Vandal edit

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/R9we Vicarage (talk) 20:37, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Done I let him have talkpage access in case it is somehow not just a malfunctioning bot or something, but I'm not holding out much hope.
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Editathons again edit

The previous discussion didn't come to any firm conclusions and User:MichellevL (WMNL) now asks checkusers how we can avoid similar problems in the future. Posting a link here because I think this issue concerns more than just checkusers. Bovlb (talk) 21:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks @Bovlb for sharing this here also, I am very much looking forward to hearing suggestions on what we can do to help smooth out this process around edit-a-thons. MichellevL (WMNL) (talk) 07:39, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Report concerning User:124.99.77.132 edit

124.99.77.132 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log • SUL (for IP: GUC))Reasons: lock evasion ―MathXplore (talk) 06:44, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please also see w:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Masahiro007/Archive. MathXplore (talk) 06:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Blocked for three months Estopedist1 (talk) 07:18, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply
  Blocked: actually, already globally blocked Estopedist1 (talk) 07:19, 19 March 2024 (UTC)Reply